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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
Dimension breaks that are added by selecting individual intersecting objects
are updated any time the dimension or multileader, or intersecting objects
are modified.
Dimension Break Created by Picking Two Points
You can place a dimension break by picking two points on the dimension,
extension, or leader line to determine the size and placement of the break.
Dimension breaks that are added manually by picking two points are not
automatically updated if the dimension or multileader, or intersecting object
is modified.
So if a dimension or multileader with a manually added dimension break is
moved or the intersecting object is modified, you might have to restore the
dimension or multileader, and then add the dimension break again. The size
of a dimension break that is created by picking two points is not affected by
the current dimension scale or annotation scale value for the current viewport.
Quick Reference
Commands
DIMBREAK
Breaks or restores dimension and extension lines where they cross other
objects.
DIMSTYLE
Creates and modifies dimension styles.
Adjust Dimension Spacing
You can automatically adjust existing parallel linear and angular dimensions
in a drawing so they are equally spaced or aligned at the dimension line with
each other.
Parallel linear and angular dimensions can be created in a number of different
ways in a drawing. With the DIMLINEAR and DIMANGULAR commands you
can place one dimension at a time; you can use the DIMBASELINE and
DIMCONTINUE commands to help place additional linear dimensions based
on the previous linear dimension placed.
The DIMBASELINE command uses the DIMDLI system variable to create
equally spaced dimensions, but once the dimensions are placed, changing the
value of the system variable has no affect on the spacing of dimensions. If
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