{"id":13132,"date":"2022-12-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=13132"},"modified":"2022-12-07T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:38:06","slug":"have-you-tried-dimension-styles-and-overrides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-dimension-styles-and-overrides\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: Dimension Styles and Overrides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we close out 2022, we\u2019re very excited to deliver the latest Have You Tried on dimension substyles and overrides.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dimension styles define all the settings that control the appearance of each dimension&#8217;s parts.\u00a0Using dimension substyles and overrides can be a quick way to modify an existing dimension style without creating a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2023\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_Dec_2022_Overrides_Substyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In this Have You Tried<\/a>, we\u2019ll cover how to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a dimension substyle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Override dimension properties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Override dimension styles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compare dimension styles with style overrides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save overrides as a new dimension style<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save overrides to the parent dimension style<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to use dimension substyles and overrides on existing dimension styles with the step-by-step examples in the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2023\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_Dec_2022_Overrides_Substyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried: Dimension Substyles and Overrides<\/a> topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/07\/Article-63-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"800\" data-lbwps-height=\"450\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/07\/Article-63-1-300x169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/07\/Article-63-1.jpg\" alt=\"Create New Dimension Style AutoCAD\" class=\"wp-image-13133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/07\/Article-63-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/07\/Article-63-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/07\/Article-63-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"keep-the-feedback-coming\">Keep the Feedback Coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for all the great feedback submitted so far. 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