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Use Dimension Styles
You can control the appearance of dimensions by changing settings. For
convenience and to help maintain dimensioning standards, you can store
these settings in dimension styles.
Overview of Dimension Styles
A dimension style is a named collection of dimension settings that controls
the appearance of dimensions, such as arrowhead style, text location, and
lateral tolerances.
You create dimension styles to specify the format of dimensions quickly, and
to ensure that dimensions conform to industry or project standards.
When you create a dimension, it uses the settings of the current dimension
style
If you change a setting in a dimension style, all dimensions in a drawing
that use the style update automatically
You can create dimension substyles that, for specified types of dimensions,
deviate from the current dimension style
If necessary, you can override a dimension style temporarily
Compare Dimension Styles and Variables
You can view all the settings in a dimension style. Dimension styles used in
externally referenced drawings are differentiated from those defined in your
current drawing.
You can list the dimension styles in the current drawing. You can also list all
dimensioning system variables and their current status or only the variables
affected by a dimension style.
When you list the current status of all dimensioning system variables, any
running overrides that apply to the current dimension style are listed. You
can also list the differences between a named dimension style and the current
dimension style.
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