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Align Parallel/Concentric

In a drawing, you can align selected linear, radial, or angular dimensions with uniform spacing. Align Parallel/Concentric is used to "stack" and "space" dimensions. The selected dimensions must be of the same type.

To align and group parallel dimensions:

  1. In a drawing, hold Ctrl and select two or more dimensions that you want to align. You can also select the group of dimensions by holding the left mouse button and dragging a box around the dimensions.

  2. Click Align Parallel/Concentric on the Align toolbar, or click Tools, Dimensions, Align Parallel/Concentric.

    The dimensions are arranged with a uniform distance between the arrows. They also are grouped, and retain the parallel spacing when moved.

Aligned Parallel

Aligned Concentric

To specify the distance between dimensions:

  1. Click Tools, Options, Document Properties, Dimensions.

  2. Under Offset distances, specify a value for From last dimension (B) (the distance between dimensions as shown).

  1. Click OK.

To highlight dimensions that are aligned to one another:

Right-click a dimension that was created with Align Parallel/Concentric and click Show Alignment.

Dimensions that are aligned are marked with blue dots.

To remove a dimension from a set of aligned dimensions:

Right-click a dimension that was created with Align Parallel/Concentric and click Break Alignment.

Related Topics

Align Toolbar

Aligning Dimensions and Notes

Ordinate dimensions



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