From the course: AutoCAD: Working with Dimensions
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Overriding dimension text
From the course: AutoCAD: Working with Dimensions
Overriding dimension text
- There are some situations where it's helpful to be able to override dimension text. For example, let's zoom in on this frame detail and add a dimension showing the radius of these typical curves. Click Radius. Click on one of the curves. And let's place the dimension in here somewhere where it fits. About like that. What I want to indicate here is that this is typical for all of these curves. They have the same radius value. I'll double click on the dimension text to highlight it. It actually is highlighting a field which contains the information from the dimensioning system. You'll also see that there's a blinking cursor here in the front. I'm going to press the right arrow to move that cursor to the end. And then press Enter to advance to the next line. And then I'll type, TYP., for typical. Close the text editor. And I've succeeded in overriding the dimension text. I added a little bit of information to that. If you go in here and accidentally press the Delete key you're going to…
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