Dimension style settings 4: If the dimension doesn’t fit…
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Author | Orhan Toker |
| Profession | Architect M.Sc. | |
| Autodesk Authorized Consultant | ||
| Database Specialist | ||
Hello dear Daily AutoCAD readers,
In the first two tabs of dimension settings, we adjusted its physical properties. However, we can still come up against undesirable situations while dimensioning. For instance, when we make dimensioning of very small locations, either dimension lines and arrows, or the dimension text may appear at undesired locations. Even if we have the chance to hold the text and place to somewhere proper, we have a change to tell AutoCAD what to do in such situations. Today, I will explain this.
Fig.1 Dimensions which has come inside each other.
Those of you, who know technical drawings, know that when we are making dimensioning for small spaces, we should make it from outside to inside. But things get complicated when the dimension text does not fit. If you place it on the sides, it will be mixed up with the other one. There we go, FIT tab inside the dimension style settings is for this matter.
Fig. 2 It is possible to lift the text up
First thing that comes into our minds is “arrows should remain same, but the text should go up a little” ( Fig.2 ) Here is the setting you have to do,
Fig. 3
If you set the “Text Placement” in FIT tab as seen in Fig.3 then the texts are placed up by a reference extension. This setting is OK.
Fig .4 Another solution is to keep the text always inside.
On the other hand, all of the dimension text can remain inside as seen in Fig.4. In order to do this, you must use “Always keep text between ext. Lines” option from “Fit Options”. Another point is that, if you use “Supress arrows if they don’t fit inside extension lines” there will be no arrows for the narrow dimension spaces (Fig.5).
Fig. 5 Fit options
One of the most important and unknown setting for dimensions is “Scale for dimension features”. By using “Use overall scale of:” among these options, you can enlarge or narrow all of the physical properties of the dimension (like dimension arrow size, text height etc.) by the amount of value you enter here. Thus, if you enter 2, all of the dimension style properties will double (Of cource except the measured value ).
In this part, there is also a “Scale dimensions to layout” option. This option is for those who use LAYOUT. AutoCAD automatically scales all of the dimensions. For this reason, we are always suggesting you to use LAYOUT.
Fig. 6 Overall scale
We also have fine tuning settings. . “Place text manually” option asks you to place all of the dimension text during the dimensioning. We strongly suggest you to leave this field empty. Our last setting is “Draw dim line between ext lines”, which is not to place dimension line in between if the spacing is very small. This option should also be left blank.
Fig.7 Fine tunings
You can change each of these settings in these tabs, so that you can learn what they are for.
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December 13th, 2007 01:00
I have found coding in the text override property of some dimensions in some files that have been converted to AutoCAD.
I figured out that \F is font name but there is a \Q with a setting of 0.000000. I’m unsure what Dim variable that is.
If there a way to batchscript this coding out?