Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc.
Measures the diameter of a selected circle or arc, and displays the dimension text with a diameter symbol in front of it. You can use grips to easily reposition the resulting diameter dimension.
The following prompts are displayed.
Specifies a point to determine the angle of the dimension line and the location of the dimension text.
Displays the In-Place Text Editor, which you can use to edit the dimension text. Use control codes and Unicode character strings to enter special characters or symbols. See "Control Codes and Special Characters".
If alternate units are not turned on in the dimension style, you can display them by entering square brackets ([ ]).
The current dimension style determines the appearance of the dimension text.
Customizes the dimension text at the Command prompt. The generated dimension measurement is displayed within angle brackets.
To include the generated measurement, use angle brackets (< >) to represent the generated measurement. If alternate units are not turned on in the dimension style, you can display alternate units by entering square brackets ([ ]).
Dimension text properties are set on the Text tab of the New, Modify, and Override Dimension Style dialog boxes.
Changes the angle of the dimension text.