Topics in this section

• Apply a New Dimension Style to Existing Dimensions

  You can modify existing dimensions by applying a different dimension style. If you make changes to a dimension style, you can choose whether to update the dimensions associated with that dimension style.

• Override a Dimension Style

  With dimension style overrides, you can temporarily change a dimensioning system variable without changing the current dimension style.

• Modify A Dimension

  Dimensions can be modified to include more information than just the values of the dimension. Dimensions can also be modified visually by using breaks and by adjusting the spacing between them.

• Modify Dimension Text

  Once you've created a dimension, you can change the location and orientation of the existing dimension text or replace it with new text.

• Modify Dimension Geometry

  Grip editing is the quickest and easiest way to modify the location of dimension elements. How you edit dimensions depends whether the dimension is associative.

• Change Dimension Associativity

  You may need to change the associativity of dimensions in several circumstances including adding associativity to dimensions created in previous releases.