topic Re: Dimension Styles missing in AutoCAD Forum

Dimension Styles missing

michaelrichards3 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:44:15 GMT

Good Afternoon,

When creating new dimension styles using dimstyle, i only have standard and annotative and seem to be missing ASME and ISO-25. Could anyone explain why this is, and point me in the right direction to adding them to the dropdown in "start with". Thank you

Re: Dimension Styles missing

pendean — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:52:38 GMT

@michaelrichards3 wrote:
...When creating new dimension styles using dimstyle...

That's all you get if you start a blank new file that Autodesk provided inside plain AutoCAD.

@michaelrichards3 wrote:
... seem to be missing ASME and ISO-25. Could anyone explain why this is....

That is not a default option in this program, never has been. Are you using the correct variant of AutoCAD?
Are you needing to open a custom TEMPLATE file someone else provided for you but now you are unsure where it went?

Or did you install new software and did not manually an deliberately move your templates from the older version yet?

Re: Dimension Styles missing

michaelrichards3 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:45:43 GMT

A little context , I'm a student and my book is telling me to create these dimstyles using the new dimension feature. I sadly only have Autocad2025 and have no other variants of the program.

I do see the other templates which have the corresponding dimstyles in them. From the books perspective it wants me to just add them to the styles, using the dimension style tool. I assume i have to start a template with ISO-25 and redo my drawing? As that is what it seems like.

Is there no way to convert a document to the other styles? Thank you for the response !

Re: Dimension Styles missing

TomBeauford — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:08:29 GMT

You should learn to use Design Center which makes importing dimension styles and and almost everything from other drawings simple. https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-B22D1BAB-A18B-4F03-9BED-7DA706AFD91E

Re: Dimension Styles missing

pendean — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:21:18 GMT

@michaelrichards3 wrote:
A little context , I'm a student and my book is telling me to create these dimstyles using the new dimension feature. I sadly only have Autocad2025 and have no other variants of the program.

If your book does not provide you with images, this is how yo create a new dimensions style in AutOCAD2025

@michaelrichards3 wrote:
...I do see the other templates which have the corresponding dimstyles in them....
...From the books perspective it wants me to just add them to the styles, using the dimension style tool...

Not if the book was written by someone that actually uses the program: to add dimension styles from other DWG and TEMPLATE files, you want to use ADCENTER command

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-B22D1BAB-A18B-4F03-9BED-7DA706AFD91E#:~:text=SHARE-,To%20Import%20Dimension%20Styles,-Use%20one%20of

HTH