• Text Style -

  Sets the text style that controls the presentation of dimension text. Dimensions placed using a text style are automatically updated when the text style is modified.

  Using a text style lets you take advantage of advanced text style properties that are not otherwise available for dimensions, such as italics and background color.

  Some text attributes can be directly controlled by the dimension style. For example, if the text height and width are set on the dimension style, these values are used instead of the height and width of the text style.

• Font -

  If on, sets the dimension text font. Use the menu to select the font. The font at the top of the list is the font from the active text style.

  If off, the font matches the font in the active text style.

  Key-in: DIMENSION FONT [ACTIVE | <value>

• Height -

  If on, sets the dimension text height. In the field, enter a new height value.

  If off, the height matches the height in the active text style.

• Width -

  If on, sets the dimension text width. In the field, enter a new width value.

  If off, the width matches the width in the active text style.

• Annotation Scale Lock -

  Displays the status of the Annotation Scale lock: on or off. If on, all the dimension text is placed at the defined Annotation Scale.

• Underline -

  If on, underlining is determined by the dimension style. Select On or Off to set underlining for the dimension style.

  If off, underlining is determined by the text style rather than the dimension style. The adjacent option menu, though disabled, indicates whether the text style specifies underlining On or Off.

• Orientation -

  Sets the orientation of dimension text relative to the dimension line: Aligned or Horizontal.

  • Aligned — Aligns the text with the dimension line.
  • Horizontal — Displays the text horizontally, regardless of the orientation of the dimension line.
• Location -

  Sets the location of the text relative to the dimension line.

  • Inline — Aligns the text with the dimension line.
  • Above — Places the text above the dimension line.
  • Outside — Places the text to the opposite side of the extension origin.
  • Top Left — Places the text to the top left of the origin of the extension line.
  
  
  

  Dimensions with Text Location set to Inline (upper left), Above (upper right), Outside (lower left), and Top Left (lower right)

• Justification -

  Sets the justification of dimension text—Left, Center Left, Center Right or Right justified.

  
  
  

  Dimension Text Justification From top: Left, Center, Right

  Note: When the element is too small to fit the dimension within the extension lines, the dimension text is positioned to the left or right based on Center>Left or Center>Right justification.

  

  Left: Dimension text positioned Center Left| Right: Dimension text positioned Center Right

  Key-in: DIMENSION JUSTIFICATION [CENTER | LEFT| RIGHT]

• Text Frame -

  Sets the framing of dimension text:

  • None — No frame.
  • Box — Places dimension in a box. Sometimes used to designate a reference dimension.
  • Capsule — Places dimension in a capsule. Typically used to designate a dimension for quality control.

  Key-in: DIMENSION TEXT BOX [OFF | ON | TOGGLE]

  or DIMENSION TEXT CAPSULE [OFF | ON | TOGGLE]

• Left Margin -

  Sets the space, in text height units, between the leader line and the dimension text.

• Lower Margin -

  Sets the space, in text height units, between the dimension line and the bottom of the dimension text.

Controls the format for stacked fractions.

• Enable -

  If on, the dimension settings control the use of stacked fractions. Select On from the menu, then modify the stacked fractions settings.

  If off, the stacked fractions settings are controlled by the text settings.

  SET STACKFRACTIONS [ OFF | ON | TOGGLE ]
• Type -

  Sets the fraction type.

  • From Font — Sets the fraction type is derived from the font. Not valid for True Type fonts.
    
    
    
  • Horizontal — Sets the fraction line horizontally. Valid for all font types.
    
    
    
  • Diagonal — Sets the fraction line diagonally. Valid for all font types.
    
    
    
• Alignment -

  Sets the alignment of the text at the top, center, or bottom of the fraction, relative to the divisor line.

  
  
  

  Top: alignment set to Top. Middle: alignment set to Center. Bottom: alignment set to Bottom.

• Scale -

  Sets the stacked fraction text size, specified as a multiple of the dimension text height and width.

• Leader Type -

  Sets the type of leader: Line or Curve.

• Terminator -

  Sets the type of terminator to display: none, arrow, slash, empty ball, or filled ball. The last symbol lets you set the terminator type to the Note symbol defined in the Geometry tab, Terminators Symbols.

• Text Frame -

  Sets the type of frame (if any) — None, Line, Box, Rotated Box, Circle, Capsule, Hexagon, Rotated Hexagon, Triangle, Pentagon, or Octagonal.

• Frame Scale -

  Allows for text frames to be scaled. If on, you can specify the size of the text frame by entering a scale factor. If off, the frame automatically scales around the text.

• In-line Leader -

  If on, places the note with an inline leader (a segment of a leader that is aligned with the text).

  In the field, enter a length, in text height units, for the inline leader.

  If off, an inline leader is not placed.

• Left Margin -

  Defines the distance, in working units, between the endpoint of the leader and the text.

• Lower Margin -

  Defines the distance, in working units, between the top and bottom margins of the text, and the top and bottom edges of the text frame (if used).

• Text Rotation -

  Sets the rotation of the text relative to the leader line: Horizontal, Vertical, or In-line.

• Horizontal Attachment -

  Defines how the note text is attached to the leader.

  • Auto — Attaches either the right or left side of the note text to the end of the leader line, depending on the position of the cursor relative to the start point for the note.
  • Left — Attaches the left side of the note text to the end of the leader line.
  • Right — Attaches the right side of the note text to the end of the leader line.
• Edit About -

  Sets the position of the vertical origin to edit text about. If you edit the text note later, the text is edited about this point. To see this edit point, turn on the Text Nodes view attribute ( Drawing > View > Presentation > View Attributes ).

  • Top — Sets the edit point at the top of the text.
  • Center — Sets the edit point at the center of the text.
  • Bottom — Sets the edit point at the bottom of the text.
  • Dynamic — Sets the position of the edit point depending on the position of the text relative to the leader line.

The top row of buttons controls text justification. The buttons on the left and right sides of the preview graphic define the position where the leader line is attached to the text.

Dimension Settings, Place Note Justification settings

• Justification buttons -

  Set the justification for multiple rows of text:

  • Dynamic Justified — Aligns multiple lines of text based on the relationship between the last and the next to last data points. For example, if the next to last data point is to the right of the last data point, the text is right justified.
  • Left Justified — Aligns multiple lines of text along the left side.
  • Center Justified — Aligns multiple lines of text along the left/right center.
  • Right Justified — Aligns multiple lines of text along the right side.
• Left side leader arrow attachment -

  Defines where a leader is attached to the left side of multiline text. To change the attachment point, click on the preview graphic or use the arrow buttons.

• Right side leader arrow attachment -

  Defines the how a leader is attached to the right side of multiline text. To change the attachment point, click on the preview graphic or use the arrow buttons.