Chapter 23: Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Witness/Leader Display
This panel enables you to set the arrows and dimension lines to be placed inside the witness lines.
You can perform this function more easily by using the handles on the arrowheads. From this
panel, you can also change the display type of individual arrowheads.Break Lines
When you select the Use document gap option in this panel, the witness, or extension, lines of the
selected dimension are broken by other crossing dimension lines, witness lines, or arrows. This is
shown in Figure 23.14.FIGURE 23.14Broken witness lines
Cross-Reference
Layers are discussed in detail in Chapter 25. n
Formatting dimensions with the Dimension Palette
The Dimension Palette is a box that appears when you select a dimension on a drawing. The
dimension can be a model item or a reference dimension. Dimension Palette enables you to:l (^) Add tolerances
l Specify dimension precision
l (^) Assign styles (favorites)
l Apply parentheses