For Pathfinder rules, every other diagonal step is double. For instance, first step is 5 ft, second is 10, third is 5, fourth is 10. Your existing ruler measures all of them as 5, this breaks the pythagorean theorem where the diagonal of a triangle is longer than the 2 sides. a^2 + b^2 = c^2. To best simulate that, we need to include at least an option to change the rules of the ruler. :)