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Dimension text properties.

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Hi,

How to change the default color of dimension text and its placement.

Currently, the default text is black and the text is in the center of the dimension line. I would like it in a different color and above the line.

Is it possible to somehow turn off the units (mm) so that they are not displayed?

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Re: Dimension text properties.

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Hi

you can actually do both these things, though it wasn't terriubly obvious to me how, you can set the properties of the object itself to use a caption that is not "Inline":
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and to change the [properties of the text actually select the text in the popup that appears when you double click the caption:
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I believe this will give you what you are looking for.
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Hi KoLoLoLo,

If you change the units of the scale to "No units", the units will disappear.

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The Scale and Inline Caption settings can be set to default by pressing the Styles Tools button on the ribbon UI after selecting the object and selecting "Make Current Properties Default". You can also use the right-click menu or the Comment Styles palette.

However, it does not seem to be possible to change the default color of the text in the pop-up note, because after changing the color of the text, it is not reflected in the default properties of the Distance Tool by the above operation.

Hoping that the above information will be of some help to you.

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Dimension text properties.

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Thanks for all the answers.
Paul - Tracker Supp wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:31 pm
and to change the [properties of the text actually select the text in the popup that appears when you double click the caption:

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It would like to have its own color by default, your solution only changes the text color once.
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Hello, KoLoLoLo

After you make the desired change to the text within the comment, use the "make default text style" button in the format tab (while the text is still selected). This should result in new comments using that text style instead of the default.
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@TrackerSupp-Daniel

I thought so, but the first time I had to do something wrong. Now it works :D
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