nanoCAD Platform Help

Dimension Style Manager

CAD drafting Dimension Style Manager 0Main menu: Format - CAD software Dimension Style Manager 1 Dimension Styles....

CAD drawing Dimension Style Manager 2Main menu: Dimensions - CAD drafting Dimension Style Manager 3 Dimension Styles....

CAD software Dimension Style Manager 4Ribbon: Home - Annotation - CAD drawing Dimension Style Manager 5 Dimension Style Manager.

CAD drafting Dimension Style Manager 6Toolbar: Settings - CAD software Dimension Style Manager 7Dimension Style Manager.

CAD drawing Dimension Style Manager 8Command 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.

CAD drafting Dimension Style Manager 9

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

CAD software Dimension Style Manager 10Command line: SPSETGOST, SETGOST.

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

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