precision of parallel lines

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tyke
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precision of parallel lines

Post by tyke » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:44 am

If I draw a line starting at the origin then use the parallel line tool, the new line starts at a finite X or Y value eg 6.1234 e-17.
Not a show stopper but curious.
Also I was wondering if this offset was included in other lines but not seen.

Using Mac OS X 10.4.11

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Post by andrew » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:10 am

This has to do with the way how computers store real numbers. For details, please refer to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_p ... y_problems

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