Appearance of Radial Dimensions - General Attributes

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Dimensions : Radial Dimensions : Appearance of Radial Dimensions - General Attributes

In addition to the attributes described in the previous section there are further attributes which control the appearance of the dimension, which are also used by Linear and Angular Dimensions (refer to Angular Dimensions for further information) and Dimension Points. These attributes are cascaded down from the owning LAYE. The attribute setting DEFAULT is not available for Radial Dimensions.

The general attributes are:

The Dimension Terminator attribute DTER. Refer to Detail Attributes of Linear Dimensions for further information.

The Terminator Size attribute TSIZ. Refer to Detail Attributes of Linear Dimensions for further information.

The Dimension Line Style and Colour attributes (DLSTYLE, DLCOLOUR) control the appearance of the dimension and leader lines. The initial values are cascaded down from LAYE level. Refer to Colours and Styles for further information.

The Gaps array attribute GAPS - an array of user-defined gaps; no gaps by default. The gaps defined in this array are applied to the dimension- and leader lines of the Radial Dimension, in addition to the gap under the dimension text that is inserted automatically in the dimension line. Refer to Detail Attributes of Linear Dimensions for further information. The command:

GAP TIDY

deletes unused gaps.

Dimension Text also has attributes, similar to those in use for LDIMs and ADIMs:


Vertical Alignment ALIG	- cascaded from the LAYE. Refer to Label Text Manipulation for further information.
Font DFONT	- cascaded from FONT on LAYE. Refer to Miscellaneous Text Facilities for further information.
Dimension Text Colour DTCOLOUR	- cascaded from TXCOLOUR on LAYE.
Character Height DTCH	- cascaded from CHEI on LAYE - Refer to Detail Attributes of Linear Dimensions for further information.
Letter height DTLH	- attribute derived from DTCH.