ADIM                                                          Menu: (DIM) DMSET
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Sets the active attributes of the dimension lines.
(A nested command.)

         1.  (CHAR) dimension font name (1-8 char.)
         2.  (NUM) dim ension text color (greater than 0)
         3.  (NUM) dimension line color (greater than 0)
      if units are feet:
         4.  (NUM) dimension text size (greater than 0)
         5.  (NUM) extension line size (greater than 0)
         6.  (NUM) feet format code (-10,-11,-12,-20,-21,-22, -23,-30)
      if units are meters:
         4.  (NUM) dimension text size (in mm., greater than 0)
         5.  (NUM) extension line size (in mm., greater than 0)
         6.  (NUM) metric format code (10-13, 20-23, 30-33, 43, 44)
      for all units:
         7.  (NUM) selection (0-all,1-axial,2-nonaxial) <2>
         8.  (CHAR) locate dimension text: a-above line, b-below line
         9.  (CHAR) justification priority: l-center/left, r-center/right,
                                                                  c-center

Description
This command sets the active attributes for dimension lines.  Enter the name
of the font for the dimension text.  Enter a value for the dimension text
color.  Enter a value for the dimension line color.  Enter a value for the
dimension text size (in mm.  if the current units are meters, or, if the
current units are feet, in one of a variety of formats that may be selected).
Enter a value for the extension line size.

Enter the format code that represents the type of units used for dimension
lines (feet/inches or meters/centimeters, etc.) and the degree of precision of
the dimensions (i.e., the number of digits after the decimal point).  Format
codes greater than 0 indicate that the units are metric.  The first digit
represents the specific unit `1' for meters, `2' for centimeters, `3' for
millimeters.  The second digit represents the number of digits appearing after
the decimal point.  Format codes 43 and 44 display the dimension text in
meters, with the millimeters (and mm in format 44) typed in superscript.

Format codes less than 0 (i.e., with a preceding `-') indicate that the units
are feet and inches.  The first digit represents the presentation mode `1' for
feet/decimal feet, `2' for feet/inches/decimal

inches, or `3' for feet/inches/fractional inches.  The second digit represents
the number of digits appearing after the decimal point (if any).  When working
in metric units the default code is `13'.  When working in feet the default
code is `-30'.

The following table shows how a dimension is displayed using the various
format codes:

Format   Value
Code     (in meters)    Text

10      1.234           1
11      1.234           1.2
12      1.234           1.23
13      1.234           1.234
20      1.234           123
21      1.234           123.4
22      1.2345          123.45
23      1.23456         123.456
30      1.23456         1234
31      1.23456         1234.6 (rounded up)

32      1.23456         1234.56
33      1.234567        1234.567
43      1.234           1.234
44      1.2345          1.2345

Format  Value
Code    (in ft/inch)    Text

-10     1' 7-11/16"     2'
-11     1' 7-11/16"     1.6'
-12     1' 7-11/16"     1.64'
-20     1' 7-11/16"     1' 8"
-21     1' 7-11/16"     1' 7.7"
-22     1' 7-11/16"     1' 7.68"
-23     1' 7-11/16"     1' 7.683"
-30     1' 7-11/16"     1' 7-11/16"

NOTE:The format codes must have two digits: the first digit must be 1, 2, or
3.  The feet/inches format codes must have the prefix `-' (a negative sign).
An illegal code will not be accepted, and the system will wait for a legal
value to be entered.

Enter a value that defines which entity lines will be assigned dimensions when
using automatic dimensioning.  The legal options are 0, 1, or 2 (default is
2).  If you specify `0', all entity types except dimension lines will be
searched; if you specify `1', only wall axial lines will be searched; and if
you specify `2', all entities except axial lines and dimension lines will be
searched.

Define the text location: `a' above the dimension line, or `b' below.  The
default is `a'.

Define the justification mode of the dimension text.  The system will try to
place the text at the center of the dimension line, but when insufficient
space is available, it will locate the text to the left (option `l', the
default), or to the right (option `r'), depending on what you select in this
option.  It is possible to `force' the system to place the text in the center
(option `c'); this option is useful for the fixed text mode.

NOTE:The parameters set in this command will affect only the dimension lines
that are drawn subsequently.  Existing dimension lines are unaffected by this
command.

