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- ADIM Menu: (DIM) DMSET
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- Sets the active attributes of the dimension lines.
- (A nested command.)
-
- 1. (CHAR) dimension font name (1-8 char.)
- 2. (NUM) dim ension text color (greater than 0)
- 3. (NUM) dimension line color (greater than 0)
- if units are feet:
- 4. (NUM) dimension text size (greater than 0)
- 5. (NUM) extension line size (greater than 0)
- 6. (NUM) feet format code (-10,-11,-12,-20,-21,-22, -23,-30)
- if units are meters:
- 4. (NUM) dimension text size (in mm., greater than 0)
- 5. (NUM) extension line size (in mm., greater than 0)
- 6. (NUM) metric format code (10-13, 20-23, 30-33, 43, 44)
- for all units:
- 7. (NUM) selection (0-all,1-axial,2-nonaxial) <2>
- 8. (CHAR) locate dimension text: a-above line, b-below line
- 9. (CHAR) justification priority: l-center/left, r-center/right,
- c-center
-
- Description
- This command sets the active attributes for dimension lines. Enter the name
- of the font for the dimension text. Enter a value for the dimension text
- color. Enter a value for the dimension line color. Enter a value for the
- dimension text size (in mm. if the current units are meters, or, if the
- current units are feet, in one of a variety of formats that may be selected).
- Enter a value for the extension line size.
-
- Enter the format code that represents the type of units used for dimension
- lines (feet/inches or meters/centimeters, etc.) and the degree of precision of
- the dimensions (i.e., the number of digits after the decimal point). Format
- codes greater than 0 indicate that the units are metric. The first digit
- represents the specific unit `1' for meters, `2' for centimeters, `3' for
- millimeters. The second digit represents the number of digits appearing after
- the decimal point. Format codes 43 and 44 display the dimension text in
- meters, with the millimeters (and mm in format 44) typed in superscript.
-
- Format codes less than 0 (i.e., with a preceding `-') indicate that the units
- are feet and inches. The first digit represents the presentation mode `1' for
- feet/decimal feet, `2' for feet/inches/decimal
-
- inches, or `3' for feet/inches/fractional inches. The second digit represents
- the number of digits appearing after the decimal point (if any). When working
- in metric units the default code is `13'. When working in feet the default
- code is `-30'.
-
- The following table shows how a dimension is displayed using the various
- format codes:
-
- Format Value
- Code (in meters) Text
-
- 10 1.234 1
- 11 1.234 1.2
- 12 1.234 1.23
- 13 1.234 1.234
- 20 1.234 123
- 21 1.234 123.4
- 22 1.2345 123.45
- 23 1.23456 123.456
- 30 1.23456 1234
- 31 1.23456 1234.6 (rounded up)
-
- 32 1.23456 1234.56
- 33 1.234567 1234.567
- 43 1.234 1.234
- 44 1.2345 1.2345
-
- Format Value
- Code (in ft/inch) Text
-
- -10 1' 7-11/16" 2'
- -11 1' 7-11/16" 1.6'
- -12 1' 7-11/16" 1.64'
- -20 1' 7-11/16" 1' 8"
- -21 1' 7-11/16" 1' 7.7"
- -22 1' 7-11/16" 1' 7.68"
- -23 1' 7-11/16" 1' 7.683"
- -30 1' 7-11/16" 1' 7-11/16"
-
- NOTE:The format codes must have two digits: the first digit must be 1, 2, or
- 3. The feet/inches format codes must have the prefix `-' (a negative sign).
- An illegal code will not be accepted, and the system will wait for a legal
- value to be entered.
-
- Enter a value that defines which entity lines will be assigned dimensions when
- using automatic dimensioning. The legal options are 0, 1, or 2 (default is
- 2). If you specify `0', all entity types except dimension lines will be
- searched; if you specify `1', only wall axial lines will be searched; and if
- you specify `2', all entities except axial lines and dimension lines will be
- searched.
-
- Define the text location: `a' above the dimension line, or `b' below. The
- default is `a'.
-
- Define the justification mode of the dimension text. The system will try to
- place the text at the center of the dimension line, but when insufficient
- space is available, it will locate the text to the left (option `l', the
- default), or to the right (option `r'), depending on what you select in this
- option. It is possible to `force' the system to place the text in the center
- (option `c'); this option is useful for the fixed text mode.
-
- NOTE:The parameters set in this command will affect only the dimension lines
- that are drawn subsequently. Existing dimension lines are unaffected by this
- command.
-