Dimensions are one of the most well defined areas of AutoCAD and one of the most misunderstood. Misunderstood at the base level. Not many know all of the variables that need to be defined. If you think that DIMS are simple, just do a search in your AutoCAD help file for “dim” and look at […]
The DIM Variables (and the release they were introduced). Plus a quick outline of what they do. DIMADEC (R14) – Controls the number of precision places displayed in angular dimensions. DIMALT (R12) – Controls the display of alternate units in dimensions. DIMALTD (R12) – Controls the number of decimal places in alternate units. If DIMALT […]
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Here is a quick explanation (from Autodesk help files) for the new location of dimension commands in the Ribbon.
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New to AutoCAD are Annotative Dimensions. Annotation scaling allows you to plot annotation text at the same height or size regardless of the viewport zoom scale. Annotation scales can be associated with annotative objects in AutoCAD so that these objects can be sized properly for specific annotation scales in model space and displayed correctly in […]
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