Dimensions and Text - Introduction to AutoCAD 2011: 2D and 3D Design - page 142

2. Make the Dimensions layer current ( Home/Layers panel).
3. Call the Jogged tool, either with a left-click on its tool icon in the
Annotation/Dimension panel (see Fig. 6.1) or by entering jog at the
command line. The command line shows:

Command: _dimjogged
Select arc or circle: pick the circle or the
arc
Specify center location override:
pick
Dimension text = 60
Specify dimension line location or [Mtext/Text/
Angle]: pick
Specify jog location: pick
Command:

The results of placing as jogged dimension on a circle and an arc are
shown in Fig. 6.16.

Dimension tolerances

Before simple tolerances can be included with dimensions, new settings
will need to be made in the Dimension Style Manager dialog as
follows:

1. Open the dialog. The quickest way of doing this is to enter d at the
command line followed by a right-click . This opens up the dialog.
2. Click the Modify … button of the dialog, followed by a left-click on
the Primary Units tab and in the resulting sub-dialog make settings
as shown in Fig. 6.17. Note the changes in the preview box of the
dialog.

Example - tolerances ( Fig. 6.19 )

1. Construct the outline Fig. 6.18 .
2. Make the Dimensions layer current ( Home/Layers panel).

3. Dimension the drawing using either tools from the Dimension panel

or by entering abbreviations at the command line. Because tolerances
have been set in the Dimension Style Manager dialog (Fig. 6.17), the
toleranced dimensions will automatically be added to the drawing
( Fig. 6.19 ).