Dimension Styles Manager

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Toolbar: Dimensions > Dimension Styles Manager; Format > Dimension Styles Manager; Styles > Dimension Styles

Menu: Dimensions > Dimension Styles Manager; Format > Dimension Styles Manager

Keyboard: SETDIM, DIMSTYLE, or -DIMSTYLE to run command line version

Alias: D, DDIM, DST, DIMSTY

Displays the Dimension Styles Manager dialog box so you can create and modify dimension styles. Dimension styles are settings that you have defined and saved. When you create dimension styles, you can control the layout and appearance of any dimension.

DIALOG BOX OPTIONS

Styles Lists the dimension styles available in the current drawing.

List Select to filter the list of dimension styles.

Don't List Styles in Xrefs Select to display only dimension styles defined for the current drawing. Dimension styles in drawings that are externally referenced will be omitted from the list.

Description Displays the description of selected dimension style.

Set Current Click to make the selected dimension style current.

New Click to open the New Dimension Style dialog box in which you can create and define options for a new dimension style.

Delete Click to delete the selected dimension style.

Rename Click to open the Rename Dimension Style dialog box so you can change the name of an existing dimension style.

Modify Click to open the Modify Dimension Style dialog box in which you can modify the selected dimension style.

Override Click to open the Override Current Dimension Style to make override changes to the current dimension style. The current dimension style must be selected in the list before you can click Override. The dimension style definition itself is not modified, only the settings applied to new dimensions.

Save Overrides Click to save the override changes made to the current dimension style.

Clear Overrides Click to remove the override changes from the current dimension style.

Compare Click to open the Compare Dimension Styles to show all of the dimension settings for a single dimension style or find the differences between two dimension styles.

Dim Layer Override Allows to choose the destination layer don dimensions.

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