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[seasdes]

Is there a way to have the dimension extension lines to always draw at say 500 mm long?
Seasdes

[caddit]

Hi seasdes,


This gets discussed / debated on the CADTUTOR forum from time to time:
http://www.cadtutor.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?s=25e45e8a07b11fffda0ff637debce780&p=17854&postcount=5

There are a few ways of doing this in progeCAD that would be similar in AutoCAD. For setting just a few dimensions this way you can specify an exact vector from the dimension's origin using AutoCAD vector notation (called Relative Polar coordinates):

Code: Select all@500<90

for placement of the dimension text (be sure to adjust "90" to the actual direction you want the dimension to be located at). Using SNAP/GRID could also give you a quicker approximate effect depending on your snap resolution.

You might also want to see DIMCONTINUE and DIMBASELINE.