Editing Dimensions

Editing Dimensions
As you add more dimensions to your drawings, you’ll find that AutoCAD occasionally places the
dimension text or line in an inappropriate location, or you may need to modify the dimension text.
In this section, you’ll take an in-depth look at how you can modify dimensions to suit those special
circumstances that always crop up.
Appending Data to Dimension Text
So far in this chapter, you’ve been accepting the default dimension text. You can append information
to the default dimension value or change it entirely if you need to. At the point when you see
the temporary dimension dragging with your cursor, enter T↵. Then, using the less-than (<) and
greater-than (>) symbols, you can add text either before or after the default dimension or replace
the symbols entirely to replace the default text. The Properties button on the Properties toolbar lets
you modify the existing dimension text in a similar way.