AutoCAD: Annotative Dimensions, Dimension Styles, and Dimension Families

Learn powerful new skills to start utilizing dimensioning annotation in AutoCAD drawings.

Introduction

• Using AutoCAD to dimension and annotate your drawings
• Working with dimension annotation
• What are dimension styles and dimension style families?
• Other AutoCAD courses in the library
• Using the exercise files
• Dimensioning with the AutoCAD interface

1. Dimension Annotation: An Overview

• Creating a new dimension annotation layer and using the dimension layer override
• Using the dimension tool (DIM)
• Using Linear, Aligned, and Angular dimensions
• Using Arc Length, Radius, and Diameter dimensions
• Using Jogged Radius and Ordinate dimensions
• Using the Quick Dimension tool (QDIM)
• Using Baseline and Continued
• Adding jog lines to linear and aligned dimensions
• Adding Center Marks and Centerlines for easy dimensioning

2. Dimension Styles: Regular and Annotative

• Creating a regular dimension style
• Adding dimensions using a new dimension style
• Creating an annotative dimension style
• Adding annotative dimensions to a drawing
• Converting a regular dimension to an annotative dimension
• Adding an annotative object scale to dimensions
• Altering the visibility of annotative dimensions in layout viewports

3. Editing Dimension Annotation

• Using grips to edit dimensions
• Editing dimension text
• Using dimension text overrides
• Using DIMBREAK and DIMSPACE
• Updating and reassociating dimension annotation
• Working with other dimensioning tools on the Dimensions ribbon panel

4. Dimension Style Families

• Creating dimension style sub-styles (families)
• Working with dimension style overrides
• Deleting and purging dimension styles and families

5. Cool Dimensioning Tricks

• Dimensioning using geometry
• Creating annotative dimensions using active layout viewports
• More features in the dimension tool (DIM)

Conclusion

• Moving forward with annotative dimensioning