2012
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Commands
- 3D Commands
- A Commands
- B Commands
- C Commands
- CAL
- Understand Syntax of Expressions
- Format Feet and Inches
- Format Angles
- Use Points and Vectors
- Use System Variables in Calculations
- Convert Units of Measurement
- Use Standard Numeric Functions
- Calculate a Vector from Two Points
- Calculate the Length of a Vector
- Obtain a Point by Cursor
- Obtain the Last-Specified Point
- Use Snap Modes in Arithmetic Expressions
- Convert Points Between UCS and WCS
- Calculate a Point on a Line
- Rotate a Point About an Axis
- Obtain an Intersection Point
- Calculate a Distance
- Obtain a Radius
- Obtain an Angle
- Calculate a Normal Vector
- Use Shortcut Functions
- CHAMFER
- CHANGE
- CHPROP
- CHSPACE
- CIRCLE
- CLASSICIMAGE
- CLASSICLAYER
- CLASSICXREF
- CLEANSCREENON
- CLEANSCREENOFF
- CLIP
- CLOSE
- CLOSEALL
- COLOR
- COMMANDLINE
- COMMANDLINEHIDE
- CONSTRAINTBAR
- CONSTRAINTSETTINGS
- CONTENTEXPLORER
- CONTENTEXPLORERCLOSE
- CONVERT
- CONVERTCTB
- CONVERTPSTYLES
- COPY
- COPYBASE
- COPYCLIP
- COPYHIST
- COPYLINK
- COPYTOLAYER
- CUI
- CUIEXPORT
- CUIIMPORT
- CUILOAD
- CUIUNLOAD
- CUSTOMIZE
- CUTCLIP
- CAL
- D Commands
- DATALINK
- DATALINKUPDATE
- DCDISPLAY
- DDEDIT
- DDPTYPE
- DDVPOINT
- DELAY
- DELCONSTRAINT
- DETACHURL
- DGNADJUST
- DGNATTACH
- DGNBIND (-DGNBIND)
- DGNCLIP
- DGNEXPORT
- DGNIMPORT
- DGNLAYERS
- DGNMAPPING
- DIM and DIM1
- DIMALIGNED
- DIMANGULAR
- DIMARC
- DIMBASELINE
- DIMBREAK
- DIMCENTER
- DIMCONTINUE
- DIMDIAMETER
- DIMDISASSOCIATE
- DIMEDIT
- DIMINSPECT
- DIMJOGGED
- DIMJOGLINE
- DIMLINEAR
- DIMORDINATE
- DIMOVERRIDE
- DIMRADIUS
- DIMREASSOCIATE
- DIMREGEN
- DIMROTATED
- DIMSPACE
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTEDIT
- DIST
- DIVIDE
- DLINE
- DONUT
- DOWNLOADMANAGER
- DRAGMODE
- DRAWINGRECOVERY
- DRAWINGRECOVERYHIDE
- DRAWORDER
- DSETTINGS
- DWFADJUST
- DWFATTACH
- DWFCLIP
- DWFFORMAT
- DWFLAYERS
- DWGCONVERT
- DWGPROPS
- E Commands
- F Commands
- G Commands
- H Commands
- I Commands
- J Commands
- L Commands
- M Commands
- N Commands
- O Commands
- OBJECTSCALE
- OFFSET
- OLELINKS
- OLESCALE
- ONLINEDRAWINGS
- OOPS
- OPEN
- OPENDWFMARKUP
- OPENONLINE
- OPENSHEETSET
- OPTIONS
- Options Dialog Box
- Alternate Font Dialog Box
- Drawing Window Colors Dialog Box
- Command Line Window Font Dialog Box
- Thumbnail Preview Settings Dialog Box
- Plot Style Table Settings Dialog Box
- Right-Click Customization Dialog Box
- Field Update Settings Dialog Box
- Visual Effect Settings Dialog Box
- Ribbon Contextual Tab State Options Dialog Box
- Advanced Preview Options Dialog Box
- Transparency Dialog Box
