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Adjust Dimension Spacing
Modify Existing Dimensions
Modify Dimension Geometry
Once you've created
a dimension, you can change the location and orientation of the
existing dimension text or replace it with new text.
Once
you've created a dimension, you can rotate the existing text or
replace it with new text. You can move the text to a new location
or back to its home position, which is the position defined by the
current dimension style. In the following illustration, the home
position is above and centered on the dimension line.
When you rotate or replace dimension text, you
specify the change first, for example, rotating the text to be at
an angle. When you move dimension text, you select a single dimension
to move.
You can move dimension text to the left, right,
or center along the dimension line or to any position inside or
outside the extension lines. A quick and simple way to do this is
by using grips. If you move text up or down, the current vertical
alignment of the text relative to the dimension line is not changed,
so the dimension and extension lines are modified accordingly. The
following illustration shows the result of moving text down and
to the right. The text remains centered vertically in relation to
the dimension line.
To rotate dimension text
- tab
panel. 
Does not exist on the
ribbon.
- Select the dimension to edit.
- Enter the new angle for the text.
To return dimension text to its home
position
-
- Select the dimension text you want to
return to its home position.
To replace existing dimension text with
new text
-
- Select the dimension text you want to
edit.
- In the In-Place Text Editor, enter the
new dimension text. Click OK.
To move text to the left side of the
dimension line
-
- Select the dimension.
The dimension text is left-justified along the
dimension line inside the extension lines. You can choose the Center
or Right options to move the text to the center or right of the
dimension line.
To set dimension line spacing for baseline
and continued dimensions
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- In the Dimension Style Manager, select
the style you want to change. Click Modify.
- In the Modify Dimension Style dialog
box, Lines tab, under Dimension Lines, enter in the Baseline Spacing
box the offset distance between dimension lines for baseline and
continued dimensions.
- Click OK.
- Click Close to exit the Dimension Style
Manager.
To change the extension origin offset
-
- In the Dimension Style Manager, select
the style you want to change. Click Modify.
- In the Modify Dimension Style dialog
box, Lines tab, under Extension Lines, enter the new value for Offset
from Origin.
- Click OK.
- Click Close to exit the Dimension Style
Manager.
Commands
DDEDIT
Edits single-line text,
dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames.
DIMEDIT
Edits dimension text
and extension lines.
DIMTEDIT
Moves and rotates dimension
text and relocates the dimension line.
PROPERTIES
Controls properties
of existing objects.
System Variables
DIMCLRT
Assigns colors to dimension
text.
DIMDSEP
Specifies a single-character
decimal separator to use when creating dimensions whose unit format
is decimal.
DIMJUST
Controls the horizontal
positioning of dimension text.
DIMTAD
Controls the vertical
position of text in relation to the dimension line.
DIMTXTDIRECTION
Specifies the reading
direction of the dimension text.
DIMTIH
Controls the position
of dimension text inside the extension lines for all dimension types
except Ordinate.
DIMTMOVE
Sets dimension text
movement rules.
DIMTOH
Controls the position
of dimension text outside the extension lines.
DIMTVP
Controls the vertical
position of dimension text above or below the dimension line.
DIMUPT
Controls options for
user-positioned text.
MTEXTED
Utilities
Command Modifiers
