Place dimensions connecting to points outside of a certain inward distance from the matchline, as specified by Range Offset.
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Select True to place dimensions connecting to points outside of the specified inward distance from the matchline as shown in the following illustration.
1 - Range offset |
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Select False to suppress dimensions connecting to points within the Range Offset distance, as shown in the following illustration.
1 - Range offset |
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The External Dimension property is only available if the Range property is set to On. For more information, see Range (range).
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The following annotation control generator modules use the External Dimension property.
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Coordinate (DrawingCoordDimGenerator)
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Default (DrawingDimGenerator)
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Anchor to Nearest Object (DrawingSepDimGenerator)
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The following options allow you to manually edit the .xml file:
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Type -1 to place all dimensions connecting to points outside of the range. This is the default behavior.
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Type 0 to suppress dimensions connecting to points outside of the range.
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Enclose either of the above values within the following .xml tags.
<externalDimension>-1</externalDimension>