Dimension Settings

Dimension Settings - Lines

This page is used to configure the Dimension and Projection Lines.

Add Lines

Switch this option on if dimension and projection lines are to be added. The result of changing any of these settings can immediately be seen in the preview window.

Dimension Line

Terminator Style

From the drop-down list choose the required style.

  • Narrow Open Arrow
  • Wide Open Arrow
  • Closed Arrow
  • Closed Filled Arrow
  • Oblique Stroke

Terminator Size

Enter the required size.

Leader Length

Enter the required leader line length.

Show Radial Lines

Switch this option on if you require radial lines to be displayed on radius dimensions.

Projection Line

Parallel Offset

Enter the required offset between successive parallel dimension lines.

Dimension Gap

Enter the required gap between the entity being dimensioned and the projection line coming from it.

Projection Ascent

Enter the required distance that the projection line continues beyond the associated dimension line.

Dimension Settings - Labels

This page is used to configure the dimension text.

Text style

From the drop-down list of styles that are defined for the current drawing or template, choose the required one. Alternatively press the Custom button to define specific settings for this dimension setting.

Force palette colour on label

Switch this option on if the text label should always be assigned the appropriate palette colour.

Format specifier

Enter the required format string. The '%' character represents the dimension value. %1 and %2 can be used to access the dual formats as described on the Formatting page. There is also a special format specifier, %/HR, which causes fractional numbers to be output differently. This causes the fractional part to be always displayed giving the number of sixteenths. For example, 1 8/16 will be displayed as 1:08, 5 2/16 displayed as 5:02 etc.

Orientation

Select the required orientation.

  • Parallel - the text label will be drawn parallel to the dimension line
  • Base line - similar to Above line except that the text is closer to the dimension line
  • Horizontal - the text label will always be drawn horizontally

Position

Select the required settings.

  • Above line - the text label will be position outside the dimension line
  • Break line - the dimension line will be split and the text label positioned between the two sections

Dimension Settings - Formatting

Use this page to configure the formatting of text within a dimension entity.

Value

You can configure two different styles of text format, Primary and Secondary. From the drop-down list choose the required one. The format to use is then specified in the Format specifier field on the Labels page.

Distances

You configure settings associated with distance dimensions in this area.

Unit

From the drop-down list choose the required units - mm, cm, m, inch, foot or point.

Suffix

Enter the required suffix.

Decimal places

Enter the required number of decimal places to display.

Remove trailing zeros

Switch this option on if trailing zeros are to be removed from the displayed value.

Display fractions

Switch this option on if you want to display fractions rather than decimal values.

Reduce denominator

Switch this option on to use the smallest possible denominator.

Denominator

Enter the required value here.

Angles

You configure settings associated with angular dimensions in this area.

Unit

From the drop-down list choose the required units - rad, deg or grad.

Suffix

Enter the required suffix.

Decimal places

Enter the required number of decimal places to display.

Remove trailing zeros

Switch this option on if trailing zeros are to be removed from the displayed value.

Display fractions

Switch this option on if you want to display fractions rather than decimal values.

Reduce denominator

Switch this option on to use the smallest possible denominator.

Denominator

Enter the required value here.

Radius

Prefix

Enter the required prefix for radius dimensions.

Diameter

Prefix

Enter the required prefix for diameter dimensions.

Dimension Settings - Tolerances

Use this page to configure the optional tolerances on dimension values.

Display tolerances

Switch this option on if you wish to have tolerances displayed and then choose the required style of tolerance.

  • Plus / Minus deviation - display tolerance value with ±
  • Minimum / Maximum - display two dimension values, upper and lower

Upper limit

Enter the required upper tolerance value.

Lower limit

Enter the required lower tolerance value.

Dimension Settings - Auto-size

Use this page to configure auto-sizing of dimensions. This enables the dimension parts to appear the correct size regardless of the size of the drawing.

Auto-size

Switch this option on to enable auto-sizing, whereby certain attributes are sized according to the extents of the current drawing at the time of creation. 

Use the slider to define the required size and then switch on the dimension parts that you wish to be sized automatically.

Note that the sizes might need recalculating as the drawing extents change; this may be done using the Tidy Dimensions tool.

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