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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Commands
- 3D Commands
- A Commands
- B Commands
- C Commands
- CAL
- Understand Syntax of Expressions
- Format Feet and Inches
- Format Angles
- Use Points and Vectors
- Use AutoLISP Variables
- Use System Variables in Calculations
- Convert Units of Measurement
- Use Standard Numeric Functions
- Calculate a Vector from Two Points
- Calculate the Length of a Vector
- Obtain a Point by Cursor
- Obtain the Last-Specified Point
- Use Snap Modes in Arithmetic Expressions
- Convert Points Between UCS and WCS
- Calculate a Point on a Line
- Rotate a Point About an Axis
- Obtain an Intersection Point
- Calculate a Distance
- Obtain a Radius
- Obtain an Angle
- Calculate a Normal Vector
- Use Shortcut Functions
- CHAMFER
- CHAMFEREDGE
- CHANGE
- CHPROP
- CIRCLE
- CLEANSCREENON
- CLEANSCREENOFF
- CLOSE
- CLOSEALL
- COLOR
- COMMANDLINE
- COMMANDLINEHIDE
- COMPILE
- CONE
- CONSTRAINTBAR
- CONSTRAINTSETTINGS
- CONTENT
- CONTENTCLOSE
- CONVERT
- CONVTOMESH
- CONVTONURBS
- CONVTOSOLID
- CONVTOSURFACE
- COPY
- COPYBASE
- COPYCLIP
- COPYHIST
- CUI
- CUTCLIP
- CVADD
- CVHIDE
- CVREBUILD
- CVREMOVE
- CVSHOW
- CYLINDER
- CAL
- D Commands
- DBLIST
- DCALIGNED
- DCANGULAR
- DCCONVERT
- DCDIAMETER
- DCDISPLAY
- DCFORM
- DCHORIZONTAL
- DCLINEAR
- DCRADIUS
- DCVERTICAL
- DDEDIT
- DDPTYPE
- DELAY
- DELCONSTRAINT
- DIM and DIM1
- DIMALIGNED
- DIMANGULAR
- DIMARC
- DIMBASELINE
- DIMBREAK
- DIMCENTER
- DIMCONSTRAINT
- DIMCONTINUE
- DIMDIAMETER
- DIMDISASSOCIATE
- DIMEDIT
- DIMHORIZONTAL
- DIMINSPECT
- DIMJOGGED
- DIMJOGLINE
- DIMLINEAR
- DIMORDINATE
- DIMOVERRIDE
- DIMRADIUS
- DIMREASSOCIATE
- DIMREGEN
- DIMROTATED
- DIMSPACE
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTEDIT
- DIMVERTICAL
- DIST
- DISTANTLIGHT
- DIVIDE
- DONUT
- DRAGMODE
- DRAWORDER
- DSETTINGS
- DVIEW
- DXBIN
- E Commands
- F Commands
- G Commands
- H Commands
- I Commands
- J Commands
- L Commands
- M Commands
- MASSPROP
- MATBROWSERCLOSE
- MATBROWSEROPEN
- MATCHCELL
- MATCHPROP
- MATERIALS
- MATERIALSCLOSE
- MEASURE
- MEASUREGEOM
- MESH
- MESHCAP
- MESHCOLLAPSE
- MESHCREASE
- MESHEXTRUDE
- MESHMERGE
- MESHREFINE
- MESHSMOOTH
- MESHSMOOTHLESS
- MESHSMOOTHMORE
- MESHSPIN
- MESHSPLIT
- MESHUNCREASE
- MINSERT
- MIRROR
- MIRROR3D
- MLEADER
- MLEADERALIGN
- MLEADERCOLLECT
- MLEADEREDIT
- MLEADERSTYLE
- MLINE
- MODEL
- MOVE
- MREDO
- MSPACE
- MTEDIT
- MTEXT
- MULTIPLE
- MVIEW
- MVSETUP
- N Commands
- O Commands
- OBJECTSCALE
- OFFSET
- OOPS
- OPEN
- OPTIONS
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- General Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Cursor & Selection Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Units & Guides Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Look & Feel Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Application Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Document Settings Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Select Alternate Font Dialog Box
- Default Scale List Dialog Box
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- ORTHO
- OSNAP
