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Example: User Text in Dimensions
In this example, the primary dimension measurement is 5.08, and the alternate
dimension measurement is 2.00. The primary units have the suffix H7/h6, and
the alternate units have the suffix inches.
At the text prompt, while creating the dimension, you enter the following
format string:
<> H7/h6\XSee Note 26\P[ ]
The angle brackets represent the primary units, and the square brackets
represent the alternate units. The \X separates text above the dimension line
from text below the dimension line. The \P is a paragraph break.
The resulting text appears as follows:
To control the text style in dimensions
1 Click Home tab ➤ Annotation panel ➤ Dimension Style.
2 In the Dimension Style Manager, select the style you want to change.
Click Modify.
3 In the Modify Dimension Style dialog box, Text tab, under Text
Appearance, select a text style.
4 If the current text style does not have a fixed height, enter the height of
dimension text in the Text Height box.
5 Under Tolerances, enter a height for tolerance values in the Scaling for
Height box.
6 In the Offset from Dim Line box, enter a value for the gap around base
dimension text.
7 Select a color from the Text Color box.
8 Click OK
9 Click Close to exit the Dimension Style Manager.
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