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Introducing dimension styles.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:04
Dimension styles control the appearance of dimensions and help
00:07
ensure that dimensions conform to industry or project standards.
00:11
When placing a dimension it is created using the current dimension style.
00:16
You can select the desired style from the dimension
00:19
style gallery which appears on both the home ribbon
00:22
in the expanded annotation panel
00:25
and on the annotate ribbon in the dimensions panel,
00:30
the program comes with two predefined dimension styles standard and annotative.
00:36
You can also create your own custom styles
00:39
to create or modify a dimension style on the annotate ribbon in the dimension panel,
00:45
click the dimension style dialog box launcher to open
00:48
the dimension style manager dialogue
00:52
in the styles group box, you see a list of dimension styles that already exist.
00:58
You can expand the drop down below this list to filter the list to
01:01
show all styles or just those that have already been used in the drawing.
01:06
When you select an existing style, you see a preview of that style
01:11
controls on the right enable you to make that style.
01:14
The current style,
01:15
modify the style override settings for that style or compare two dimension styles
Video transcript
00:04
Dimension styles control the appearance of dimensions and help
00:07
ensure that dimensions conform to industry or project standards.
00:11
When placing a dimension it is created using the current dimension style.
00:16
You can select the desired style from the dimension
00:19
style gallery which appears on both the home ribbon
00:22
in the expanded annotation panel
00:25
and on the annotate ribbon in the dimensions panel,
00:30
the program comes with two predefined dimension styles standard and annotative.
00:36
You can also create your own custom styles
00:39
to create or modify a dimension style on the annotate ribbon in the dimension panel,
00:45
click the dimension style dialog box launcher to open
00:48
the dimension style manager dialogue
00:52
in the styles group box, you see a list of dimension styles that already exist.
00:58
You can expand the drop down below this list to filter the list to
01:01
show all styles or just those that have already been used in the drawing.
01:06
When you select an existing style, you see a preview of that style
01:11
controls on the right enable you to make that style.
01:14
The current style,
01:15
modify the style override settings for that style or compare two dimension styles
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