System Properties

Dimension lines alignment

Offset mode

Select the desired option:

Important:

Available properties depend on the selected dimensions system type.

Constant

The offset between dimensions of a system remains constant and equal to the value defined in the Offset between dimensions box.

Available for stacked dimension systems.

Important:

The offset between dimensions remains constant to the scale of the view as well.

Consequently, if you modify the scale of a view and perform an alignment on the dimension system, the offset between dimensions is also modified so as to remain constant to the view's scale.

Free

The dimensions of a system can be moved independently.

Available for stacked dimension systems and cumulated dimension systems.

Offset between dimensions

Defines the value of the offset between dimensions.

Dimension values alignment

Important:

Chained dimension systems can only be centered.

Align cumulated dimension values

Select the desired option to specify how dimension values should be aligned for cumulated dimensions systems.

Reference line
Center
Opposite
From standard

In the image below, d is the Values Offset properties:

Align stacked dimension values

Select the required option to specify how dimension values should be aligned for stacked dimensions systems.

Reference line
Center
Opposite

In the image below, d is the Values Offset properties:

Values Offset

Specifies the distance between the alignment reference and the dimension value.

Important:

In the standards, the Dimension Parameters parameter lets you specify whether cumulated dimensions are set with their value oriented along extension lines or dimension lines.

The cumulated dimension behavior then differs depending on what you chose as the value orientation reference:

Extension lines: The Dimension Parameters standard parameters are used.
Only some Dimension System Styles are used.
Dimension lines: Some Dimension Parameters standard parameters are used.
However, the value horizontal positioning is not defined in the standards (the corresponding parameters are deprecated), but by the following Dimension System Styles: Aligned cumulated dimension values and Values Offset.

Automatically add a funnel

Adds funnels to cumulated or stacked systems whenever a dimension value line-up is performed.

Important:

In order to ensure a readable layout of dimensions values, the funnel shape properties width, height and angle are automatically computed.

Therefore, if the Automatically add a funnel option is selected then the Dimensions System Style values are ignored.

If you do not select this option, you can add funnels manually via Edit > Properties or when creating the dimension system.