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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Use Coordinates and Coordinate Systems (UCS)
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Draw Geometric Objects
- Change Existing Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Modify Complex Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and 2D Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
Control the Appearance of Dimension Text
You can include prefixes, suffixes, and user-supplied text in dimensions. You
can also control the text style and formatting used in dimension text.
The program supports a mixture of user-supplied text, prefixes and suffixes
supplied by the dimension style, and generated measurements. For example,
you could add a diameter symbol as a prefix to a measurement or add the
abbreviation for a unit, such as mm, as a suffix. Text in this context refers to
all dimension text, prefixes and suffixes, primary and alternate units, and
lateral tolerances. Geometric tolerances are controlled independently.
Dimension text is treated as a single string of text, which you create and format
using your text editor.
Control the Text Style in Dimensions
The appearance of dimension text is governed by the text style selected in the
Modify/New Dimension Style dialog box, Text tab. You can choose a text style
while creating a dimension style and specify a text color and a height
independent of the current text style's height setting. You can also specify the
gap between base dimension text and the box that surrounds it.
The text styles used for dimensions are the same text styles used by all text
created in your drawing.
For more information, see
Work with Text Styles on page 738.
Supply User Text to Dimensions
In addition to the prefixes and suffixes specified for primary and alternate
units, you can supply your own text as you create a dimension. Because the
prefix, suffix, and user-supplied text form a single text string, you can represent
tolerance stacks and apply changes to font, text size, and other characteristics
using the text editor.
To add user text above and below the dimension line, use the separator symbol
\X. Text that precedes this symbol is aligned with and above the dimension
line. Text that follows the \X symbol is aligned with and below the dimension
line. The space between the dimension line and the text is determined by the
value you enter in Offset from Dim Lim on the Modify/New Dimension Style
dialog box, Text tab.
790 | Chapter 29 Dimensions and Tolerances