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The Manually Drawn Dimension Tools

Clicking on the exterior side of a window Clicking on the interior side of a window

produces temporary dimensions produces temporary dimensions
that locate the wall’s exterior side that locate the wall’s interior side

3 Check Locate Interior Wall Centers • Select Locate First Objects Inside to
to locate interior walls at their centers locate the first edge of another CAD
instead of their surfaces. When checked, this object drawn inside a selected CAD
option overrides the other settings in this object.
dialog for interior walls.

4 CAD Options - Specify how CAD
objects inside a selected CAD object
are located by temporary dimensions.
• Select Ignore Objects Inside for tempo-
rary dimensions to ignore any other
objects inside a selected CAD object. Ignore Objects Inside Locate First Objects Inside

The Manually Drawn Dimension Tools

Select CAD> Dimensions to access one another and should be drawn orthogonal,
the Dimension Tools. Manually drawn or at right angles, to the objects being
dimensions are created by clicking and located.
dragging like other line-based objects and Dimension lines locate objects using Object
can be drawn in floor plan view, cross
section/elevation views, CAD Details, and Snaps , although they do not need to be
on layout pages. enabled in order to draw dimensions. See
“Object Snaps” on page 168. Bear in mind,
With the exception of Angular though, that Object Snaps must be enabled in
Dimensions , dimension lines only locate order to:
objects that are parallel or nearly parallel to

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