Custom Symbols
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- Do not set
Overall Prefix and Suffix to Cell.
- Do not use any
options in the Components area.
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Dimension Lines
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- Do not change the
Level setting. Keep the dimension lines on the same level as the dimension
element (the active level when placing a dimension).
- Use the same
Attributes settings (Color, Style, and Weight) for Terminators and Dimension
Lines.
- Set the Style to
be the same as in the active dimension element. Do not use different line
styles on dimension components (dimension lines, extension lines, and
terminators).
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Dimension with Leader
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When Allow Dimension with
Leader is on:
- Do not set Type
to Curve.
- Do not use a
Terminator (where the leader joins the dimension line).
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Extension Lines
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- Set the Style to
be the same as the style of the active dimension element. Do not use different
line styles on dimension components (dimension lines, extension lines,
terminators, and text).
- Do not set the
Geometry Offset to a negative number.
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Place Note
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No restrictions.
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Placement
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The Center Size value is only
saved to a DWG file when the Center Mark (Tool Settings category) is turned on
for radial dimensions.
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Terminators
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- Turn on Uniform
Cell Scale in the Terminator Symbols category to use the Geometry Width as a
shared cell scale factor.
- Use the same
Attributes settings (Color, Style, and Weight) for Terminators and Dimension
Lines.
- Do not set
Minimum Leader. In AutoCAD, the dimension line extending beyond terminator has
same length as text height.
- Set the Style to
be the same as the dimension element. Do not use different line styles on
dimension components (dimension lines, extension lines, and terminators).
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Terminator Symbols
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- Use shared cells
for terminators, since AutoCAD only uses blocks for terminator symbols.
- If the terminator
symbol for Arrow is set to Default, it is automatically converted to a shared
cell when you save to DWG. Do not set the Terminator Symbols options to Symbol.
- Turn on Uniform
Cell Scale. When on, the Geometry Width setting is used to uniformly scale the
width and height of cell terminators, in text height units. This setting does
not scale terminators defined as Default or Symbol.
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Text
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- Do not set Text
Frame to Capsule.
- Do not set a Left
Margin.
- Do not use
Underline Text.
- Do not use a
Weight setting.
- Do not use a
Width setting. Instead, define text width in the text style.
- Set the Style to
be the same as the dimension element. Do not use different line styles on
dimension components (dimension lines, extension lines, and terminators).
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Tolerance
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No restrictions.
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Tool Settings
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Most Tool Settings are not saved
to DWG. However, the Left and Right Extension settings are preserved. For the
Size Arrow tool, the Left and Right Terminator settings are also preserved.
The
Advanced tab of the
Dimension Styles dialog lets you define
tool and terminator
settings.
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Units
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- When you save to
a DWG file, the dimension labels are saved. However, when you open the file in
AutoCAD, they are defined as proxy objects. In AutoCAD, a proxy object is a
placeholder for an object that you cannot edit directly. In this case, you
cannot edit the dimension label information.
- Under Primary,
turn on Use Working Units, if possible. If you do change the units settings, a
unit scale factor is applied to the dimensions.
- Use only the '
(feet) and “(inches) symbols. The DWG format does not allow other symbols.
- Do not use the
Alternate Label setting.
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Unit Format
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- For Angle Format,
do not set Units to Length.
- For Metric
Format, do not use Unit Separation.
- For Secondary
units, always use a Leading Zero and Training Zero.
- When Use Stacked
Fractions is on, click
Settings. In the Stacked Fractions
dialog, set Alignment to Center, and set Scale to 1.0.
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