Lesson 40 | Editing Dimensions

This lesson describes how to edit dimensions, but mainly how to edit dimension text. There are a variety of ways to edit dimensions depending on what kind of editing you need to do. You can reposition dimensions using grips. You can edit dimension features that override the dimension style, you change dimensions from one style to another, and you can edit the dimension text.

Inevitably, once you place dimensions in the drawing, you will need to edit them either by repositioning or adding additional information to the dimension.

In the following illustration, a string of continuous dimensions is being moved to a new position using grips.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Edit dimensions ...

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