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Format Lateral Tolerances
You can control the vertical placement of tolerance values relative to the
main dimension text. Tolerances can align with the top, middle, or bottom
of the dimension text.
You can also control zero suppression as you can with the primary and
alternate units. Suppressing zeros in lateral tolerances has the same effect as
suppressing them in the primary and alternate units. If you suppress leading
zeros, 0.5 becomes .5, and if you suppress trailing zeros, 0.5000 becomes 0.5.
See Also
“Add Geometric Tolerances” on page 557
To specify methods for lateral tolerances
1 From the Format menu, choose Dimension Style.
2 In the Dimension Style Manager, select the style you wish to change and
choose Modify.
3 In the Modify Dimension Style dialog box, Tolerances tab, under Toler-
ance Format, select a method from the Method list and do one of the
following:
■ If you select Limits, enter upper and lower tolerance deviation in the
Upper Value and Lower Value boxes.
■ If you select Symmetrical tolerances, Lower Value is not available,
because you need only one tolerance value.
■ If you select Basic, enter a value in Offset from Dim Line (on the Text
tab) to represent the gap between the text and its enclosing box.
4 Choose OK to exit.
5 Choose Close to exit the Dimension Style Manager.
Dimension or Styles toolbar
Command line
DIMSTYLE
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