- P Commands
- Q Commands
- R Commands
- S Commands
- SAVE
- SAVEAS
- SAVEIMG
- SCALE
- SCALELISTEDIT
- SCRIPT
- SECTION
- SECTIONPLANE
- SECTIONPLANEJOG
- SECTIONPLANESETTINGS
- SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK
- SELECT
- SELECTSIMILAR
- SETVAR
- SHADEMODE
- SHAPE
- SHELL
- SHOWPALETTES
- SKETCH
- SLICE
- SNAP
- SOLDRAW
- SOLID
- SOLIDEDIT
- SOLPROF
- SOLVIEW
- SPELL
- SPHERE
- SPLINE
- SPLINEDIT
- SPOTLIGHT
- STATUS
- STLOUT
- STRETCH
- STYLE
- SUBTRACT
- SURFBLEND
- SURFEXTEND
- SURFFILLET
- SURFNETWORK
- SURFOFFSET
- SURFPATCH
- SURFSCULPT
- SURFTRIM
- SURFUNTRIM
- SWEEP
- T Commands
- U Commands
- V Commands
- W Commands
- X Commands
- Z Commands
- Command Modifiers
- System Variables
- 3D System Variables
- A System Variables
- B System Variables
- C System Variables
- CAMERADISPLAY
- CANNOSCALE
- CANNOSCALEVALUE
- CCONSTRAINTFORM
- CDATE
- CECOLOR
- CELTSCALE
- CELTYPE
- CELWEIGHT
- CENTERMT
- CETRANSPARENCY
- CHAMFERA
- CHAMFERB
- CHAMFERC
- CHAMFERD
- CHAMMODE
- CIRCLERAD
- CLASSICKEYS
- CLAYER
- CLEANSCREENSTATE
- CLISTATE
- CMATERIAL
- CMDACTIVE
- CMDDIA
- CMDECHO
- CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
- CMDNAMES
- CMLEADERSTYLE
- CMLJUST
- CMLSCALE
- CMLSTYLE
- COLORSCHEME
- COMPASS
- CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY
- CONSTRAINTBARMODE
- CONSTRAINTINFER
- CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
- CONSTRAINTRELAX
- CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE
- CONTENTSTATE
- COPYMODE
- CPLOTSTYLE
- CPROFILE
- CROSSINGAREACOLOR
- CSHADOW
- CTAB
- CTABLESTYLE
- CULLINGOBJ
- CULLINGOBJSELECTION
- CURSORSIZE
- CVPORT
- D System Variables
- DATE
- DBLCLKEDIT
- DBMOD
- DEFAULTGIZMO
- DEFAULTLIGHTING
- DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE
- DEFLPLSTYLE
- DEFPLSTYLE
- DELOBJ
- DEMANDLOAD
- DIASTAT
- DIMADEC
- DIMALT
- DIMALTD
- DIMALTF
- DIMALTRND
- DIMALTTD
- DIMALTTZ
- DIMALTU
- DIMALTZ
- DIMANNO
- DIMAPOST
- DIMARCSYM
- DIMASSOC
- DIMASZ
- DIMATFIT
- DIMAUNIT
- DIMAZIN
- DIMBLK
- DIMBLK1
- DIMBLK2
- DIMCEN
- DIMCLRD
- DIMCLRE
- DIMCLRT
- DIMCONSTRAINTICON
- DIMDEC
- DIMDLE
- DIMDLI
- DIMDSEP
- DIMEXE
- DIMEXO
- DIMFRAC
- DIMFXL
- DIMFXLON
- DIMGAP
- DIMJOGANG
- DIMJUST
- DIMLDRBLK
- DIMLFAC
- DIMLIM
- DIMLTEX1
- DIMLTEX2
- DIMLTYPE
- DIMLUNIT
- DIMLWD
- DIMLWE
- DIMPOST
- DIMRND
- DIMSAH
- DIMSCALE
- DIMSD1
- DIMSD2
- DIMSE1
- DIMSE2
- DIMSOXD
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTAD
- DIMTDEC
- DIMTFAC
- DIMTFILL
- DIMTFILLCLR
- DIMTIH
- DIMTIX
- DIMTM
- DIMTMOVE
- DIMTOFL
- DIMTOH
- DIMTOL
- DIMTOLJ
- DIMTP
- DIMTSZ
- DIMTVP
- DIMTXSTY
- DIMTXT
- DIMTXTDIRECTION
- DIMTZIN
- DIMUPT
- DIMZIN
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN2D
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN3D
- DISPSILH
- DISTANCE
- DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT
- DIVMESHBOXLENGTH
- DIVMESHBOXWIDTH
- DIVMESHCONEAXIS
- DIVMESHCONEBASE
- DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHCYLAXIS
- DIVMESHCYLBASE
- DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRBASE
- DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRLENGTH
- DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS
- DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT
- DIVMESHTORUSPATH
- DIVMESHTORUSSECTION
- DIVMESHWEDGEBASE
- DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH
- DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE
- DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH
- DONUTID
- DONUTOD
- DRAGMODE
- DRAGP1
- DRAGP2
- DRAGVS
- DRAWORDERCTL
- DTEXTED
- DWGCHECK
- DWGCODEPAGE
- DWGNAME
- DWGPREFIX
- DWGTITLED
- DYNCONSTRAINTMODE
- DYNDIGRIP
- DYNDIVIS
- DYNMODE
- DYNPICOORDS
- DYNPIFORMAT
- DYNPIVIS
- DYNPROMPT
- DYNTOOLTIPS
- E System Variables
- F System Variables
- G System Variables
- H System Variables
- HALOGAP
- HANDLES
- HELPPREFIX
- HIDEPRECISION
- HIDETEXT
- HIGHLIGHT
- HPANG
- HPANNOTATIVE
- HPASSOC
- HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR
- HPBOUND
- HPBOUNDRETAIN
- HPCOLOR
- HPDLGMODE
- HPDOUBLE
- HPDRAWORDER
- HPGAPTOL
- HPINHERIT
- HPISLANDDETECTION
- HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE
- HPLAYER
- HPMAXLINES
- HPNAME
- HPOBJWARNING
- HPORIGIN
- HPORIGINMODE
- HPQUICKPREVIEW
- HPQUICKPREVTIMEOUT
- HPSCALE
- HPSEPARATE
- HPSPACE
- HPTRANSPARENCY
- I System Variables
- L System Variables
- LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT
- LASTANGLE
- LASTPOINT
- LASTPROMPT
- LATITUDE
- LAYEREVAL
- LAYEREVALCTL
- LAYERMANAGERSTATE
- LAYERNOTIFY
- LAYLOCKFADECTL
- LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT
- LAYOUTREGENCTL
- LEGACYCTRLPICK
- LENSLENGTH
- LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY
- LIGHTINGUNITS
- LIGHTSINBLOCKS
- LIMCHECK
- LIMMAX
- LIMMIN
- LINEARBRIGHTNESS
- LINEARCONTRAST
- LOCALE
- LOCALROOTPREFIX
- LOFTANG1
- LOFTANG2
- LOFTMAG1
- LOFTMAG2
- LOFTNORMALS
- LOFTPARAM
- LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS
- LOGEXPCONTRAST
- LOGEXPDAYLIGHT
- LOGEXPMIDTONES
- LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE
- LOGFILEMODE
- LOGFILENAME
- LOGFILEPATH
- LOGINNAME
- LONGITUDE
- LTSCALE
- LUNITS
- LUPREC
- LWDEFAULT
- LWDISPLAY
- LWUNITS
- M System Variables
- N System Variables
- O System Variables
- P System Variables
- PALETTEICONSTATE
- PAPERUPDATE
- PARAMETERCOPYMODE
- PDMODE
- PDSIZE
- PEDITACCEPT
- PELLIPSE
- PERIMETER
- PERSPECTIVE
- PERSPECTIVECLIP
- PFACEVMAX
- PICKADD
- PICKAUTO
- PICKBOX
- PICKDRAG
- PICKFIRST
- PICKSTYLE
- PLATFORM
- PLINECONVERTMODE
- PLINEGEN
- PLINETYPE
- PLINEWID
- PLOTOFFSET
- PLOTROTMODE
- PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE
- PLQUIET
- POLARADDANG
- POLARANG
- POLARDIST
- POLARMODE
- POLYSIDES
- POPUPS
- PREVIEWEFFECT
- PREVIEWFACEEFFECT
- PREVIEWFILTER
- PRODUCT
- PROGRAM
- PROJMODE
- PROXYGRAPHICS
- PROXYNOTICE
- PROXYSHOW
- PROXYWEBSEARCH
- PSLTSCALE
- PSOLHEIGHT
- PSOLWIDTH
- PSTYLEMODE
- PSTYLEPOLICY
- PSVPSCALE
- PUCSBASE
- Q System Variables
- R System Variables
- S System Variables
- SAVEFIDELITY
- SAVEFILE
- SAVEFILEPATH
- SAVENAME
- SAVETIME
- SCREENSIZE
- SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
- SELECTIONAREA
- SELECTIONAREAOPACITY
- SELECTIONCYCLING
- SELECTIONPREVIEW
- SELECTSIMILARMODE
