Text and Dimension Properties

Select the properties of a text or a dimension in the dialog box, when you are adding an element to a drawing or you have selected the element for editing.

Editing Table Text Properties
Editing Dimension Properties

Tab: Properties

Text Properties

Select the text/dimension properties in the fields of the dialog box.

Element Properties
Text font
Dimension Style

The properties that can be edited depend on the elements you selected. If the selected elements have different properties, the field will be empty. If you leave the field empty, the elements will keep their different properties. If you select a new property in the field, it will affect all selected elements.

If the selected elements have different Hiding, Underlined or Boxed properties, the checkbox may have the option. If you mark or clear the checkbox, the property will affect all selected elements.

Style Covering, Underlined, Boxed
Changing the Size of the Covering Area and Box

If you select Hiding and Boxed as text properties, the framed area determines the size of the hiding area.

From the drawing

Click the button and you can select a text in the drawing and have its properties copied to the text you have selected for editing. The copy properties feature is not available for dimensions.

Angle of dimension figure

You can set the dimension figure into the desired angle in relation to the dimension line. The value of the angle affects only the dimension. The original direction of the dimension will be retained. If the field is empty, the direction of the dimension will be defined automatically based on the direction of the dimension. You can use this property to change the dimension to the other side of the dimension line.

Dimension slant 180.

Dimension slant -90.

Lock text's location

Locks the text or dimension to the location in the drawing in which the text/dimension exists, when the checkbox is selected and the data is saved. After this, changes in drawing geometry will not affect the location of the text or dimension in the drawing. The text/dimension keeps its original location.

Text and Dimension Data
Properties of Dimension End Markers
Dimension Tolerance