DIM and DIM1

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Overview of Dimensioning

Accesses Dimensioning mode commands.

Summary

The Dim prompt indicates that you're in Dimensioning mode, in which you can use a special set of dimensioning commands. (DIM and DIM1 are provided only for compatibility with previous releases.)

Use DIM to remain in Dimensioning mode after you have used a dimensioning command. Use DIM1 to execute a dimensioning command and immediately return to the Command prompt. To exit Dimensioning mode, enter e or exit, or press Esc.

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Dim: Enter a Dimensioning mode command

Dimensioning Mode Commands

The following commands are available at the DIM prompt.

Dimensioning mode commands
Command	Description
EXIT	Exits Dimensioning mode and returns to the Command prompt. You can also press Esc to exit Dimensioning mode.
REDRAW	Redraws the current viewport.
STYLE	Changes the current text style.
UNDO or U	Erases the most recently created dimension objects and cancels any new dimension system variable setting. When you exit Dimensioning mode, UNDO reverses the effects of the entire dimensioning session.

The following table shows which AutoCAD commands are equivalent to the rest of the Dimensioning mode commands. For information about these Dimensioning mode commands, see the equivalent AutoCAD command.

Dimensioning mode command equivalents
Dimensioning mode command	Equivalent command
ALIGNED	DIMALIGNED
ANGULAR	DIMANGULAR
BASELINE	DIMBASELINE
CENTER	DIMCENTER
CONTINUE	DIMCONTINUE
DIAMETER	DIMDIAMETER
HOMETEXT	DIMEDIT Home
HORIZONTAL	DIMLINEAR Horizontal
LEADER	LEADER
JOG	DIMJOGGED
NEWTEXT	DIMEDIT New
OBLIQUE	DIMEDIT Oblique
ORDINATE	DIMORDINATE
OVERRIDE	DIMOVERRIDE
RADIUS	DIMRADIUS
RESTORE	-DIMSTYLE Restore
ROTATED	DIMLINEAR Rotated
SAVE	-DIMSTYLE Save
STATUS	-DIMSTYLE Status
TEDIT	DIMTEDIT
TROTATE	DIMEDIT Rotate
UPDATE	-DIMSTYLE Apply
VARIABLES	-DIMSTYLE Variables
VERTICAL	DIMLINEAR Vertical