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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 Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Layouts in a Project
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- 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
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify 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 Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Overview of Notes and Labels
- Create Text
- Create Leaders
- Use Fields in Text
- Work with Text Styles
- Change Text
- Check Spelling
- Format Multiline Text at the Command Prompt
- 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
- Work with Annotations
- 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
- Named Page Setups with Projects
- 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
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach PDF Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- 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 Dimension Arrowheads
You can control the arrowhead symbols in dimensions and leaders including
their type, size, and visibility.
You can choose from many standard types of arrowheads, or you can create
your own arrowheads. Additionally, you can
Suppress the display of arrowheads, or use one arrowhead only
Apply a different type of arrowhead to each end of a dimension line
Control the size of arrowheads
Flip the direction of an arrowhead using the dimension shortcut menu
NOTE Flipped arrowheads maintain their appearance in versions later than
AutoCAD 2002. However, if you edit a drawing with flipped arrowheads in a
release earlier than AutoCAD 2006, the arrowhead directions will revert to their
original orientations.
See also:
Customize Arrowheads (page 570)
Customize Arrowheads
You can create your own custom arrowheads.
Arrowheads are stored as block definitions. To use your own arrowhead,
provide the name of an existing block definition. For information about
creating blocks, see
Create Blocks Within a Drawing (page 317).
NOTE Annotative blocks cannot be used as custom arrowheads for dimensions or
leaders.
Arrowhead sizing relies on the overall dimension scale factor. When you create
a dimension, the block is inserted where the arrowheads would normally go.
The object's X and Y scale factors are set to arrowhead size overall scale. The
dimension line is trimmed by text gap x overall scale units at each end. To trim
the dimension line, the rightmost block is inserted with a zero rotation angle
for horizontal dimensioning. The leftmost block is rotated 180 degrees about
its insertion point.
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