- SHADEDGE
- SHADEDIF
- SHADOWPLANELOCATION
- SHORTCUTMENU
- SHORTCUTMENUDURATION
- SHOWHIST
- SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS
- SHOWPALETTESTATE
- SHPNAME
- SKETCHINC
- SKPOLY
- SKTOLERANCE
- SKYSTATUS
- SMOOTHMESHCONVERT
- SMOOTHMESHGRID
- SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE
- SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV
- SNAPANG
- SNAPBASE
- SNAPISOPAIR
- SNAPMODE
- SNAPSTYL
- SNAPTYPE
- SNAPUNIT
- SOLIDCHECK
- SOLIDHIST
- SORTENTS
- SPACEPAN
- SPACEPANTIMEOUT
- SPLDEGREE
- SPLFRAME
- SPLINESEGS
- SPLINETYPE
- SPLKNOTS
- SPLMETHOD
- SPLPERIODIC
- STARTUP
- STATUSBAR
- SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
- SUNSTATUS
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITY
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITYDRAG
- SURFACEAUTOTRIM
- SURFACEMODELINGMODE
- SURFTAB1
- SURFTAB2
- SURFTYPE
- SURFU
- SURFV
- SYSCODEPAGE
- T System Variables
- TABLEINDICATOR
- TARGET
- TBEXTENDAFTERSECONDS
- TBSHOWSHORTCUTS
- TDCREATE
- TDINDWG
- TDUCREATE
- TDUPDATE
- TDUSRTIMER
- TDUUPDATE
- TEMPOVERRIDES
- TEMPPREFIX
- TEXTED
- TEXTEVAL
- TEXTFILL
- TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT
- TEXTQLTY
- TEXTSIZE
- TEXTSTYLE
- THICKNESS
- TILEMODE
- TIMEZONE
- TOOLSETSSTATE
- TOOLTIPMERGE
- TOOLTIPSIZE
- TOOLTIPTRANSPARENCY
- TRACEWID
- TRACKPATH
- TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY
- TREEDEPTH
- TREEMAX
- TRIMMODE
- TSPACEFAC
- TSPACETYPE
- TSTACKALIGN
- TSTACKSIZE
- U System Variables
- V System Variables
- VIEWCTR
- VIEWDIR
- VIEWMODE
- VIEWSIZE
- VIEWTWIST
- VISRETAIN
- VPCONTROL
- VPCOORDDISPLAY
- VPLAYEROVERRIDES
- VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE
- VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE
- VPROTATEASSOC
- VSACURVATUREHIGH
- VSACURVATURELOW
- VSACURVATURETYPE
- VSADRAFTANGLEHIGH
- VSADRAFTANGLELOW
- VSAZEBRACOLOR1
- VSAZEBRACOLOR2
- VSAZEBRADIRECTION
- VSAZEBRASIZE
- VSAZEBRATYPE
- VSEDGECOLOR
- VSEDGEJITTER
- VSEDGELEX
- VSEDGEOVERHANG
- VSEDGES
- VSEDGESMOOTH
- VSFACECOLORMODE
- VSFACEHIGHLIGHT
- VSFACEOPACITY
- VSFACESTYLE
- VSHALOGAP
- VSHIDEPRECISION
- VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR
- VSINTERSECTIONEDGES
- VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE
- VSISOONTOP
- VSLIGHTINGQUALITY
- VSMATERIALMODE
- VSMAX
- VSMIN
- VSMONOCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDEDGES
- VSOBSCUREDLTYPE
- VSOCCLUDEDCOLOR
- VSOCCLUDEDEDGES
- VSOCCLUDEDLTYPE
- VSSHADOWS
- VSSILHEDGES
- VSSILHWIDTH
- W System Variables
- X System Variables
- Z System Variables
- Index
Q Commands
QDIM
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Overview of Dimensioning
Creates a series of dimensions quickly from selected objects.
Access Methods
Button
Toolbar: Annotation tool set ➤ Dimensions tool group ➤ Quick
Dimension
Menu: Dimension ➤ Quick Dimension
Summary
This command is particularly useful for creating a series of baseline or continued
dimensions, or for dimensioning a series of circles and arcs.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
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