QDIM command

The QDIM command is used to create a series of dimensions for selected objects quickly.

Command Access:

Ribbon : Annotation > Dimension > QDIM
Menu : Dimension > Quick Dimension
Command : QDIM

Command Prompts:

Associative dimension priority = End
Select geometry to dimension:
Specify dimension line position, or [Continuous/Staggered/Baseline/Ordinate/Radius/Diameter/datumPoint/Edit/seTtings]:

Function Description:

This is a very useful command to create a series of baselines or linear dimension or a series of circles or arc dimensions.

Relative Glossary:

Continuous:
Create a series of continuous dimensions.

Staggered : Create a series of staggered dimensions

Baseline : Create a series of baseline dimensions.

Ordinate : Create a series of ordinate dimensions.

Radius : Create a series of radius dimensions.

Diameter : Create a series of diameter dimensions.

Datum Point : Specify new datum point for base dimensions and ordinate dimensions.

Edit : Edit a series of dimensions and prompt to add or remove points in existing dimensions.
settings : Set up default objects snap for specified dimension lines origin.

Related tutorial video:

• Dimstyle command 00:27
• Dimlinear command 02:29
• Menus and Shortcut Menus 02:41
• Dimaligned command 02:51
• Dimangular command 03:11
• Dimarc command 03:19
• Dimradius command 03:31
• Dimdiameter 03:41
• Dimcontinue command 04:08
• Dimbaseline command 04:46
• Dimcenter 05:07
• QDIM command 05:30
• Menus and Shortcut Menus 07:05
• Properties command 07:08
• Propertiesclose command 07:08
• Dimbreak command 07:43
• Menus and Shortcut Menus 08:34
• Dimreassociate command 08:52
• Dimtoffset command 09:19
• Dimregen command 09:29

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