# Create Ordinate Dimensions [GstarCAD 2022](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/Index.md) → [User Guide](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/User%20Guide/(User%20Guide).md) → [Dimensions](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/User%20Guide/Dimensions/(Dimensions).md) → [Create Dimensions](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/User%20Guide/Dimensions/Create%20Dimensions/(Create%20Dimensions).md) An ordinate dimension annotates the perpendicular distance from an origin or base point (the origin of the current UCS). Ordinate dimensions consist of an x- or y-coordinate and a leader. The ordinate dimension text is always aligned with the ordinate leader lines, independent of the text orientation of the current dimension style.