Dimension Leaders PropertyManager

In the Dimension Leaders PropertyManager, you can specify the display of dimensions. If you select multiple dimensions, only the properties that apply to all the selected dimensions are available.

Witness/Leader Display

The type of arrows and leaders available depends on the type of dimension selected.

Arrow Placement. You can specify placement of arrows with respect to the dimension extension lines : Outside , Inside , Smart , Directed Leader .

Smart specifies that arrows automatically appear outside of extension lines if the space is too small to accommodate the dimension text and the arrowheads.

A Directed Leader can be oriented at any angle with respect to the surface of the feature and can be placed in an annotation plane parallel to the feature axis.

Circular arrowhead handles appear on dimension arrows when you select dimensions. The pointer changes to when it is over the arrowhead handles. When you click on arrowhead handle (either handle if there are two for the dimension), the arrows flip outside or inside.

Ordinate chain. Select to chain ordinate dimensions.

Style. You can choose separate styles for each arrow when there are two arrows for a dimension. This feature supports the JIS dimensioning standard. Two lists appear in the Dimension PropertyManager only when separate styles are specified by the dimensioning standard.

Dimension to inside of arc. Specifies that the dimension arrow is inside the arc. Use this option in combination with the Arrows setting (either Inside or Outside) to meet your drawing standards. 

Use document second arrow. Specifies that a diameter dimension (not displayed as linear) with outside arrows follows the document default setting for a second arrow.

• Document Properties - Radius Dimensions

• Document Properties - Diameter Dimensions

• Document Properties - Hole Callouts

To override the document default, clear Use document second arrow, then select Display second outside arrow to turn the arrow display on or off.

Use document bend length. Uses the value for Bent leader length in Document Properties - Dimensions. When cleared, you can specify the dimension bent leader length. Type a value in the box.

Leader Style

Use document display

Break Lines

Break Lines. Select for the dimension and extension lines to break when crossing other dimension or extension lines in drawings.

You can choose for the extension lines to break only when crossing arrowheads. See Document Properties - Dimensions and select Break only around dimension arrows.

Use document gap. Uses the value in Document Properties - Dimensions.

Gap. Enter a value if you do not use the document default.

When the dimension lines are broken, they break around lines that are nearby. If a dimension is moved significantly, it may not break around the new nearby dimensions. To update the display, unbreak the dimension lines and then break them again.

Custom Text Position

See Dimension Leaders/Text for more dimension icons.

Arc Condition

You can set how to dimension between arcs or circles.

First or Second arc condition:

Select Center, Min, or Max.

When you are dimensioning distances to arcs or circles, the following options are available:

• First Arc Condition specifies where on the arc or circle the distance is measured.

• Second Arc Condition specifies where on the second item the distance is measured, when both items are arcs or circles.

In these examples, the First arc condition is Center, and the Second arc condition is set as noted.