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522 | Chapter 20 Dimensions and Tolerances
5 Choose OK to exit the Modify Dimension Style dialog box.
6 Choose Close to exit.
Dimension or Styles toolbar
Command line
DIMSTYLE
Control the Location of Dimension Text
AutoCAD provides several justification settings that facilitate compliance
with international standards, or you can choose your own location for the
text.
Many of the settings are interdependent. Example images in the Dimension
Style Manager are updated dynamically to illustrate how text appears as you
change the settings.
Align Dimension Text
Whether text is inside or outside the extension lines, you can choose
whether it is aligned with the dimension line or remains horizontal. The
following examples show two combinations of these options.
The AutoCAD default alignment is horizontal dimension text, even for
vertical dimensions.
text centered above the
dimension line
text centered
horizontally and
vertically
text left-aligned above
the dimension line
text inside extension lines
oriented horizontally
text outside extension lines
aligned with dimension line