Dimensioning a Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 651

Dimensioning the Garage Addition
Try dimensioning the garage addition to the cabin ( 04A-FPGARG.dwg ) that was
shown at the end of Chapter 4, “Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 1.” Use the
same techniques and standards of dimensioning that you used in this chapter to
dimension the cabin; use the DimPlan dimension style you set up and used in
this chapter.
1. Open 04A-FPGARG.dwg . Then use the DesignCenter to bring over the
A-DIMS-PLAN dimension style, the A-DIMS text style, the A-DIMS-MLDR
multileader style, and the A-ANNO-DIMS layer.
2. Dimension to the outside edges of exterior walls, the edges of the open-
ings, and the center lines of interior walls.
3. Drag an A-ROOM-IDEN block and a room label from the cabin drawing
into the garage drawing, and then copy and modify them as required.
4. If the leader does not display properly, check the Overall Scale value
in the Properties panel and make sure it is set to 64 (70). When
you're done, the drawing should look similar to Figure 12.67.
5. When you're finished, save this drawing as 12A-FPGARG.dwg .
Dimensioning to a Centerline
This exercise will show you how to use center lines as replacements for extension
lines in dimensions. I'll use as many of the default settings for text styles, dimen-
sion styles, units, and so forth as I can to give you a look at what out-of-the-box ,
or vanilla , AutoCAD looks like. The drawing you'll make is similar to the one you
made in Chapter 2, “Learning Basic Commands to Get Started,” but you know so
much more now:
1. Choose Application Menu ➢ New ➢ Drawing; then, in the Create New
Drawing dialog box, select the acad.dwt template.
2. Start the RECTANG command, and click a point in the lower-left quad-
rant of the drawing area. For the second point, enter @6,2 ↵ .
3. Use the Zoom Extents tool, and then zoom out a bit. Pan to move the
new rectangle down a little (see Figure 12.68).