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Annotating and Dimensioning for Design and Drafting

Outline
1

Getting started

Module overview
Course overview
Get the software
Course resources
2

Annotating with text

Module overview
Create and modify text styles
Control the appearance of multiline text
Align text
Control the appearance of single-line text
Practice exercise
3

Dimensioning

Module overview
Create and modify dimension styles
Create a dimension substyle
Create and modify linear dimensions
Work with radial dimensions
Create angular dimensions
Modify center marks and centerlines
Align dimensions
Adjust the space between dimensions
Break dimension lines and extension lines
Control overlapping dimensions
Challenge exercise
4

Creating multileaders

Module overview
Change the order of multileader content creation
Add a multileader with block content
Control the multileader style
Add and remove leaders
Align multileaders
Collect multileaders
Edit multileaders
Practice exercise
5

Scaling annotative objects

Module overview
Work with the annotation scaling tools
Control annotation scales
Create annotative text
Create annotative dimensions
Control the visibility of annotative objects
Control available scales
Practice exercise
6

Annotating with fields

Module overview
Create fields
Update fields
7

Creating tables and linking data

Module overview
Control table appearance using table styles
Update a table
Link data in a table
Combining extracted and linked data
Challenge exercise
8

Annotating with linetypes

Module overview
Load linetypes
Control linetypes by layer and by object
9

Final test

Module overview
Start your final test
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Professional | ~1 hr. 35 min.
Dimensioning
Module | Skill builder

Dimensions are annotations that report the size of objects, the angle between objects, and the distance between elements in the drawing. The dimension style lets you to control the appearance of dimensions. Learn how to create and modify dimension styles, create dimensions using those styles, and update dimension objects in your drawing to conform with industry and project standards. 

After completing this section, you'll be able to: 

  • Create and modify dimension styles. 
  • Control the appearance of dimensions.
  • Modify and align dimensions to reduce clutter and make your drawings more readable. 
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