Datasheet

100 Working with Text
You’ll find dimension lines indispensable for planning garden designs (e.g., a
garden gazebo plan above), technical diagrams, floor plans, or any drawing
where exact measurements and scale are important.
Although they can be drawn anywhere on the page, dimension lines are at their
most accurate when attached to connection points on objects (see p. 77). When
you choose one of the Dimension tools, connection points on page objects
become visible on hover over, i.e. when you move the mouse pointer directly
over a connection point, a small box appears around it when a connection can
be made. For more information on connection points, see Working with
connectors on p. 75.
To draw a dimension:
1. Select the
Dimension Tool from the Drawing toolbar’s Line
flyout. (The flyout shows the icon of the most recently selected tool.)
2. Either, for a linear dimension (vertical, horizontal, or slanted), click
the respective tool from the Dimension context toolbar:
• Vertical Dimension Tool
•
Horizontal Dimension Tool
•
Slanted Dimension Tool