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Dimension Styles

Dimension Styles

Dimension Styles

(OP)
In our company, our dimension standard is Imperial inch, with two decimal places, leading and trailing zeroes removed, with the inch symbol (") added. I can set the zeroes removed and the two decimal places as a default but the inch symbol will not automatically be applied to new dimensions. I set the units to decimal and imperial. When I use ft-in as the units the (') and (") always show up. What I do now is I made a dimension favourite with the (") added after the <DIM> but you have to select this everytime you create a dimension. Maybe there is a way to set this as the dimension favourite default or maybe the (") can be added by default somewhere else. Thank you.

RE: Dimension Styles

I believe the standard is all dimensions are in inches, unless otherwise stated. Therefore you do not need to show the inch marks. They can also be miss-read if the dwg is reduced.

RE: Dimension Styles

(OP)
I know but we use metric drawings as well and they don't have 'mm' after each one so this is a way to instantly recognize a drawing as imperial.

Sean Nutley
Carmanah Design and Manufacturing
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.carmanahdesign.com

RE: Dimension Styles

Dimensions that are secondary are displayed in (), and a dwg note indicating what type they are. This minimizes wording with the dims. This is pretty much standard throughout industry.

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