Style Variants
The allocation of style variants permits you to design a more clearly structured dimensioning. Outer dimensions can be emphasized with larger texts or different dimension ranges can be colored. You could also use dimension chains with tolerance specifications for hole dimensions or, in case you anticipate many tight dimensions, you could also work with smaller text. There are many ways to use this option to your advantage.
Definition and Assignment of Style Variants
One of the existing style variants can be assigned to each dimension chain, independently for relative dimensioning and coordinate dimensioning. However, it is selected as a combination for both types simultaneously via selection list.
A dimensioning style is assigned to a style variant in the general settings for dimensioning so that you can read the proceedings on the corresponding dialog tab. Compared with a direct selection of dimensioning style, the advantage of the proceeding via style variant is that you can modify the dimensioning style for several dimension chains together (e.g. after import of detailing style parameters).
If you only want to modify the text sizes, you can also make use of the "auto" setting, because here a style with smaller and bigger sizes (factor 0.7 or 1.4) will be automatically created from the selected dimensioning style for standard size. However, if you also want to modify the colors or select other text sizes, you have to select a separate dimensioning style.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| No Style Variant | The corresponding basic style is used for relative dimensions and for coordinate dimensions. |
| Always Variant 1 | The corresponding style variant 1 is used for relative dimensions and for coordinate dimensions. |
| STD / COO-1 | The corresponding basic style is used for relative dimensions and the corresponding style variant 1 is used for coordinate dimensions. |
| LIN-1 / STD | The corresponding style variant 1 is used for relative dimensions and the corresponding basic style is used for coordinate dimensions. |
| LIN-1 / COO-2 | The corresponding style variant 1 is used for relative dimensions and the corresponding style variant 2 is used for coordinate dimensions. |