COMPARE DIMSTYLES
Compare Dimension Styles and Variables
You can view all the settings in a dimension style. Dimension styles used in externally referenced drawings are differentiated from those defined in your current drawing.
You can list the dimension styles in the current drawing. You can also list all dimensioning system variables and their current status or only the variables affected by a dimension style.
When you list the current status of all dimensioning system variables, any running overrides that apply to the current dimension style are listed. You can also list the differences between a named dimension style and the current dimension style.
Use Externally Referenced Dimension Styles
The program displays externally referenced dimension style names using the same syntax as for other externally dependent named objects. When you view externally referenced dimension styles using the Dimension Style Manager, the name of the xref displays in the Styles list as Xref:drawing name with each xref style appearing below the drawing name. For example, if the drawing file baseplat.dwg has a dimension style called FRACTIONAL-1, and you attach baseplat.dwg as an xref to a new drawing, then the xref dimension style is displayed in the Styles list of the Dimension Style Manager as Xref:baseplat.dwg, and FRACTIONAL-1 appears under the drawing name.
Externally referenced dimension styles can be examined, but they cannot be modified or made current. You can use an externally referenced dimension style as a template for creating a new dimension style in your current drawing.
Format menu: Dimension Style
Dimension menu: Style
Command line: dimstyle
Compares the properties of two dimension styles or displays all properties of one style. You can print the results of the comparison to the Clipboard, and then paste to other MicrosoftWindowsapplications.
Compare Specifies the first dimension style for the comparison.
With Specifies the second dimension style for the comparison. If you set the second style to or to the same style as the first, all the properties of the dimension style are displayed.
Comparison results are displayed automatically under the following headings:
Description of the dimension style property
System variable that controls the property
System variable values of style properties that differ for each dimension style
Results Displays the results of the dimension style comparison. If you compare two different styles, the properties that differ are displayed. If you set the second style to or to the same style as the first, all the properties of the dimension style are displayed.
Print to Clipboard button Copies the results of the comparison to the Clipboard. You can then paste the results to other Windows applications, such as word processors and spreadsheets.
Tomorrow we will learn about controlling
Dimension Elements, stay tuned…!
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