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AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

(OP)
Hello.

I'm wanting to have primary & secondary dimensions to be centred in the dim line & have the dim line not break in between the text. This only happens with this new version of ACAD 2005, can anyone help?

Thanks

Matt

RE: AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

You have fooled with all the dim properties in the DDIM dialog and not had success?

RE: AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

(OP)
Yes, I have tried everything.  I can get the primary and alt dims to be centred in dim line but it breaks the line out (doesn't draw the line in between the primary & alt text).

Not sure what they did here but can anyone help out?

RE: AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

You might give this a try..
Select all of the dims you want to change, type in "ch" and then in the text override box of the Text tab, enter "<>\X[]". It should override the dim settings.

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

RE: AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

(OP)
no, that didn't work either.

RE: AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

Just double checking, did you leave the quotation marks off?
Just  <>\X[]

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

RE: AutoCad 2005 Dimensioning

(OP)
Yea I tried that.  The dim line still breaks before & after the dim text.

Just a check.

- I want Primary on top, Alternative (placed below)
- text field horiz. (centred), vert (centred)
- draw dim line between prim, & sec dims.

Thanks

matt

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