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The dimension measurements in your drawing use a specific unit, whether millimeters, inches, or something else. But it’s common to need to show a second unit — perhaps a metric measurement if you’re using inches, or vice versa. You define an alternate measurement on the Alternate Units tab of the Dimension Style dialog box. For more [...] This is a guest post by Sanjay Kulkarni, an AutoCAD programmer. Learning AutoLISP (or any other programming language) doesn’t compel you to become a programmer. You can still use it to better understand the internal working of AutoCAD and enhance your interactive working skill. This can also give you an edge over others. Recently [...] You should have at least 1 text style for your dimensions and perhaps a text style for each dimension style. When you create a dimension style, you can create a text style from within the New Dimension Style dialog box. On the Text tab, click the Ellipsis button as shown here. The Text Style dialog box opens. The [...] The DIMEDIT command lets you move or rotate dimension text, change text, and create oblique (angled) extension lines. You type it on the command line. You see the following prompt: Enter type of dimension editing [Home/New/Rotate/Oblique] <Home>: You would use it only in certain situations. Clean up dimension text location If the text was moved, usually with grips, use [...] As you add dimensions, they can get messy looking if you don’t align them. The DIMSPACE command has a little-known technique that automatically aligns the dimensions for you. Follow these prompts: Select base dimension: Select the dimension that you want to align the other dimensions to. Select dimensions to space: Select the dimensions that you want to align. [...] It’s always good to keep to your dimension styles as much as possible, but sometimes a situation requires an exception. You can create an override, which is a sub-dimension style that varies from its parent style. Follow these steps: Choose Dimension> Style (in 2009, choose Annotate tab> Dimensions panel> Dimension Style). Usually, it’s best to format your dimensions using a dimension style. If you want an exception to the style, create an override. To create an override, choose Dimension > Dimension Style and click the Override button in the Dimension Style Manager. This method is the best way to maintain your CAD standards. But [...] Normally, dimensions are associative, meaning that they change when you edit objects to which they’re attached. Drawings created in releases 2000 and earlier are not associative. Sometimes, you’ll get a drawing that was created a long time ago and realize that the dimensions aren’t associative. To make them associative, type dimassoc (a system variable) on [...] |
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