TABLE OF CONTENTS Dimensions can be Associative, Non-Associative or Exploded. You need to understand what these are so you may decide which setting you want to use. Most of the time you will use Associative but you may have reasons to also use Non-Associative and Exploded.
Associative
Associative Dimensioning means that the dimension is actually associated to the objects that they dimension. If you move the object, the dimension will move with it. If you change the size of the object, the dimension text value will change also. ( Note: This is not parametric. In other words, you cannot change the dimension text value and expect the object to change. That would be parametric dimensioning)
Non-Associative
Non-Associative means the dimension is not associated to the objects and will not change if the size of the object changes.
Exploded
Exploded means the dimension will be exploded into lines, text and arrowheads and non-associative.
How to set dimensioning to Associative, Non-Associative or Exploded.
On the command line type: dimassoc
Enter the number 2, 1 or 0
2 = Associative
1 = Non-Associative
0 = Exploded
How to Re-associate a dimension.
If a dimension is Non-associative, and you would like to make it Associative, you may use the dimreassociate command to change.
Select Reassociate using one of the following:
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