AEC Dimensions are designed for dimensioning plan View drawings such as floor and foundation plans. When you work in a project, dimensions are usually placed in View drawings because this drawing may consist of one or more Construct drawings to create the floor plan. If you place the dimensions in the View drawing, the Construct drawings can be used in the model without the obstructions of the dimensions. The View drawing can be developed into a floor plan by attaching deck or porch plans to the main floor. Working within the View drawing, you can use Object Snap modes to locate features in the Construct drawings for the dimensions. The primary source of dimensioning tools resides on the Annotation palette. Access the DimAdd command as shown in Table 11.3.

There are three sample AEC Dimension styles (see Table 11.3) located on the Annotation tool palette. The settings within the styles determine the extension line locations and the chains of the dimension. As shown in Table 11.4, the style controls how openings are dimensioned. The size of dimension geometry, such as text and arrowheads, in the AEC Dimension is controlled by the display representation that is current, as shown in Table 11.8. Linear dimensions are placed...