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Improved Control of Extension and Dimension Lines

In linear and radial dimensions, you can separately break dimension and extension lines around other dimensional elements.

Break Lines Not Selected wn-no-breaks.png
Break Lines Selected for Both Options wn-both-dim-ext-line-breaks.png

In linear and radial dimensions, you can control which elements of a dimension break around other dimensional elements. On the Leaders tab of the respective PropertyManager, under Break Lines:

  • Select Break extension lines to break extension lines around dimension lines and other extension lines.
  • Select Break dimension line to break the dimension line around other dimension lines and other extension lines.
In Tools > Options > Document Properties > Dimensions, the Break only around dimension arrows option still limits breaks to be around dimension arrows only when you select either of the above options.
Break Extension Lines Only wn-ext-line-breaks.png
Break Both Extension Lines and Dimension Lines wn-both-dim-ext-line-breaks.png
Break Dimension Lines Only wn-dimt-line-breaks.png
Break Around Dimension Arrows Only wn-around-arrows-only-breaks.png


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