Text and Dimension Properties

Define the text and dimension properties in the dialog box. They include for example text content, dimension value tolerance and dimensioning accuracy. Part numbers and engineering drawing symbols are also texts. The features are available depending on the element.

Editing Text Properties

Edit Dimension Properties

Tab: Text

Editing a Text
Enter the text content in the Text field.
When defining a dimension tolerance or editing a dimension, the dimension figure will be depicted in the Text field. You can edit the dimension by adding characters to it or replacing it with text. You can copy and paste characters in the Text field.
Center alignment point
Select the text’s insertion point with the selection circles surrounding the text field. If you want the insertion point to be in the middle of the text field, mark the Center alignment point checkbox. There are nine insertion points as seen in the figure below.
Enter as line break

When you want to add a line break by the Enter key, select Enter as line break. Close the dialog box and add the text by clicking the OK button.

When you want to close the dialog box and add the text by the Enter key, clear the check box Enter as line break. Add a line break to text by pressing Ctrl+Enter.

Text Number Increment
Sets the automatic text number increment in use, when the check box is selected and the Increment step specified.
When the inserted text is numerical and your intention is to add sequential numbers to a drawing, the program will automatically add the specified increment to the inserted number.
Underline
Add a part of the text as underlined. Click the button and type the underlined text in the Text window.
The underline mode stays in effect. When you want to continue typing the normal text, click the button .
When you want to add the entire text as underlined, select the property Underlined for the text.
Edit Text Properties
No underline
Restore underline text to normal by clicking the button.
Framed Text
Add a part of the text as boxed. Click the button and type the text to be boxed in the Text window.
The box mode stays in effect. When you want to continue typing the normal text, click the button .
When you want to add the entire text as boxed, select the property Boxed for the text.
Edit Text Properties
No box
Restore the boxed text to normal by clicking the button.
TED dimension i.e. theoretically exact dimensions
Add the box belonging to a TED dimension by selecting in the text where you want the box to begin and to the point in the text where you want the box to end.
Mark a dimension figure
By default, the software interprets the first value as the dimension figure that is updated after changes. If you wish that the updated figure is some other one, mark it with special characters. Use the button on the left to mark the dimension figure’s beginning and the button on the right to mark the dimension figure’s end. This enables for example entering numeric prefixes to a dimension value.
Special character
Add a special character to be inserted in the Text field contents. Click the button and select a special character. The character will be added on the cursor position.
Dimension value
Restore the previous dimension value in the text field, if you have deleted it.
Drives geometry
Defines a dimension to act as a geometric constraint. You can edit the geometry by editing the numerical value of the dimension constraint in the Text field. The dimension added to the intersection point of lines will not be updated and cannot act as a constraint, when the geometry is changed.
Fake dimension
Defines the value for the dimension figure as permanent. You can specify a value for a dimension that differs from the actual value. You cannot use this feature for dimensions that act as constraints. When the geometry is changed, the extension lines will be updated only, not the dimension figure.
Controls eave height
Vertex BD: Select the property for a distance constraint defining the roof overhang on the side eaves.
Arrows
Automatically (default) defines the dimension arrows based on where you click the dimension position on the dimension line. Change the dimension arrows to Inside or Outside by clicking the selection button.
Tolerance
Defines a dimension tolerance to be added to a dimension. You can add a tolerance in the field in the following ways.
  • Tolerance symbol
    • If you enter the tolerance symbol in the Tolerance field. The program will also add deviations to the dimension figure.
    • For example, h6.

  • Deviations
    • You can enter deviations in the Tolerance field in the following ways.
    • +-0.001

    • 0-0.04

    • By adding a space between the upper and lower tolerances, you can present the tolerance mark in parentheses. For example: +0.3 +0.1

    • By adding a comma between the upper and lower tolerances, you can present the tolerance mark without parentheses. For example: +0.3,+0.1

Adding the tolerance in the Text editing window
You can add deviations to the dimension as follows:
  1. Move the cursor after the dimension number in the Text editing window.
  2. Add the whitespace character.
  3. Click the Character button and select the -character from the list.
  4. Add the whitespace character after special character.
  5. Enter the deviation. For example, 0.1
Quality
Defines the dimensioning precision, the decimal precision of the dimension.
You can selects a single or several dimension figure in the drawing, and edit the precision of the dimensions.
Editing the Dimensioning Precision of Dimensions
The default dimension precision value is 0.1. You can select the precision from the list or enter the precision value. The program will also accept values that are higher than 1, for example 10.
Changing the dimension precision from 0.1 (A) to 0.01 (B) is shown in the number of decimals in the dimension.
Inch conversion
Defines the precision of the inch conversion of a dimension. Inch conversion is dimension-specific. Select the appropriate precision in the Inch conversion list.
At this point, the dimension is not yet changed to the inch dimension.
Inch conversion can be simultaneously performed on all dimensions of a drawing using the Dimensions> Convert dimensions to inches.
Convert Dimensions to Inches
Formula
Defines the variable of the dimension figure.
Unit
Select the unit for metric dimensions from the list:
  • mm
  • cm
  • m