This is a pitiful question, I can't seem to find out what I did. Before, when I entered the "distance" command, on the command line it gave me decimal readout in inches, which is what I want.
My dimension style has 1/16", which is what I want.
Now, my distance command gives me 1/16", not decimal readouts. I need the accuracy of the decimals, not the rounding of the fractions. Have I turned on or off a system variable or something?