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Dimensioning: _DIMJOGLINE

1 Comment Nov-22-2007 | Posted by Erhan Toker | Printable Version | Level |

AutoCAD 2008 and higher versions

One of the new properties of Autocad 2008 is cutting the dimension lines crosswise. The technique that we used for the drawings do not fit onto a plot is included in Autocad 2008. As you know, I am used to enter the commands via keyboard. In fact, this speeds up the drawing. But new Autocad users prefers icon menu to draw. Thus I am giving the icon for the command first. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

The command is DIMJOGLINE. Let us get busy with its function:

Figure 2

Command : _DIMJOGLINE
Select dimension to add jog or [Remove]:
Specify jog location (or press ENTER):

The dimension that have been crosswised returns to its original state if you use the REMOVE option in the second line in the command. The last line in the command asks for the position of the cross. The best suitable position will be selected by Autocad if you answer the question by simply pressing ENTER. Yet, we cut the dimension in the half and move the dimesion text a bit to the right in our example. (Figure 3)

Figure 3

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