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Process Overview: Creating AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . 3354
Associative Dimensions from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3355
Dimension Points for Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3355
Dimension Points for Wall Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3358
Dimension Points for Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3358
Dimension Points for Other Object Types . . . . . . . . . . . . 3359
AutoCAD Dimension Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3360
Associative Dimensions in External References . . . . . . . . . 3363
Associative Dimensions From Picked Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3364
Specifying AEC Dimension Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3365
Creating AEC Dimensions Using AEC Dimension Tools . . . . . . . . 3368
Creating an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3369
Creating an AEC Dimension with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . 3370
Use Cases for AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3373
Converting an AutoCAD Dimension to an AEC Dimension . . . . . 3380
Copying Properties of AEC Dimensions to AutoCAD Dimensions . . 3382
Creating an AEC Dimension Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3383
Editing AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3384
Adding Points to an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3385
Detaching Dimension Points from an AEC Dimension . . . . . 3390
Restoring Object Points Set in the AEC Dimension Style . . . . 3392
Removing Non-Style Defined Dimension Points . . . . . . . . 3394
Reversing the Direction of an AEC Wall Dimension . . . . . . . 3395
Flip Text Position for AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3397
Overriding Associative Wall Component Dimension
Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3398
Repositioning Dimension Texts, Extension Lines, and
Dimension Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3402
Resetting Repositioned Dimension Texts, Extension Lines and
Dimension Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403
Overriding Dimension Values and Hiding Dimension
Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405
Changing the AEC Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409
Specifying Object Dimension Points for an AEC
Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409
Specifying the AutoCAD Style and Other Properties for an AEC
Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411
Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to an AEC
Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3414
AEC Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3415
AEC Dimension Styles and AutoCAD Dimension Styles . . . . . 3415
The AEC Dimension Style Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3416
Creating AutoCAD Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3416
Creating an AEC Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3417
Changing the Number of Chains in an AEC Dimension
Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3418
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