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4. Click again to place the corner of the rectangle in a new location. The dimension changes
to conform to the new shape.
5. Close the drawing file without saving it. You won't need it in the future.
You've just seen how you can dimension an object in Model Space while in Paper Space. You
can also dimension Model Space Xrefs in Paper Space in much the same way. The only differ-
ence is that changes to the Xref file don't automatically update dimensions made in Paper Space.
You need to employ the Dimregen command to refresh Paper Space dimensions of Xref objects.
U P D A T I N G A S S O C I A T I V E D I M E N S I O N S
If you use a wheel mouse to pan and zoom in a Paper Space viewport, you may need to use the
Dimregen command to refresh an associative dimension. To do so, type DIMREGEN ↵ at the
Command prompt. You can also use Dimregen to refresh dimensions from drawings that have
been edited in earlier versions of AutoCAD or, as mentioned already, to refresh dimensions of
objects contained in external references.
P A P E R S P A C E D I M E N S I O N I N G W I T H O U T A S S O C I A T I V E D I M E N S I O N I N G
In some situations, you may not want to use associative dimensioning although you still want
to dimension Model Space objects in Paper Space. For example, you might be in an office that
has different versions of AutoCAD, or you might be sharing your drawings with other offices
that aren't using the latest release of AutoCAD and the use of associative dimensioning creates
confusion.
To dimension Model Space objects in Paper Space without associative dimensioning, you
need to have AutoCAD adjust the dimension text to the scale of the viewport from which you're
dimensioning. You can have AutoCAD scale dimension values in Paper Space so they corre-
spond to a viewport zoom-scale factor. The following steps show you how this setting is made:
1. Open the Dimension Style Manager dialog box by choosing Dimension Dimension
Style from the menu bar, or type DIMSTYLE ↵.
2. Select the dimension style you want to edit, and click the action menu with the gear icon
and choose Modify.
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