2013

Table Of Contents

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.

Object Selection

Automatically determines the origin points of the first and second extension

lines after you select an object.

For polylines and other explodable objects, only the individual line and arc

segments are dimensioned. You cannot select objects in a non-uniformly

scaled block reference.

If you select a line or an arc, the line or arc endpoints are used as the origins

of the extension lines. The extension lines are offset from the endpoints by

the distance you specify in Offset from Origin in the Lines and Arrows tab of

the New, Modify, and Override Dimension Style dialog boxes. See

DIMSTYLE

(page 319). This value is stored in the DIMEXO (page 1269) system variable.

If you select a circle, the location of the origins for the extension lines is

calculated based on the center of the circle and the angle of the rotated

dimension line.