Dimension Tolerances.

cloweRE8TC
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Dimension Tolerances.

cloweRE8TC
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Becuase I have had to use break-lines to get something onto a page I need to use text overide to make a dimemsion correct, is there a way to add tolerance to a dimension that has a text overide.

 

1798 is what I want the dim to read, plus 20 minus 5, it is properly drawn to scale in model space but having used 2 viewports & breaklines to get it on the sheet my dim don't work.

 

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pendean
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Are you only using plain AutoCAD? Or a vertical with these features in them like MECHANICAL or Advanced Steel?

 

See if this tutorial is of any help

https://www.engineering.com/story/4-little-known-autocad-dimensioning-tips#:~:text=Adding%20Toleranc...

and

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/adding-tolerances-to-dimensional-parametric-constraints... 

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Kent1Cooper
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If you want it as a pure text-content override, the caret ^ separator makes a Tolerance-type stack [as opposed to the / and # separators for typical fractions].  In the Editor, format it this way:

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for this result after you hit Enter:

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You can then take out the space between if you want, but you need it in the input, or you'll get 98+20 together as the upper tolerance if you just hit Enter.  Or, you can type it without the space, then select only the +20^-5 part and pick the stacked-fraction icon in the Mtext editor.

Kent Cooper, AIA

Washingtonn
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IF you want to be able to update the long dimensions quickly and easily, the option below may be worth looking into.  Dimensions in modelspace can be hidden while in modelspace or a viewport where they aren't needed and shown in other viewports where needed.

 

 

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