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Chapter 7 Creating and Plotting Sheets Using Sheet Manager
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3 Click the Edit button to display the Distance Style Properties dialog box.
4 Select the Code Category first because it determines which code options are
available. For more information, see Example: Code Category in this chapter.
5 Select the Code.
To dimension the length of an entity, you can select code that affects the
placement of the label. For example, to label the vertical curve length with the
Code Category set to FG Center Line, select any of the vertical curve codes. The
vertical curve codes all begin with VC, such as VC PVI Sta. To label the finished
ground centerline tangent with a dimension, select any of the V Tangent codes.
NOTE
Some of the available codes do not apply to distance styles. Options such as
Station, Elevation or Grade Break cannot be dimensioned.
6 Under Distance Entity Data, specify the following:
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Distance Dimension Style: Dimension Styles are used in AutoCAD for
saving specific dimension variable settings to a named style. Dimension style
variables include the size of dimension components, such as arrow heads,
the scale factor for the dimension, and the text style and size. You can use
the DIMSTYLE and DDIM commands to create and edit dimension styles.
Using named dimension styles, you can establish and enforce drafting
standards for drawings.
NOTE
The dimension style that is created may not be available in the current
working drawing (dimstyles are stored in the drawing file). However, the
Bonus tools offer a solution to export a distance dimension style.