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Linear dimensions can be created with horizontal, vertical and aligned dimension lines. They can also be stacked or created end to end. Create Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions A horizontal or vertical dimension can be created according to the... Read More

You can control how the numeric values and numeric distances in dimensions are presented. Set Dimension Unit Unit format, numeric precision and decimal separator style are settings for primary units, which influence the display of dimension values.... Read More

The placement of dimension text, arrowheads and leader lines relative to the dimension and extension lines can be organized. Fit Dimension Text Within Extension Lines If enough space is available, dimension text and arrowheads will be shown between... Read More

The appearance of dimension lines, extension lines, arrowheads and center marks can be managed Control Dimension Lines Controlling the dimension line properties like color, lineweight and spacing . Control Extension Lines Controlling the extension... Read More

The appearance of dimensions like arrowhead style, text location and lateral tolerances are controlled by a dimension style. Using dimension styles (DIMSTYLE), you can specify the format of dimensions quickly and to ensure that dimensions are meet... Read More

You can use object properties or object types to include or exclude objects in or from a selection set. If you want to filter selection sets by property (like color) and by object type, you can use Quick Select (QSELECT) from the Properties palette ... Read More

Modify the grips' number of the Polar parameter in the section symbol dynamic block in the last example to display both of the two grips of the Polar parameter. From the following picture we can see that the central grip is clearly different... Read More

In this section, we are going to use a rotation parameter and rotate action to add a dynamic rotate function to view index symbols (English system) which are frequently used in architectural drawings. 1. Draw a drawing Draw a view index symbol and... Read More

Scale Action can be matched with the Linear Parameter, Polar and XY Parameter to achieve various Dynamic effects. Linear Scale 1.Draw Finish drawing an access hole in a model space and define it as a block, as shown in the following picture.   2... Read More

The block reference can be exploded into its component objects, if you need to modify one or more objects within the block separately. By selecting the Explode option in the INSERT dialog box, you can automatically explode block references as you... Read More