Alibre Design

Chapter 12 - Drawings‣ To change the properties of multiple dimensions1. Click the first dimension to select it, then hold the Shift key down as you selecteach subsequent dimension.2. Right-click on any of the selected dimensions and choose Properties. TheDimension Properties dialog box appears. The values for the FIRST dimensionselected will be shown in the dialog. All values that are common between theselected dimensions will be shown with a white background. If any values differbetween the selected dimensions, that field will be shown with a slightly graybackground.3. To change which style is used for these dimension, select a new style from theDimension Style drop-down list.4. To set the properties for this dimension independent of any style, uncheck the UseStyle checkbox. You can then set the properties as desired for each tab.5. Click OK.12.4.6 Dimension StylesDimension styles are used to set the dimension properties in a 2D detailed drawing.When a dimension is created, it is automatically assigned to the dimension style thatyou have set as your default dimension style.You can create multiple dimension styles in a drawing. The styles are saved with thedrawing file, not with your system profile, so you will not see the styles you havecreated in another drawing.If you anticipate that you will use the same styles again and again, you can save themin your drawing template. Then, each time you use the template, the styles youcreated will be available.365