Dimension Options

Menu: Options / Options

Controls the many options in the dimension commands, plus the Pullout and Balloon commands, all from one menu.

These settings become global - they are the defaults for each dimension type. You can change settings within the dimension command itself.

Open the Dimension tab and click in the Dimension Type box and select the type of dimension command for which you want to set the options.

Using Current Color: Dimension text and extension lines are drawn with the current drawing color. If you are drawing with several different colors and want all dimension text to be drawn with the same color, uncheck this option and click the Color box to invoke the Color Palette.

Using Current Layer: Sets the layer in which the dimension text and extension lines are drawn. When checked, all dimension text is drawn in the active layer. To draw all of the dimension text in the same layer of a multi-layer drawing, uncheck this option and click the Layer box to select the layer for dimension text.

Paste: After setting the options for a particular dimension command, click this button to apply the same options to similar dimensioning commands. If you have set the options for a dimensioning command that measures an angular dimension, the same options will be used for all dimensioning commands that make angular measurements. Likewise, if you have set the options for a dimensioning command that measures a linear dimension, the same options will be used for all dimensioning commands that make linear measurements.

Save: If you want to save the changes to the next drawing session, click Save before you click OK.

Reset: Restores all of the options to their default values.

Note:  For more details on dimension settings, see the command description for each dimension command. Most are listed for the Dimension command.