Edit dimensions in drawings

What's New: 2023.1

Double-click a dimension to launch the Edit Dimension dialog box.

To move the dimensions to a different location, select the dimensions, and drag them to the desired location.
To add text to a dimension, right-click the dimension, and click Text.
To hide the dimension value and display custom text instead, right-click the dimension, and click Edit. In the Edit Dimension dialog box, select Hide Dimension Value. Then insert text in the edit field.
To set dimension precision, right-click, click Precision, and then select the desired format.
To switch between diameter or radius dimensions, right-click the dimension, and under Dimension Type select either Diameter or Radius.
To delete a dimension, right-click the dimension, and click Delete.
To change the layer where dimensions are placed, select the dimension. Then on the Annotate tab, Format panel, click the arrow to show the layers list, and select the layer name.
To change the dimension style of a dimension, select the dimension. Then on the Annotate tab, Format panel, select a dimension style from the Style list.

Note: The dimension style set in Object Defaults is applied automatically when you create a dimension.
To change the dimension format, right-click a dimension in the drawing and select Edit Dimension Style. Then customize the dimension style settings in Style and Standard Editor.

Tip: See also additional editing procedures in the Related Tasks list.

Edit baseline dimension sets

Right-click the dimension, and click a command from the menu:

Add member adds additional geometry to the dimension set. Select the point or edge to add to the dimension set. If the dimension does not fall at the end of the dimension set, the members are rearranged to position the new member correctly.
Detach member removes a dimension from the set.
Delete member deletes a member of the baseline dimension set.
Make Origin moves the origin point to the selected point.

Right-click the dimension, and click a command from the menu:

Options Allow Broken Leaders enables adding movable vertices to the leader lines. Clear the check mark to maintain or reset straight leader lines.
Options Align Members maintains or resets the alignment. Clear the check mark to allow horizontal and vertical movement of the dimensions.
Options Positive Both Directions creates positive integers for ordinate dimensions regardless of position relative to dimension origin. Clear the check mark to specify negative integers for dimensions to the left of or below the dimension origin.
Options Show Direction places an arrow on the origin dimension pointing in the positive direction.
Options Use Origin Indicator sets the Origin Indicator point as the origin of the dimension set.
Options Hide Origin Indicator hides the origin indicator mark.

Note: To move the Origin Indicator of an ordinate dimension, click+drag the indicator and use inferences to identify the new location. To inference an edge, point, or center point, pause the cursor over the object when dragging. Drop indicator on inferred point.
Continuous Running switches visibility for continuity line between set members.
Reverse Direction reverses direction of positive integer direction indicator.
Make Origin sets the selected member as the origin of the dimension set.
Add Member adds a member to the dimension set. Select a point and place the new member.
Delete Member deletes the selected member from the dimension set.

Right-click the dimension, and click a command from the menu:

Options Leader adds a leader to the dimension value. The drag the dimension value to the desired position.
Add Member adds a member to the dimension set. Select a point and place the new member.
Delete Member deletes the selected member from the dimension set.
Detach member removes a dimension from the dimension set.