Dimension Style Manager

Main menu: Format - Dimension Styles....

Main menu: Dimensions - Dimension Styles....

Ribbon: Home - Annotation - Dimension Style Manager.

Toolbar: Settings - Dimension Style Manager.

Command line: DIMSTYLE.

The software defaults to a government industry standard dimension style.

Dimension styles allow you to control the appearance of dimensions and quickly format them.

Dialog box composition

The inscription "Current style: ..." - information about the current dimension style, which is used when applying dimensions.

"Styles" list - a list of all dimension styles in the document.

The "Preview of: ..." window is a graphical representation of the style selected in the "Styles" list.

Buttons:

• Set current – sets the selected dimension style current.

• New... – opens a dialogue "Creating style".

• Modify... – change the parameters of the style selected in the list. Opens dialog "Modify dimension style".

• Override... – change the parameters of the current dimension style. Opens dialog "Modify dimension style".

• Compare... - compare two dimension styles, or view a list of all the properties of a style. The comparison results can be copied to the clipboard. Opens dialog "Comparing Dimension Styles".

• Delete... – deletes the selected dimension style.

Restoring the Dimension Style

Command line: MCSETGOST, SETGOST.

This command is necessary to create (restore) the standard dimensional style of the environment nanoCAD Mechanica.

Dimension style settings are stored within drawing files. If the file was not created in nanoCAD Mechanica, then it may not have the required dimension style for correct work in the nanoCAD Mechanica environment.