Dimensioning tools overview

Dimensioning tools can be found in:

• The Dimensions toolbar.
• The Dimensions menu.
• The Annotate / Dimensions ribbon panel.
• The Draw tab of the No Selection Quad.

Icon	Tool name	Command	Description
	Linear	DIMLINEAR	Creates horizontal or vertical linear dimensions.
	Aligned	DIMALIGNED	Creates linear dimensions which are aligned with the dimension points.
	Arc	DIMARC	Creates arc length dimensions.
	Radius	DIMRADIUS	Creates radial dimensions in circles and circular arcs.
	Diameter	DIMDIAMETER	Creates diametrical dimensions in circles and circular arcs.
		DIMDISASSOCIATE	Removes the associativity from selected dimension entities.
		DIMREASSOCIATE	Reassociates or associates dimensions to entities or points on entities.
	Angular	DIMANGULAR	Creates angular dimensions.
	Baseline	DIMBASELINE	Creates stacked linear dimensions.
	Continue	DIMCONTINUE	Creates a chain of linear dimensions, starting from an existing linear dimension entity.
	Ordinate	DIMORDINATE	Creates ordinate dimensions.
	Rotated	DIMLINEAR	Creates rotated linear dimensions.
	Make Oblique	DIMEDIT + O	Makes the extension lines of the selected dimension(s) oblique.
	Multileader	MLEADER	Creates Mleaders (multileaders) using a multileader style.
	Edit Multileader	MLEADEREDIT	Adds leader lines to and removes leader lines from a multileader entity.
	Multileader add leaders	AIMLEADEREDITADD	Adds leader lines to a multileader.
	Multileader remove leaders	AIMLEADEREDITREMOVE	Removes leader lines from a multileader.
	Tolerance	TOLERANCE	Defines the layout of geometric tolerances.
	Center Lines	DIMCENTER	Draws center lines in circles and circular arcs.
	Edit Dimension Text	DIMEDIT + E	Defines the dimension text of the selected dimension(s).
	Rotate Dimension Text	DIMEDIT + R	Rotates the dimension text of the selected dimension(s).
	Reposition Dimension Text	DIMTEDIT	Lets you reposition the dimension text.
	Restore Text Position	DIMEDIT	Undoes the rotation or repositioning of the dimension text of the selected dimension(s).
	Apply Style	-DIMSTYLE + A	Applies the current dimension style to the selected dimension(s).
	Save Style	-DIMSTYLE + S	Saves the current dimension settings in a new dimension style.
	Restore Style	-DIMSTYLE	Sets the current dimension style.
	Dimension Variable Status	-DIMSTYLE + ST	Displays the status of the dimension variables in the Command line and the Prompt History window.
	Leader	DIMLEADER	Creates a leader with or without text.
	Quick Leader	QLEADER	Draws leaders. Lets you specify the properties of the leader through a dialog box and reuse them for a series of leaders.