AutoCAD 2009 Essentials
By solving all of the workshops included that complete small projects from concept through actual plotting, this guide will help you simulate the creation of a real life project from beginning to end.
TABLE OF CONTENTS AutoCAD 2009 Essentials
DIMENSION STYLE: LINES TAB
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The first tab in the Dimension style dialog box is Lines, where we will control Dimension lines and Extension lines. It looks like the following:
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Under Dimension lines control the following settings:
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The Color, Linetype, and Lineweight of the Dimension line.
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Extended beyond ticks (in order to edit this value, go to the Symbols and Arrows tab, and set the Arrowhead to be Architectural tick or Oblique). See the following illustration:
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Baseline spacing, see the following illustration:
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Select to Suppress Dim line 1, Dim line 2, for one of them, or for both. See the following illustration:
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Under Extension lines control the following settings:
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The Color, Linetype, and Lineweight of the Extension lines.
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Select to Suppress Ext line 1, Ext line 2, for one of them, or for both. See the following illustration:
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Specify Extend beyond dim lines and Offset from origin. Take a look at the following illustration:
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To set Fixed length extension lines, you have to specify the Length. In order to understand this setting, see the following example:
Example
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This example will clarify Fixed length extension lines:
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Assume we have the following case, and we want to create a linear dimension:
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Before AutoCAD 2006, the only choice was as follows:
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But in AutoCAD 2009, a new choice, Fixed length extension lines, is available to get the following:
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Note The Length you will specify...
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