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Modifying dimensions

Modifying dimensions - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Modifying dimensions

Sometimes a dimension style may seem restrictive, especially when dimensions don't go in exactly the way you want them to. Fortunately, AutoCad makes it easy to modify specific dimensions. You can even break the rules a little bit when it comes to the dimension style settings. Let's take a look. On my screen I have a drawing of a mechanical part. Let me mention that I have already created a dimension style for this drawing and I've applied some dimensions ahead of time. I'm going to zoom in on the top view and I will launch the Linear Dimension tool and I'd like to dimension from this upper right end point to the center of the circle. Now I'll pull the dimension up and I'll place it at an arbitrary location. Now it would be nice if this dimension was aligned to the other. One way we can adjust the placement of our dimensions is through the use of grips. If I click to select this, you can see there are several grips available. If you click the grip on the text you can reposition the…

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