- Hidden Message Settings Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
- Default Scale List Dialog Box
- ORTHO
- OSNAP
- OVERKILL
- P Commands
- Q Commands
- R Commands
- S Commands
- SAVE
- SAVEAS
- SCALE
- SCALELISTEDIT
- SCALETEXT
- SCRIPT
- SECURITYOPTIONS
- SEEK
- SELECT
- SELECTSIMILAR
- SETBYLAYER
- SETENV
- SETVAR
- SHADE
- SHADEMODE
- SHARE
- SHAREWITHSEEK
- SHEETSET
- Sheet Set Manager
- Subset Properties Dialog Box
- Publish Sheets Dialog Box
- Select Layout as Sheet Template Dialog Box
- New Sheet Dialog Box
- Rename & Renumber Sheet Dialog Box
- Rename & Renumber View Dialog Box
- Import Layouts as Sheets Dialog Box
- Insert Sheet List Table Dialog Box
- Edit Sheet List Table Settings Dialog Box
- Sheet Set Properties Dialog Box
- Sheet Set Custom Properties Dialog Box
- Add Custom Property Dialog Box
- Resource Drawing Locations Dialog Box
- Sheet Properties Dialog Box
- New Sheet Selection Dialog Box
- Sheet Selections Dialog Box
- View Category Dialog Box
- List of Blocks Dialog Box
- Select Block Dialog Box
- SHEETSETHIDE
- SHOWPALETTES
- SIGVALIDATE
- SKETCH
- SNAP
- SOLID
- SPACETRANS
- SPELL
- SPLINE
- SPLINEDIT
- STRETCH
- STYLE
- STYLESMANAGER
- SUBTRACT
- SYSWINDOWS
- T Commands
- U Commands
- V Commands
- W Commands
- X Commands
- Z Commands
- Command Modifiers
- System Variables
- 3D System Variables
- A System Variables
- B System Variables
- C System Variables
- CALCINPUT
- CANNOSCALE
- CANNOSCALEVALUE
- CBARTRANSPARENCY
- CDATE
- CECOLOR
- CELTSCALE
- CELTYPE
- CELWEIGHT
- CENTERMT
- CETRANSPARENCY
- CHAMFERA
- CHAMFERB
- CHAMFERC
- CHAMFERD
- CHAMMODE
- CIRCLERAD
- CLASSICKEYS
- CLAYER
- CLEANSCREENSTATE
- CLISTATE
- CLIPBOARD
- CMDACTIVE
- CMDDIA
- CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
- CMDNAMES
- CMLEADERSTYLE
- CONSTRAINTBARMODE
- CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
- CONSTRAINTRELAX
- CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE
- CONTENTEXPLORERSTATE
- COORDS
- COPYMODE
- CPLOTSTYLE
- CROSSINGAREACOLOR
- CTAB
- CTABLESTYLE
- CURSORSIZE
- CVPORT
- D System Variables
- DATALINKNOTIFY
- DATE
- DBLCLKEDIT
- DBMOD
- DCTCUST
- DCTMAIN
- DEFLPLSTYLE
- DEFPLSTYLE
- DELOBJ
- DGNFRAME
- DGNIMPORTMAX
- DGNIMPORTMODE
- DGNMAPPINGPATH
- DGNOSNAP
- DIASTAT
- DIGITIZER
- DIMADEC
- DIMALT
- DIMALTD
- DIMALTF
- DIMALTRND
- DIMALTTD
- DIMALTTZ
- DIMALTU
- DIMALTZ
- DIMANNO
- DIMAPOST
- DIMARCSYM
- DIMASSOC
- DIMASZ
- DIMATFIT
- DIMAUNIT
- DIMAZIN
- DIMBLK
- DIMBLK1
- DIMBLK2
- DIMCEN
- DIMCLRD
- DIMCLRE
- DIMCLRT
- DIMCONSTRAINTICON
- DIMDEC
- DIMDLE
- DIMDLI
- DIMDSEP
- DIMEXE
- DIMEXO
- DIMFRAC
- DIMFXL
- DIMFXLON
- DIMGAP
- DIMJOGANG
- DIMJUST
- DIMLDRBLK
- DIMLFAC
- DIMLIM
- DIMLTEX1
