Operation Manual

Lines, Curves, and Shapes 83
• Dynamic guides
You can snap a dimension line to a dynamic guide, creating "free-
floating" dimension lines that don't actually touch objects (see
previous page). Use this for neatly presenting horizontal or vertical
dimension lines. Guides will be offered to snap to when your line
approaches objects on the page.
To draw a dimension:
1. Select the Dimension Tool from the Drawing toolbar’s
Line Tools flyout. (The flyout shows the icon of the most recently
selected tool.)
2. Either, for a linear dimension, click the respective tool from the
Dimension context toolbar:
• Auto Dimension Line Tool
Use to draw vertical, horizontal, or diagonal dimension lines in
any direction, with automatic placement of the editable dimension
label adjacent to the line
• Vertical Dimension Line Tool
Ideal for vertical dimension lines, the label information is always
presented vertically with the option to move the label by dragging.
Extension lines are used to present the dimension line vertically
and to allow for an optional offset.
• Horizontal Dimension Line Tool
As above but for horizontal dimension lines.
• Slanted Dimension Line Tool
Designed specifically for drawing diagonal dimension lines.
Click where you want to start the dimension line (e.g., on a connection
point), then drag and release the mouse button where you want to end the
line (maybe on another connection point).