Views and sections, dimension line parameters

Views and sections automation

You can set the parameters for the dimension lines in this dialog box.

Arrowhead

Size in mm/inch

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Advanced settings

The dimension line is always displayed. You cannot disable this it.

Format properties

Define the format properties (Pen, Line, Color and Layer) for the different components of the dimension line:
Dimension line, Extension lines, Symbol and Numbers/text
The format properties you set apply to all the components.

Text tab

You can set the following parameters for Dimension text:
Font, Text height, Aspect (always select 1 for TrueType fonts; otherwise, they will be distorted), Bold (with TrueType fonts only), Italics and Underline.

Apply blanking (fill) to dimension text

Distance between label and dimension line

Position

Dimension Text tab

Dim. text units

Round-off value

Number of decimal places

Number of trailing zeroes

Exponent-style numeric format



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