Text

Consists of controls that are used to control the placement and appearance of dimension text.

Text category controls

Orientation

Sets the orientation of dimension text relative to the dimension line: Aligned or Horizontal.

• Aligned
— Aligns the text with the dimension line.

• Horizontal
— Displays the text horizontally, regardless of the orientation of the dimension line.

Location

Sets the location of the text relative to the dimension line.

• Inline
— Aligns the text with the dimension line.

• Above
— Places the text above the dimension line.

• Outside
— Places the text to the opposite side of the extension origin.

• Top Left
— Places the text to the top left of the origin of the extension line.

Dimensions with Text Location set to Inline (upper left), Above (upper right), Outside (lower left), and Top Left (lower right).

Justification

Sets the justification of dimension text—Left, Center, or Right justified.

Dimension Text Justification From top: Left, Center, Right

Key-in: DIMENSION JUSTIFICATION [CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT]

Text Frame

Controls the framing of dimension text:

• None
— No frame.

• Box
— Sometimes used to designate a reference dimension. Places dimension in a box.

• Capsule
— Typically used to designate a dimension for quality control. Places dimension in a capsule.

Key-in: DIMENSION TEXT BOX [OFF | ON | TOGGLE]

or

Key-in: DIMENSION TEXT CAPSULE [OFF | ON | TOGGLE]

Left Margin

Sets the horizontal space in text height units, between the leader line and the dimension text.

Lower Margin

Sets the vertical space in text height units, between the leader line and the dimension text.

Text Style

Sets the text style which controls the dimension text. Dimensions placed using a text style will be automatically updated if the text style is modified. Clicking the magnifying glass icon next to the Text Style field opens the Text Styles dialog box.

Some text attributes can be directly controlled by the dimension style. For example, if the text height and width are set on the dimension style, these values will override the height and width of the text style.

Using a text style allows you to take advantage of advanced text style properties that are not otherwise available for dimensions, ex. italics and background color.

Attributes

Contains controls that can be used to override the Dimension Lines settings and the active settings for color and line weight for dimension text, and also the active text Font, Height and Width.

Setting	Values	Key-in
Text Style
Color	From 0-255	DIMENSION TEXT COLOR [ACTIVE | <color> | <value>]
Weight	From 0-31	DIMENSION TEXT WEIGHT [ACTIVE | <value>]
Font	From 0-127	DIMENSION FONT [ACTIVE | <value>]
Height see footnote 171	In working units	None
Width see footnote 172	In working units	None
Annotation Scale	Displays the status of the Annotation Scale lock: on or off. When placing text, the lock must be on to ensure that text is placed at the defined scale.
Underline	Indicates a value that is not to scale	None

The active text Font, Height and Width are set in the Text settings box, which is opened by choosing Text Styles from the Element menu.