User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
You can also change the font, size, and styles by using the Text
menu or Type palette.
Style and Text Display settings
Use the following style options in the Properties bar to customize the appearance of dimension
objects.
Text Always Centered Select this option to keep the text between the arrows. Must be off to
drag dimension text outside the witness lines.
Frame Text Turn this option on to frame the dimension text.
Use Fill Color for Text Select this check box if you want the dimension text to use the fill color
rather than frame color of the object.
Linking dimensions to measured objects
Since dimension objects aren’t attached to the objects they measure, dimensions do not change
when you resize objects you have measured. However, you can group a dimension object and the
object that it measures. When you do this and then resize the object, the dimension changes
accordingly.
To group an object and a dimension object:
Select the dimension object and the measured object and choose Object | Group.
Using industry standards for dimension objects
If you want to use industry standard settings for dimension objects, open the Standards menu in the
Properties bar. Select a dimensioning standard from the menu: ANSI, BS-380, DIN, ISO, or JIS. The
Standard refers to the length of lines, size of tolerance text, placement of the text, placement of the
arrows, etc.
Choose from five standard measurement systems:
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
DIN: Deutches Institut für Normung
BS-380: British Standards Institute
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