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automatically entered by entering the first necessary date and dragging the
AutoFill grip.
Numbers will fill automatically by increments of 1 if one cell is selected and
dragged. Similarly, dates will resolve by increments of one day if only one cell
is selected. If two cells are manually filled with dates one week apart, the
remaining cells are incremented by one week.
See also:
Use Fields in Text
Dimensions and Tolerances
You can add measurements to your drawing with several dimensioning
commands. Use dimension styles to format dimensions quickly and maintain
industry or project dimensioning standards.
Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
You can create several types of dimensions, and you can control their
appearance by setting up dimension styles or by editing individual dimensions.
Overview of Dimensioning
Dimensioning is the process of adding measurement annotation to a drawing.
You can create dimensions for a variety of object types in many orientations.
The basic types of dimensioning are
Linear
Radial (radius, diameter and jogged)
Angular
Ordinate
Arc Length
Linear dimensions can be horizontal, vertical, aligned, rotated, baseline, or
continued (chained). Some examples are shown in the illustration.
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