Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

6 In the Format dialog:
■ Clear Use project settings.
■ Select Millimeters for Units.
■ Select mm for Unit suffix.
7 Click OK twice.
You have created a new dimension style.
8 On the Basics tab of the Design Bar, click Dimension.
In the Type Selector, notice that there is a Linear - Metric dimension available.
9 On the Basics tab of the Design Bar, click Modify.
Load a new beam tag
10 In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click T.O. Fnd. Wall.
11 Click Settings menu ➤ Annotations ➤ Loaded Tags.
12 Click Load.
13 In the left pane of the Open dialog, click Training Files, and open Metric\M_Structural Framing
Tag.rfa.
14 In the Tags dialog, scroll to Structural Framing Tag and notice that M_Structural Framing Tag
is now the assigned tag.
This tag is used when tagging using the Beams By Category option.
15 Under Loaded Tags, click M_Structural Framing Tag, and select the drop-down arrow that displays.
Notice that you can choose between the 2 beam tag types loaded into this project.
16 Click OK.
17 On the Drafting tab of the Design Bar, click Tag ➤ By Category.
18 Click a beam.
A beam instance tag displays on the selected beam.
19 On the Design Bar, click Tag All Not Tagged.
Under Category, notice the structural framing tag appears twice. Each tag category has a different
loaded tag: one displays the type value, the other displays the instance value.
20 Select the structural framing tag category with the loaded tag, M_Structural Framing Tag.
21 Under Leader, verify that Create is clear, and click OK.
The remaining untagged beams are tagged.
22 On the View Toolbar, click .
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