So that's dimension styles.
Now we've got our dimensions looking okay.
We can now look at different types of dimension.
So linear.
Linear is straight line.
So like this it was a dimensional on this straight line.
Okay.
If our line had been a diagonal line and we select linear.
From that point to the end point is what it's going to do.
It's going to want it's going to ask us and we can control it with our mouse.
Do you want to measure that length?
Or did you want to measure that length?
Okay, now it's linear, so it has to be straight.
It has to be either horizontal or vertical.
But we wanted a dimension along angled along that line.
So the next one is aligned.
And if we click aligned, then it will give us that dimension there.
Okay.
So let's look at some of the others.
We've got Angular.
I'm going to draw a line like that.
Okay, So we've got these two lines.
Angular will ask for two lines and it's going to give you the distance, the angle between them.
If you go outside it, it will give you this angle here or that angle.
Okay?
So again, you can control it with your mouse where it puts it, but it is it's always going to keep
that same default style.
Maybe we've got an arc part of an archway or something.
How long is that?
We don't want a straight line distance.
We want to know the length of the actual arc arc length.
Okay.
And that gives us that and it shows it's an arc length with that symbol.
So they're all quite self-explanatory with a circle.
We could have a radius.
Okay.
Again, it's putting this length on.
Maybe I didn't want to show that length anymore.
Okay.
Maybe what I can do, I can delete it from the prefix.
And now it's taken out of that one dimension there.
That's that.
That instance of the dimension no longer shows that prefix.
If I wanted to change it on the style, I wanted to get rid of this on all of them.
I can go back here to the annotate tab, I can go manage dimension style, go to our style here, I
can go modify and you see we get all these options.
So.
It is on the primary units.
It's the same options we've got in our properties.
I can delete that prefix.
Okay, close.
And it's gone off all of them now because I've updated the style, not that individual dimension.
Diameter.
That's going to be similar to this.
It just gives you the diameter.
Believe it or not, And ardent, now ardent is going to give you the coordinate.
We've looked at coordinates, we understand coordinates.
But if you want to show the ordinate of a point, okay, you can click the object and depending which
way you put it, it will show those dimensions from your zero zero origin point that can come in handy
when you're doing things like from a from a surveyor and you want it.
You want to show the coordinates of a surveyor and set it out and jogged.
Jogged is just it just gives you that if you're a bit short of of space that can come in handy.
Don't often use that.
Okay we did mention we've got this dimension button here.
It's kind of AutoCAD way of guessing what it thinks you want.
To use.
So you see where it thinks I'm doing a line dimension.
But if I click another line, it knows I'm doing an angle.
Okay.
If I click a circle, it's going to go with diameter.
If it's an arc, it's going to give me a radius.
So if I do.
But there it doesn't know that's.
But so it's kind of taking its best guess.
Um, if you are doing a lot of dimensions, the only time it really comes in handy when you've got a
lot of dimensions to do of various types, you can just keep doing the right click and repeat command
and without having to select which type of dimension it is all the time.
But generally I like the control of choosing it myself and that's dimensions.
So yeah, we've looked at text and dimensions now.
Hopefully the leader thing makes sense.
It's kind of staggered both lessons because it is, it's something you use in the form of text, but
it's classed as a dimension, but hopefully it makes sense if not rewatch it.
And as with anything, the best way is to just start doing some other play with it.
Have a play with your settings.
Generally, what tends to happen is either on a new join you set up a dimension style or if you're doing
an existing, you're changing an existing drawing.
There's already a dimension in there you like.
You just do a match properties off the existing dimension.
Okay, onto yours.
That's how most people generally go about it.
If you go into a company or you work on a project that probably will have a whole load of CAD standards
and this will mark out exactly how they like to see their dimensions, what kind of arrow they like,
the size, the text style, all that kind of thing.
It will all be set.
It might even be set as a default image on already.
You don't have to do anything if you're working on your own from home.
You're just learning CAD.
Just have a play about with different things like the dimension styles.
Okay, hopefully that made sense.
Styles are just kind of overall ways of changing the properties in a drawing so you can have a style.
It's like fonts basically for dimensions.
So yeah, that should do it with dimensions.