The following is a listing of the dimensioning system variables and their settings in the default dimension style, STANDARD.
Status of STANDARD
| DIMALT | Off | Alternate units selected |
| DIMALTD | 2 | Alternate unit decimal places |
| DIMALTF | 25.4000 | Alternate unit scale factor |
| DIMALTTD | 2 | Alternate tolerance decimal places |
| DIMALTTZ | 0 | Alternate tolerance zero suppression |
| DIMALTU | 2 | Alternate units |
| DIMALTZ | 0 | Alternate units zero suppression |
| DIMAPOST | Prefix and suffix for alternate text | |
| DIMASO | On | Create associative dimensions |
| DIMASZ | 0.1800 | Arrow size |
| DIMAUNIT | 0 | Angular unit format |
| DIMBLK | Arrow block name | |
| DIMBLK1 | First arrow block name | |
| DIMBLK2 | Second arrow block name | |
| DIMCEN | 0.0900 | Center mark size |
| DIMCLRD | BYBLOCK | Dimension line and leader color |
| DIMCLRE | BYBLOCK | Extension line color |
| DIMCLRT | BYBLOCK | Dimension text color |
| DIMDEC | 4 | Decimal places |
| DIMDLE | 0.0000 | Dimension line extension |
| DIMDLI | 0.3800 | Dimension line spacing |
| DIMEXE | 0.1800 | Extension above dimension line |
| DIMEXO | 0.0625 | Extension line origin offset |
| DIMFIT | 3 | Fit text |
| DIMGAP | 0.0900 | Gap from dimension line to text |
| DIMJUST | 0 | Justification of text on dimension line |
| DIMLFAC | 1.000 | Linear unit scale factor |
| DIMLIM | Off | Generate dimension limits |
| DIMPOST | Prefix and suffix for dimension text | |
| DIMRND | 0.0000 | Rounding value |
| DIMSAH | Off | Separate arrow blocks |
| DIMSCALE | 1.0000 | Overall scale factor |
| DIMSD1 | Off | Suppress the first dimension line |
| DIMSD2 | Off | Suppress the second dimension line |
| DIMSE1 | Off | Suppress the first extension line |
| DIMSE2 | Off | Suppress the second extension line |
| DIMSHO | On | Update dimensions while dragging |
| DIMSOXD | Off | Suppress outside dimension lines |
| DIMSTYLE | STANDARD | Current dimension style (read-only) |
| DIMTAD | 0 | Place text above the dimension line |
| DIMTDEC | 4 | Tolerance decimal places |
| DIMTFAC | 1.0000 | Tolerance text height scaling factor |
| DIMTIH | On | Text inside extensions is horizontal |
| DIMTIX | Off | Place text inside extensions |
| DIMTM | 0.0000 | Minus tolerance |
| DIMTOFL | Off | Force line inside extension lines |
| DIMTOH | On | Text outside horizontal |
| DIMTOL | Off | Tolerance dimensioning |
| DIMTOLJ | 1 | Tolerance vertical justification |
| DIMTP | 0.0000 | Plus tolerance |
| DIMTSZ | 0.0000 | Tick size |
| DIMTVP | 0.0000 | Text vertical position |
| DIMTXSTY | STANDARD | Text style |
| DIMTXT | 0.1800 | Text height |
| DIMTZIN | 0 | Tolerance zero suppression |
| DIMUNIT | 2 | Unit format |
| DIMUPT | Off | User-positioned text |
| DIMZIN | 0 | Zero suppression |