The correct use of AutoCADs dimension tools is the key to producing clear and concise measured drawings.
If you just need to quickly find a description of the various dimension commands, click on the appropriate button on the QuickFind toolbar below.ĪutoCAD provides a whole range of dimensioning tools which can be used to quickly dimension any drawing without the need for measurement.
Dimensioning in AutoCAD is automatic lines, arrows and text are all taken care of by the dimension commands. AutoCAD dimensions are special blocks which can easily be edited or erased as necessary.ĪutoCAD provides lots of control over the way dimensions look. Using a system similar to text styles, dimension styles allow you to design dimensions so that they look just the way you want them to.įor example, the illustration above shows two different dimension styles. The one on the left is the default style known as STANDARD. If you do not create a style of your own or modify the standard style, all dimensions will look like this. The dimension line has arrow heads and the dimension text is positioned above the line and is drawn using the current text style.
