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So that's dimension styles.

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Now we've got our dimensions looking okay.

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We can now look at different types of dimension.

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So linear.

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Linear is straight line.

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So like this it was a dimensional on this straight line.

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Okay.

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If our line had been a diagonal line and we select linear.

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From that point to the end point is what it's going to do.

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It's going to want it's going to ask us and we can control it with our mouse.

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Do you want to measure that length?

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Or did you want to measure that length?

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Okay, now it's linear, so it has to be straight.

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It has to be either horizontal or vertical.

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But we wanted a dimension along angled along that line.

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So the next one is aligned.

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And if we click aligned, then it will give us that dimension there.

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Okay.

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So let's look at some of the others.

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We've got Angular.

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I'm going to draw a line like that.

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Okay, So we've got these two lines.

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Angular will ask for two lines and it's going to give you the distance, the angle between them.

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If you go outside it, it will give you this angle here or that angle.

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Okay?

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So again, you can control it with your mouse where it puts it, but it is it's always going to keep

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that same default style.

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Maybe we've got an arc part of an archway or something.

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How long is that?

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We don't want a straight line distance.

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We want to know the length of the actual arc arc length.

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Okay.

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And that gives us that and it shows it's an arc length with that symbol.

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So they're all quite self-explanatory with a circle.

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We could have a radius.

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Okay.

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Again, it's putting this length on.

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Maybe I didn't want to show that length anymore.

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Okay.

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Maybe what I can do, I can delete it from the prefix.

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And now it's taken out of that one dimension there.

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That's that.

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That instance of the dimension no longer shows that prefix.

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If I wanted to change it on the style, I wanted to get rid of this on all of them.

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I can go back here to the annotate tab, I can go manage dimension style, go to our style here, I

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can go modify and you see we get all these options.

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So.

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It is on the primary units.

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It's the same options we've got in our properties.

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I can delete that prefix.

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Okay, close.

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And it's gone off all of them now because I've updated the style, not that individual dimension.

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Diameter.

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That's going to be similar to this.

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It just gives you the diameter.

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Believe it or not, And ardent, now ardent is going to give you the coordinate.

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We've looked at coordinates, we understand coordinates.

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But if you want to show the ordinate of a point, okay, you can click the object and depending which

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way you put it, it will show those dimensions from your zero zero origin point that can come in handy

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when you're doing things like from a from a surveyor and you want it.

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You want to show the coordinates of a surveyor and set it out and jogged.

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Jogged is just it just gives you that if you're a bit short of of space that can come in handy.

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Don't often use that.

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Okay we did mention we've got this dimension button here.

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It's kind of AutoCAD way of guessing what it thinks you want.

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To use.

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So you see where it thinks I'm doing a line dimension.

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But if I click another line, it knows I'm doing an angle.

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Okay.

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If I click a circle, it's going to go with diameter.

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If it's an arc, it's going to give me a radius.

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So if I do.

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But there it doesn't know that's.

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But so it's kind of taking its best guess.

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Um, if you are doing a lot of dimensions, the only time it really comes in handy when you've got a

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lot of dimensions to do of various types, you can just keep doing the right click and repeat command

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and without having to select which type of dimension it is all the time.

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But generally I like the control of choosing it myself and that's dimensions.

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So yeah, we've looked at text and dimensions now.

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Hopefully the leader thing makes sense.

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It's kind of staggered both lessons because it is, it's something you use in the form of text, but

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it's classed as a dimension, but hopefully it makes sense if not rewatch it.

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And as with anything, the best way is to just start doing some other play with it.

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Have a play with your settings.

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Generally, what tends to happen is either on a new join you set up a dimension style or if you're doing

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an existing, you're changing an existing drawing.

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There's already a dimension in there you like.

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You just do a match properties off the existing dimension.

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Okay, onto yours.

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That's how most people generally go about it.

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If you go into a company or you work on a project that probably will have a whole load of CAD standards

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and this will mark out exactly how they like to see their dimensions, what kind of arrow they like,

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the size, the text style, all that kind of thing.

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It will all be set.

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It might even be set as a default image on already.

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You don't have to do anything if you're working on your own from home.

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You're just learning CAD.

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Just have a play about with different things like the dimension styles.

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Okay, hopefully that made sense.

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Styles are just kind of overall ways of changing the properties in a drawing so you can have a style.

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It's like fonts basically for dimensions.

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So yeah, that should do it with dimensions.