User Manual - Page 632

For AUTOCAD 2013.

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â–  Ordinate dimensions
â–  Multileaders that use straight-line leaders
The following dimension and leader objects do not support dimension breaks:
â–  Multileaders that use spline leaders
â–  Leaders created with the LEADER command
The following table explains the conditions where dimension breaks do not
work or are not supported.
Dimension Break Exceptions
DescriptionCondition
Dimension breaks on dimensions or multileaders in xrefs and
blocks are not supported. However, the objects in an xref or
No break in xrefs or
blocks
block can be used as the cutting edges for dimension breaks
on dimensions or multileaders that are not in an xref or block.
Dimension breaks cannot be placed on an arrowhead or the
dimension text. If you want a break to appear at the dimension
No break on arrowhead
and dimension text
text, it is recommended to use the background mask option.
If the intersecting point of an object and the dimension are
at the arrowhead or dimension text, the break will not be
displayed until the intersecting object, or dimension or mul-
tileader are moved.
Automatic breaks are not supported for objects and dimen-
sions or multileaders that are in different spaces. In order to
No break on trans-spatial
dimensions
break a dimension or multileader that is in a different space,
you need to use the Manual option of the DIMBREAK com-
mand.
You can also remove dimension breaks from dimensions or multileaders with
the Remove option of DIMBREAK. When removing them, all dimension breaks
are removed from the selected dimension or multileader, but you can always
add them back individually.
The following objects can be used as cutting edges when adding a dimension
break:
â–  Dimension
606 | Chapter 9 Annotate Drawings
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