Text tab (Dimension Style and Dimension Properties)

The Text page sets the text options for dimensions and for PMI elements. It is shared by the Dimension Style dialog box and the Dimension Properties dialog box.

Text

Sets text options for a dimension.

Font

Sets the font type for the dimension text.

Symbol font

Sets the symbol font to be the source for special characters used in annotations and dimensions. Available options are the QY CAD ISO Symbols font and the QY CAD ANSI Symbols font.

Note:

Symbol font must be specified in the template for each dimension style. The dimension style, in turn, specifies the symbol font for both annotations and dimensions.

Font style

Specifies the font style to use for the text in a dimension.

Font size

Sets the text size for a selected 2D dimension or 3D PMI element.

Orientation

Sets the orientation of the dimension text with respect to the dimension line. You can set the orientation to horizontal, vertical, perpendicular, or parallel.

Position

Sets the position where text appears in relation to the base line. The base line is an imaginary horizontal line directly beneath a line of text.

Fill text with background color

Fills the text with the current background color.

Override pulled-out text

Specifies that text which is pulled off or out of a linear or angular dimension line will be displayed according to the override Orientation and Position settings, below.

Orientation

Sets the orientation of the dimension text when it is pulled away from the dimension line. You can set the orientation to horizontal, vertical, perpendicular, or parallel with respect to the dimension line.

Position

Sets the position of dimension text when it is pulled away from the dimension line. You can set the position to above (A) or embedded (B) with respect to the leader line that shows the relationship between the text and the dimension.

(A)	(B)

Override pulled-out text 2

Specifies the orientation and position for text that is pulled along the dimension line and outside the projection lines or the terminators.

Orientation

Sets the orientation of the dimension text when it is pulled outside the projection lines or the terminators.

You can set the orientation to horizontal, vertical, perpendicular, or parallel with respect to the dimension line.

Position

Sets the position of dimension text when it is pulled outside the projection lines or outside the terminators.

You can set the position to above or embedded with respect to the leader line that shows the relationship between the text and the dimension.

The following example shows the difference between using the Override pulled out text 2 option (A) versus the Override pulled out text option (B).

(A)	(B)

Tolerance Text

Sets options for the tolerance text on dimensions.

Size

Sets the size of the tolerance text for dimensions that are placed with the Dimension Type option set to Tolerance. The value is a ratio of the dimension text size. For example, if you enter .5, the size of the text for the tolerance value is half the size of the dimension text.

Hole/Shaft

Specifies the layout (horizontal or vertical) and separator (slash, horizontal line, or space) for class fit hole/shaft dimensions with tolerance.

Use these options	To get this layout
Separator	Vertical
Space	Vertical
Slash	Horizontal

Limit arrangement

Sets the text arrangement on limit dimensions.

Position

Specifies the tolerance position with respect to the dimension text. This option is available for all vertical tolerance text.

Use these options	To get this layout
Bottom	Tolerance aligned to the bottom of the dimension text.
Center	Tolerance center-aligned with the dimension text.
Top	Tolerance aligned to the top of the dimension text.

Align to

Specifies how to align the upper tolerance value with the lower tolerance value. You can align them by the tolerance plus and minus signs or by the tolerance decimal point.

This option is available for all vertical tolerance text.

Use tolerance text size for combined tolerance text values

When upper and lower tolerance values are the same, specifies that the combined values are displayed using the tolerance text size entered in the Size box.

Example:

Display degree symbol after numeric angular tolerance values

When units are set to degrees-minutes-seconds, specifies that the degree symbol ° is appended automatically to the angular tolerance value when it is displayed with an Angle Between dimension.

Chamfer Dimension

Sets options for chamfer dimensions.

Use 45 degree character

Enables display of the 45 degree character for parallel and perpendicular chamfer dimensions.

Use lower case multiplication symbol "x"

Specifies the lowercase x as the multiplication symbol in chamfer dimensions.

Inhibit display of 0.0 values for automatic fit tolerances

Specifies that a tolerance value of zero is not displayed for fit dimensions whose tolerance is automatically derived from one of the class fit ASCII text files.

For more information, see Fit dimensions.

Place prefix inside basic dimension box

Draws the basic dimension box around the prefix and the dimensional value text.

Callout text aspect ratio

Specifies the default callout text width with respect to its height. Increasing or decreasing the aspect ratio only changes the font width; the height is unchanged.

Example:

Minimum aspect ratio

Specifies the minimum text width with respect to height. Use this to prevent the text from becoming too small when the aspect ratio is adjusted.

This option applies to annotations and table text which allow the text aspect ratio to adjust based on a given width.

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