Comment 5 for bug 1480414

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

On 2015-08-01 13:21 (+0200), Alvin Penner wrote:
> Inkscape presents two different types of reports, one of which is a
> visual box which includes the effect of stroke width, and one is a
> geometric box which does not include stroke width.

@Jürgen - for more information about the two bounding box modes in Inkscape, see also:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Transforms.html#BoundingBox

Proposing to close the report - AFAIU it is more a question about general usage (neither limited to nor directly related to DXF export): the width and height fields in the select tool controls bar refer to the dimensions of bounding box of the current selection (can be one or more objects), based on current bounding box mode (default: visual). The shape and path tools otoh operate on the selected object's geometry). Inkscape's distinct bounding box modes are “a feature, not a bug”.