Dimensions styles

The Dimension style manager is used to manage the style of dimensioning.

• Click Draw.

• Click Styles to open the Dimension style manager window.

  

• In the Dimension style manager panel it is possible to create a new style for dimensions or edit an existing one.

  

Styles

• New: creates a new style.

• Copy: copies the selected style.

• Delete: deletes the selected style.

• Set as Default: makes the selected style the default when creating a dimension.

Settings

• Style name: the name of selected style.

• Color: the color of dimensioning elements and text.

• Color mode: select By layer to use the color defined by current layer; select By entity to use the color defined in this panel for the entity.

• Line weight: the weight of the line.

• Line weight mode: select By layer to use the line weight defined by current layer; select By entity to use the line weight defined in this panel for the entity.

• Auto scale: if enabled, it scales the dimensioning elements and text according to drawing scale.

• Arrow type: the type of arrow.

• Show central mark: if enabled, shows the central mark of the dimensioning.

  

• Central mark size: the size of the central mark.

• Left arrow type: the type of arrow on the left end of dimension.

• Right arrow type: the type of arrow on the right end of dimension.

• Arrow size: the size of the arrow.

• Show dim line 1: if enabled, shows the line connecting the left end of the entity to the dimension.

  

• Show dim line 2: if enabled, shows the line connecting the right end of the entity to the dimension.

  

• Reference line extension: define the extension of the reference line.

  

• Reference line offset: the offset between the entity and the reference line.

  

• Text style: the style of the text. It is selected from the available styles of text.

• Text height: the height of the text.

• Prefix: the text prefix.

• Suffix: the text suffix.

• Text gap: the distance between the reference line and the text.

• Billboard: if enabled, the text is always facing the view in 3D.

• Scale overall: this option defines a scale factor that allows to scale all the elements of the dimension.