Dimension line parameters for placements

You can set the arrowhead size for dimension lines here.

(A) Dimension line
(B) Size of arrowhead

Note: Dimension text and arrowheads are always entered in mm and as absolute values, and they behave like text when you change the reference scale.

You can select an arrowhead here.

You can choose to show or hide the dimension line here.

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
You can define different format properties (pen, line and color) for the individual components of the dimension line. The layer is the same for all the components.

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.

This option applies blanking to the dimension text. It is placed on a fill in background color. This ensures that the dimension text is always visible even if you place it over a pattern or hatching style.

This setting governs the actual distance between the dimension text and its dimension line.

You can enter the distance in mm or inch (values between -99 and +99 mm) and the values is based on the bottom or top of the dimension text.

(A) Distance

You can set the unit of dimensioning here.

The dimension figure computed by the system only appears rounded-off on-screen. Internal computations, however, continue to use the figure's original value.

Example:

Round-off value 5 0.1137m 0.115m

Round-off value 10 0.2384m 0.24m

Enter the number of decimal places here.

Enter the number of trailing zeroes here. Enter the number of trailing zeroes used to pad out empty decimal places.

Example:

The value 1.01 with:

4 decimal places, 4 trailing zeroes will display as 1.0100

4 decimal places, 2 trailing zeroes will display as 1.01

You can toggle the exponent-style numeric format on/off.

This option is only available when Dim. Text Unit is set to m, cm.