I have to do a lot of dimensioning of small distances in tight space situations. I have both arrows outside of the extension lines. The text is also outside the extension lines above the dim line, next to one of the arrows. The problem is that the text is too far from the arrow. I have to explode the dimension, move the text closer to the arrow, and then shorten the dim line. Is there a smarter way to do this? I have v. 2000.
First of all, you don't have to explode the dimension to move the text. Select it and drag the grip. Second, there are settings in the dimstyle to control where the arrows and text go, and how big they are, and you should look into this. If you are having A LOT of trouble dimensioning something, you probably have a 'drafting' problem and are trying to cram too much into you drawing. This is why there are details.
that moves the entire dimension - text and arrows.
"dimtedit" moves the text only, but away from the arrow, it is not possible to move it closer to the arrow, although there is enough room there for at least two digits.
I've tried everything in the Format Dim style dialog box. I thought there may be some "plugins" which will enable additional flexibility.
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It is not a big trouble, but the dwg looks neater with the text closer to the arrows.
my goodness, that is ugly code. use at your own risk only.
but it solved my problem. I know the variables for dimensions confuse the heck out of me, and I am convinced there are some things I simply can't do with autocad "out of the box". somewhere in that code, I had to set text location. so I know you can control the text location. I have used this routine for years. (it is virtually screaming to be rewritten)
so I think if it really bothers you, you can write a little lisp to simulate your dimension commands.....
I am terrible at checking in on the boards, but I will try to remember to check next week. if you want help writing the routine.
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