2004

Table Of Contents
Create Dimensions | 537
As you create linear dimensions, you can modify the content of the text, the
angle of the text, or the angle of the dimension line.
Create Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions
AutoCAD automatically applies a horizontal or vertical dimension according
to the extension line origins that you specify or the location where you select
an object. However, you can override this as you create the dimension by
specifying that a dimension be horizontal or vertical. For example, in the fol-
lowing illustration, a horizontal dimension is drawn by default unless you
specify a vertical one.
horizontal vertical
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
3
2
aligned
1
3
2
rotated 315 degrees
horizontal dimension
created by default
vertical dimension specified