Creating a dimension style

Dimension styles provide a way for you to change various settings that control the appearance of dimensions. You can then save those settings for reuse. If you dont define a dimension style before creating dimensions, the program uses the Standard dimension style, which stores the default dimension variable settings. Each option in the Dimension Styles dialog box relates to a variable that you can set manually. See the online Command Reference for more information.

To create a dimension style

   1   Do one of the following to choose Dimension Styles Manager ():    

    On the ribbon, choose Annotate > Dimension Styles Manager (in Dimensions).

    On the menu, choose Dimensions > Dimension Styles Manager or choose  Format > Dimension Styles Manager.

    On the Dimensioning toolbar, click the Dimension Styles tool.

    Type setdim and then press Enter.

   2   In the Dimension Styles Manager dialog box, click New.

   3   Type the name of the new dimension style.

   4   Click Continue.

   5   In the Dimension Styles dialog box, make your selections for the dimension style as necessary.

    6    When finished, click OK.