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Linear, angular, radial, ordinate and arc length are the basic types of dimensions. You can create dimensions for selected existing entities by selecting them or picking points within a drawing. Linear dimensions can be horizontal, vertical, aligned,... Read More

When you add TEXT to a drawing, the current text style will be used. The text style determines the font, size, angle, orientation and other text characteristics. Every drawing has a default text style, which is named Standard. The Standard style can... Read More

All text objects can be moved (MOVE) , rotated (ROTATE), deleted and copied (COPY) just like any other objects. You can also edit the contents of the created text objects. Modify single line text There are two ways for the singe line text... Read More

With this function you can create a line that connects annotation to a feature Create leader You can create a leader with the LEADER or QLEADER command in any place of the drawing and you can set the format and control the appearance at the same... Read More

A multiline text (MTEXT) object includes one or more paragraphs of text that is manipulated as a single object. You can create mtext in the In-Place Text Editor or an alternative text editor, you can also insert text from a file. The In-Place Text... Read More

You can select an object to HATCH or fill, or specify an internal point to define a boundary. A hatch boundary or enclosed area can be formed with any combination of objects like LINE , ARC , CIRCLE and polylines (PLINE). Only objects that are in... Read More

You can hatch an area using a predefined hatch pattern, define a simple line pattern using the current linetype (LINETYPE), or create more complex hatch patterns. You can also create a gradient fill that can be used to enhance presentation drawings... Read More

Multiline is a kind of special object. You can modify it by MLEDIT , but can not modify it by fillet, chamfer and some other function. Edit Multiline Styles To change the properties , end caps and the background fill of subsequently created... Read More

To change the shape of polyline (PLINE) objects or to join separate polylines, you can access editing operations of PEDIT . Polylines can be edited by closing and opening them, or moving, adding and deleting vertices. Joined Polyline Segments If a... Read More

Compound objects like polylines (PLINE), dimensions (DIMSTYLE), hatches (HATCH ) or block references (BLOCK) can be converted into individual elements.     Explode Dimensions and Hatches When a dimension or a hatch is exploded (XPLODE), the... Read More