Specify dimension settings when the legacy dimension entry setting has been selected in the System Settings.

Settings configured here will automatically generate a dimension style entry if no matching style exists.

Option

 

Description

Witness, Text and Arrow units

Select the relevant units for the various settings.

Witness Gap

Specify the gap between the indicated dimension point and the start of the witness line.

Witness Overshoot

Specify the distance beyond the dimension line that the witness line must extend to.

Pen button

Click to select the pen colour for witness lines.

Arrowhead length

Specify the length of the dimension arrow head.

Arrow style

Select the style of arrow head.

Decimal Separator

Specify the character to be used for the decimal point in dimensions.

Dimension style

Select the dimension style.

Number Decimals

Specify the number of decimal places in dimension text. Only dimension text with more than the specified number of decimal places will be shortened to use this number. See the following option.

Always use decimal place setting

Select this checkbox to have all dimension text take on the specified number of decimal places, irrespective of actual decimal places.

Text Height

Specify the height of the dimension text.

Linefeed

Specify the distance between subsequent lines of dimension text.

Pen button

Click to select the pen colour for dimension text.

Font button

Click to select the font for dimension text.