Dimensioning tools overview

All tools to create dimension entities can be found either on the Dimensions toolbar or in the Dimensions menu.

Toolbar

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Icon	Tool name	Command	Description
	Linear	DIMLINEAR	Creates horizontal or vertical linear dimensions.
	Aligned	DIMALIGNED	Creates linear dimensions which are aligned with the dimension points.
	Rotated	DIMLINEAR	Creates rotated linear dimensions.
	Angular	DIMANGULAR	Creates angular dimensions
	Arc	DIMARC	Creates arc length dimensions
	Leader	DIMLEADER	Creates a leader with or without text.
	Center Lines	DIMCENTER	Draws center lines in circles and circular arcs.
	Diameter	DIMDIAMETER	Creates diametrical dimensions in circles and circular arcs.
	Radius	DIMRADIUS	Creates radial dimensions in circles and circular arcs.
	Baseline	DIMBASELINE	Creates stacked linear dimensions.
	Continue	DIMCONTINUE	Creates a chain of linear dimensions, starting from an existing linear dimension entity.
	Ordinate	DIMORDINATE	Creates ordinate dimensions.
	Tolerance	TOLERANCE	Defines the layout of geometric tolerances.
	Make Oblique	DIMEDIT + O	Makes the extension lines of the selected dimension(s) oblique.
	Edit Dimension Text	DIMEDIT+ E	Defines the dimension text of the selected dimension(s).
	Rotate Dimension Text	DIMEDIT+ R	Rotates the dimension text of the selected dimension(s).
	Reposition Dimension Text	DIMTEDIT	Lets you reposition the dimension text.
	Restore Text Position	DIMEDIT	Undoes the rotation or repositioning of the dimension text of the selected dimension(s).
	Apply Style	-DIMSTYLE + A	Applies the current dimension style to the selected dimension(s).
	Save Style	-DIMSTYLE + S	Saves the current dimension settings in a new dimension style.
	Restore Style	-DIMSTYLE	Sets the current dimension style.
	Dimension Variable Status	-DIMSTYLE + ST	Displays the status of the dimension variables in the command bar and the Prompt History window..