You can specify document-level drafting settings for ordinate dimensions
To open this page, with a drawing open, click
Options 
(Standard toolbar), select Document Properties, and then select .
Overall drafting standard
| Overall drafting standard
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Inherited from the selected Drafting Standard page settings. |
Base ordinate dimension standard
| Base ordinate dimension standard
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Select a standard: - ANSI
- ISO
- DIN
- JIS
- BSI
- GOST
- GB
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Leader style
 Leader Style
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Select: a style. |
 Leader Thickness
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Select: a thickness or select Custom Size and enter a thickness. |
Text
| Font
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Click to modify the font.
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| Horizontal
text justification |
Left |
| Center |
| Right |
| Vertical
text justification |
Top |
| Middle |
| Bottom |
Dual dimensions
| Dual dimensions display
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Select to display dimensions in dual units. |
| Show units for dual display |
Select to display units for the second set of dimensions. |
| Dimension value position |
Top |
| Bottom |
| Right |
| Left |
Primary precision
 Unit Precision
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Select the number of digits included after the decimal point for the value. |
 Tolerance Precision |
Select the number of digits included after the decimal point for the tolerance.
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Dual precision
| Unit Precision |
Select the number of digits after the decimal point from the list
for the value in the secondary units. |
| Tolerance Precision |
Select the number of digits after the decimal point for the tolerance
values for the secondary units.
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Layer
| Layer
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Select a layer. You must first create layers for the drawing before you can select them for document properties.
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You must select
Per Standard for
Layer (Layer toolbar) in the drawing view document to apply these layer settings.
Options
| Display as chain dimension |
Select to chain the ordinate dimensions. (Not available for ANSI). |
| Automatically jog ordinates |
Select to insert jogs in ordinate dimensions when you create them.
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| Tolerance |
Click to set the tolerance.
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