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have different rounding options so, for example, you can show dimensions that round to 1/8” in a plan
view and 1/32” in a detail view.
To create a custom dimension type:
1 Click Annotate tab
➤
Dimension panel.
2 On the Dimensions panel drop-down, click the appropriate dimension tool. For example, if you
want to apply custom accuracy to a linear dimension, click Linear Dimension Type.
The Type Properties dialog displays.
3 Click Duplicate. Enter a name for the new dimension style, and click OK.
4 Find the Units Format parameter and click the button next to it.
5 Clear the Use project settings check box.
6 For Units, select an appropriate unit.
7 For Rounding, select an appropriate value. If you select Custom, enter a value in the Rounding
increment text box.
8 If applicable, select a Unit suffix.
9 Click OK.
10 Click OK twice to exit the dimension properties.
Dimensioning to Core in Compound Structures
When constructing a compound wall with inserts, builders often want to know the dimensions of unfinished
structural openings for the inserts. You can dimension a structural opening by choosing references on the
outer boundary of the core layer in the wall. The structural layer is typically within the core boundary of a
wall.
Inserts can be perpendicular or non-perpendicular to the core boundary.
NOTE If you want to dimension to the structural layer of a wall at an insert, be sure that the cut plane offset of
the view is set at or lower than the cut plane offset of the insert family.
Dimensioning to Core
1 Draw a compound wall and place an insert into the wall.
2 To view the layers of the wall, set the Detail Level of the view to Medium or Fine. To do this,
click (Detail Level) at the bottom of the drawing area.
3 Select the wall and right-click Element Properties.
4 In the Instance Properties dialog, click Edit Type to access the wall's type properties.
5 Set the Wrapping at Inserts property to Both.
6 Click OK twice to exit the dialog.
7 On the Options Bar, for Prefer, select Faces of Core.
8 Select the outer core boundary as the reference for the dimension.
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