Type: | Real |
Saved in: | Drawing |
Initial value: | 0.0900 |
Sets the distance around the dimension text when you break the dimension line to accommodate dimension text. Also sets the gap between annotation and a hook line created with the LEADER command. A negative DIMGAP value creates basic dimensioning -- dimension text with a box around its full extents.
AutoCAD LT also uses DIMGAP as the minimum length for pieces of the dimension line. When calculating the default position for the dimension text, it positions the text inside the extension lines only if doing so breaks the dimension lines into two segments at least as long as DIMGAP. Text placed above or below the dimension line is moved inside if there is room for the arrowheads, dimension text, and a margin between them at least as large as DIMGAP: 2 * (DIMASZ + DIMGAP).