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In previous chapters you have learned about many features that help you draw more efficiently in AutoCAD when compared to manual drawing. Dimensioning in AutoCAD can potentially save you more drawing time than any other feature you have learned. Dimensioning in AutoCAD can also cause many headaches if your drawing is not drawn accurately (by either you or the third party that gave you the drawing).
In manual drawings, dimensions are based on an overall understanding of the project design. If two walls scale to a little more than 20’-6” apart in your manual drawing, you will probably write the dimension as 20’-6”.
In digital drawings, dimensions are based on the information you told AutoCAD as you created your drawing. Digital drawings are often worked on over several weeks or months by several designers. This alone creates an environment for errors to find their way into your digital drawings. If two walls scale to a little more than 20’-6” apart in AutoCAD, the computer will give you the precise dimension: 20’-6 5/32”.
This chapter includes and discusses the following AutoCAD commands and concepts:
- Introduction to Dimension Styles
- Dimensioning your Drawing
- Adding Linear Dimensions
- Adding Aligned Dimensions
- Adding Angled Dimensions
- Dimensioning Examples
- Dimensioning Walls
- Dimensioning Corridors
- Dimensioning Doors
- Dimensioning Windows
- Dimensioning to Structure
- Adding Dimension Styles
- Adding the Tick Dimension Style
- Adding the Arrow Dimension Style
- Adding the Box Dimension Style
- Adding the Dot Dimension Style
- Learning Exercise
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