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How to round the value displayed in the dynamic field label to the nearest 5 units? E.g. to read "680" instead of the true 677, or "675" instead of true 676 units.

You can use the round function mentioned in the Tip 6381. Use round(XXX/5)*5.

Instead of XXX, right-click to insert a nested field and choose e.g. the object area property (do not use unit suffix). This will make the field dynamic. The resulting field code will look something like:

%<\AcExpr (round(%<\_FldPtr 325850784>%/5)*5)>%
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7.3.2011    14465×  
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See also:
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Tip 14363:Yesterday's, tomorrow's, past or future date in the DWG drawing.
Tip 14215:IF statement in AutoCAD text fields and attributes.
Tip 13522:LookupXLS - populating DWG texts from Excel spreadsheets.
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