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strings to enter special characters or symbols. See Control Codes and Special

Characters

(page 1083).

For more information, see Select and Modify Objects.

The current dimension style determines the appearance of the generated

measurements.

Text Customizes the dimension text at the Command prompt. The generated

dimension measurement is displayed within angle brackets.

To include the generated measurement, use angle brackets (< >) to represent

the generated measurement.

Dimension text properties are set on the Text tab of the New, Modify, and

Override Dimension Style dialog boxes.

Angle Changes the angle of the dimension text.

Quadrant Specifies the quadrant that the dimension should be locked to.

When quadrant behavior is on, the dimension line is extended past the

extension line when the dimension text is positioned outside of the angular

dimension.