- DIMLTEX2
- DIMLTYPE
- DIMLUNIT
- DIMLWD
- DIMLWE
- DIMPOST
- DIMRND
- DIMSAH
- DIMSCALE
- DIMSD1
- DIMSD2
- DIMSE1
- DIMSE2
- DIMSOXD
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTAD
- DIMTDEC
- DIMTFAC
- DIMTFILL
- DIMTFILLCLR
- DIMTIH
- DIMTIX
- DIMTM
- DIMTMOVE
- DIMTOFL
- DIMTOH
- DIMTOL
- DIMTOLJ
- DIMTP
- DIMTSZ
- DIMTVP
- DIMTXSTY
- DIMTXT
- DIMTXTDIRECTION
- DIMTZIN
- DIMUPT
- DIMZIN
- DISPSILH
- DISTANCE
- DONUTID
- DONUTOD
- DRAGMODE
- DRAGP1
- DRAGP2
- DRAWORDERCTL
- DRSTATE
- DTEXTED
- DWFFRAME
- DWFOSNAP
- DWGCHECK
- DWGCODEPAGE
- DWGNAME
- DWGPREFIX
- DWGTITLED
- DYNCONSTRAINTMODE
- DYNDIGRIP
- DYNDIVIS
- DYNINFOTIPS
- DYNMODE
- DYNPICOORDS
- DYNPIFORMAT
- DYNPIVIS
- DYNPROMPT
- DYNTOOLTIPS
- E System Variables
- F System Variables
- G System Variables
- H System Variables
- HALOGAP
- HANDLES
- HELPPREFIX
- HIDEPRECISION
- HIDETEXT
- HIGHLIGHT
- HPANG
- HPANNOTATIVE
- HPASSOC
- HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR
- HPBOUND
- HPBOUNDRETAIN
- HPCOLOR
- HPDLGMODE
- HPDOUBLE
- HPDRAWORDER
- HPGAPTOL
- HPINHERIT
- HPISLANDDETECTION
- HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE
- HPLAYER
- HPMAXAREAS
- HPMAXLINES
- HPNAME
- HPOBJWARNING
- HPORIGIN
- HPORIGINMODE
- HPQUICKPREVIEW
- HPQUICKPREVTIMEOUT
- HPSCALE
- HPSEPARATE
- HPSPACE
- HPTRANSPARENCY
- HYPERLINKBASE
- I System Variables
- L System Variables
- M System Variables
- N System Variables
- O System Variables
- P System Variables
- PALETTEOPAQUE
- PAPERUPDATE
- PDFFRAME
- PDFOSNAP
- PDMODE
- PDSIZE
- PEDITACCEPT
- PELLIPSE
- PERIMETER
- PERSPECTIVE
- PERSPECTIVECLIP
- PICKADD
- PICKAUTO
- PICKBOX
- PICKDRAG
- PICKFIRST
- PICKSTYLE
- PLATFORM
- PLINECONVERTMODE
- PLINEGEN
- PLINETYPE
- PLINEWID
- PLOTOFFSET
- PLOTROTMODE
- PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE
- POINTCLOUDDENSITY
- POLARADDANG
- POLARANG
- POLARDIST
- POLARMODE
- POLYSIDES
- PREVIEWEFFECT
- PREVIEWFACEEFFECT
- PREVIEWFILTER
- PROJMODE
- PROPOBJLIMIT
- PROXYGRAPHICS
- PROXYNOTICE
- PROXYSHOW
- PROXYWEBSEARCH
- PSLTSCALE
- PSTYLEMODE
- PSTYLEPOLICY
- PUBLISHALLSHEETS
- PUBLISHCOLLATE
- PUBLISHHATCH
- PUCSBASE
- Q System Variables
- R System Variables
- S System Variables
- SAVEFIDELITY
- SAVEFILE
- SAVEFILEPATH
- SAVENAME
- SAVETIME
- SCREENSIZE
- SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
- SELECTIONAREA
- SELECTIONAREAOPACITY
- SELECTIONCYCLING
- SELECTIONPREVIEW
- SELECTSIMILARMODE
- SETBYLAYERMODE
- SHADEDGE
- SHADEDIF
- SHORTCUTMENU
- SHORTCUTMENUDURATION
- SHOWLAYERUSAGE
- SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS
- SIGWARN
- SKETCHINC
- SKPOLY
- SKTOLERANCE
- SNAPANG
- SNAPBASE
- SNAPISOPAIR
- SNAPMODE
- SNAPSTYL
