How to change dimension text height in autocad

Click Power Dimensioning tab Dim Text panel expander. In the Primary Units drop-down, select the dimension type. The units may have been changed from when the drawing was originally created. Dimensioning from 2D to 3D space can throw off values. But most likely the missing dimensions is because the dimension is using annotative style. Now select the dimension, and check the scale list in properties palette. In opened dialog box, check if the annotation scale is listed. In the Label Style Composer dialog box, click the Layout tab.

Select a component from the Component Name list. Under Text, change the Text Height value. Click OK. If you assign a nonzero height to a text style, all text that you create in that style uses the fixed height.

To lock a dimension: Right-click on a fitting and click Edit. On the Dimensions tab, select a dimension that will always be the same, and enter the dimension in the Value field, as shown below. Lock or unlock the dimension by clicking on the unlock or lock icon. Solution: Dimension and leader text height is controlled by the text height defined in the dimension or leader style.

If the text height will not change or is disabled in the dimension or leader style, then it needs to be adjusted in the text style that the dimension or leader style uses. Manually changing the text height of a dimension: Do the following to change the height of text in specific dimensions or leaders : Select the dimension.

Open the Properties palette. In the Text section, change Text height to the desired value. Changing the text height of all dimensions in a drawing: To change the text height for all of dimensions, edit the dimension style:.

You can either change the text height in that Text Style to 0, or chage text style used in the dimension style to another one in which the text height is 0. Thanks, that fixed it. Most industries have plotted text height standards, which AutoCAD refers to as paper text height. In the dimension manage under the text tab, what is your text height set to in that dialog?

If it is. And in STYLE dialog set your text height to 0, and the dimension height will control your text universally in that drawing. In the Text Style dialog box, do one of the following: To create a style, click New and enter the style name. In the Display Manager , select the text layer. Click Style. In the Style Editor, under Style click. In the Style Annotation Text dialog box, for Size Context, specify the type of units and then select the appropriate Units.

In the Lineweight dialog window, choose the lineweight to use as the default for objects on that layer.