With automatic aligned dimensions, you can place a dimension on a wall with one click, eliminating the need to pick all references. You can dimension an entire wall, a wall with intersecting walls, or a wall with openings.
Note: Automatic dimensioning of walls in linked files is not possible. When dimensioning linked files individual references must be selected.
- Click Annotate tabDimension panel (Aligned).
- On the Options Bar, for Pick, select Entire Walls.
- Click Options.
- In the Auto Dimension Options dialog, select one of the following:
- Openings to dimension a wall and its openings. Select Centers or Widths to set the references for the openings.
If you select Centers, the dimension string uses the opening’s center as a reference. If you select Widths, the dimension string measures the width of the opening.
- Intersecting Walls to dimension a wall and its intersecting walls. When you select a wall to place a dimension, a multi-segmented dimension string displays automatically.
- Intersecting Grids to dimension a wall and its intersecting grids. When you select a wall to place a dimension, the multi-segmented dimension string displays automatically and references the perpendicular grids that intersect the wall centerline.
Note: If a grid line is coincident with another wall reference point (for example, the wall endpoint), then a witness line is not created for the grid. This behavior avoids the creation of zero-length dimension segments.
- Click OK.
- Place the cursor on a wall so that the wall highlights, and click. If desired, continue to highlight other walls to add them to the dimension string.
- Move the cursor away from the walls so that a dimension line displays, and then click to place the dimension.