Using industry standards for dimension objects
If you want to use industry standard settings for dimension objects,
click the Standards button in the Dimensioning dialog box to open
the Dimension Standards dialog box. You can choose several indus-
try standards in the pop-up menu. You can also use the Dimension
Standards dialog box to further customize dimension objects.
Style and Text Display settings
Use the following style options
in the Dimensioning dialog
box to customize the appear-
ance of dimension objects.
A Arrows Inside. Dimension
arrows appear next to the di-
mension text when this option
is on.
B Center Text. Must be off if
you want to drag dimension
text outside the witness lines.
C Frame Text. Turn this op-
tion on to frame the dimension
text.
Use the following options in
the Text Display pop-up menu
to format the dimension text.
Horizontal. Text is always
aligned horizontally in all
dimension objects.
Horz/90º. Text is aligned hori-
zontally, except text is rotated
90º vertically for vertical
dimension objects.
Aligned. Text is always aligned
with the angle of the dimen-
sion arrows.
Above. Text runs above the
dimension arrows.
Below. Text runs below the
dimension arrows.
A
B
C
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Option on
Option off