- SNAPTYPE
- SNAPUNIT
- SORTENTS
- SPLDEGREE
- SPLFRAME
- SPLINESEGS
- SPLINETYPE
- SPLKNOTS
- SPLMETHOD
- SPLPERIODIC
- SSFOUND
- SSLOCATE
- SSMAUTOOPEN
- SSMPOLLTIME
- SSMSHEETSTATUS
- SSMSTATE
- STARTUP
- STATUSBAR
- SYSCODEPAGE
- T System Variables
- TABLEINDICATOR
- TABLETOOLBAR
- TABMODE
- TARGET
- TBSHOWSHORTCUTS
- TDCREATE
- TDINDWG
- TDUCREATE
- TDUPDATE
- TDUSRTIMER
- TDUUPDATE
- TEMPOVERRIDES
- TEXTED
- TEXTFILL
- TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT
- TEXTQLTY
- TEXTSIZE
- TEXTSTYLE
- THICKNESS
- TILEMODE
- TIMEZONE
- TOOLTIPMERGE
- TOOLTIPS
- TOOLTIPSIZE
- TOOLTIPTRANSPARENCY
- TPSTATE
- TRACEWID
- TRACKPATH
- TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY
- TRAYICONS
- TRAYNOTIFY
- TRAYTIMEOUT
- TREEDEPTH
- TREEMAX
- TRIMMODE
- TSPACEFAC
- TSPACETYPE
- TSTACKALIGN
- TSTACKSIZE
- U System Variables
- V System Variables
- W System Variables
- X System Variables
- Z System Variables
- Utilities
- Index
Sets the arrowhead for the first dimension line. When you change the first
arrowhead type, the second arrowhead automatically changes to match it.
(DIMBLK1 system variable)
To specify a user-defined arrowhead block, select User Arrow. The Select
Custom Arrow Block dialog box is displayed. Select the name of a user-defined
arrowhead block. (The block must be in the drawing.)
Second
Sets the arrowhead for the second dimension line. (DIMBLK2 system variable)
To specify a user-defined arrowhead block, select User Arrow. The Select
Custom Arrow Block dialog box is displayed. Select the name of a user-defined
arrowhead block. (The block must be in the drawing.)
Leader
Sets the arrowhead for the leader line. (DIMLDRBLK system variable)
To specify a user-defined arrowhead block, select User Arrow. The Select
Custom Arrow Block dialog box is displayed. Select the name of a user-defined
arrowhead block. (The block must be in the drawing.)
Arrow Size
Displays and sets the size of arrowheads. (DIMASZ system variable)
NOTE blocks cannot be used as custom arrowheads for dimensions or leaders.
Center Marks
Controls the appearance of center marks and centerlines for diameter and
radial dimensions. The DIMCENTER, DIMDIAMETER, and DIMRADIUS
commands use center marks and centerlines. For DIMDIAMETER and
DIMRADIUS, the center mark is drawn only if you place the dimension line
outside the circle or arc.
Type
Sets the type of center mark or line to use.
None
Creates no center mark or centerline. The value is stored as 0 in the DIMCEN
system variable.
Mark
Creates a center mark. The size of the center mark is stored as a positive value
in the DIMCEN system variable.
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