14.7 What Have We Learned?

Items covered in this lesson include:

• AutoCAD Dimension Terminology

• AutoCAD Dimension Commands:

  • Dimlinear

  • Dimangular

  • Dimradius

  • Dimdiameter

  • Dimcontinue

  • Dimaligned

  • Dimbaseline

  • QLeader

  • Dimordinate

  • QDim

  • Dimedit

  • DimTedit

You're now familiar with the various methods of creating and editing AutoCAD's dimensions. For the most part, you can place dimensions as you would on any board. But if you spend much time with dimensioning, you'll discover some shortfalls in your understanding. This is because you're only halfway through your study of AutoCAD's dimensioning tools.

In Lesson 15, we'll discuss customizing your dimensions. This seems difficult, but it's where you'll learn:

• to use architectural units instead of decimals

• how to change arrow styles and text sizes

• how to have AutoCAD insert tolerances automatically

• and much, much more!