Flip Dimension text to Other Side

[Anonymous]

I have a vertical dimension where I need the dimension text below the extension line and on the right side of the dimension line.  The attached screen shot shows the way Autocad places it.  How do I move it to the other side of the dimension line and still keep the dimension below the extension line and keep the 90° leader?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

Select the text, click on the grip, drag it to where you want it to be, with ORTHO on.
You might have to move the dimline if it shifts, same process.

[Emmsleys · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

To add to the thread, please look over the following; 

To Rotate Dimension Text 

To Modify Single-Line Text 

Please let me know if this helps or doesn't really address your question. 

Thanks. 

[Emmsleys]

@Anonymous,

I'm following up on my previous post if you have any questions or found a workaround post back with any new updates.

If you still need help or have questions I'll be more than happy to help. 

Thanks. 

Please select Accept as Solution if my post or any other post in this thread resolves your issue, or reply with additional information if the problem persists.

[david.penney00]

@Anonymous - Hi,

I am having the exact same problem as your screenshot, that no amount of dragging will fix....

Did you eventually get a fix for this, where you can change the dimension leader side on the fly?

I want it in "A" position (under the dimension) but same side of the dimension leader as "B"... in my screenshot

Cheers.

[pendean]

What is the A defined as in your DIMSTYLE?
And what is the B defined as in the dimension adjacent?

Nice picture but it tells us nothing about your dimension style settings that control all of these objects.

If you are unsure, post that portion of your DWG file here so we can see it inside autocad. Thanks.

[david.penney00]

@pendean - Hi,

Actually I have attached two screenshots.....

The first is a comparison of the default vanilla dimstyle, compared with the company AM-Standard dimstyle.

However when I click on one of the dimensions in question.....it has an actual dimstyle of its own, which I don't understand!

By the way, I have since been messaged with an "on the fly" fix that I had originally requested in this post....and that is, pick the dimension, hover over the grip...and a side menu pops up, and you then pick "Move with Leader"....this works exactly to what i wanted.

However, not sure about this faux dimension-style though.....any ideas?

Cheers

[pendean]

Any reason you don't wish to use one single DIMSTYLE in your file?

[david.penney00]

We do have the single dimstyle.....that is used 99.5% of the time - "AM-Standard".....the rest are from AMech, apart from the rarely used  Tolerance dimstyle.

If I could get rid of any others loitering there, I would. But it won't let me delete them.

But I have no idea where the "AM-Standard$0" dimstyle came from....indicated in Quick Properties screenshot of that dimension.

[pendean]

Since you use full AuoCAD, not LT, why not take advantage of STANDARDSCHECKER command to remove all content that does not meet your standards http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acadblog/use-a-standards-file-to-bring-an-autocad-drawing-into-line/

[david.penney00]

@pendean - Hi,

Indeed we will, once we have everything initially set up correctly, or we will constantly get notifications to the otherwise, until that happens.

Yes, we are on full AutoCAD, but came into this LT forum based on the issue search....as it was a similar issue.

Cheers.

[Anonymous]

I had the exact same issue. It drove me nuts. I had help from this community so I am passing it on.

Go to your dimstyle manage and modify the standard you are using. Then go to "Fit" and change the text placement to either Over dimension with/without leader (mine is set to with leader). It may lead to an occasional issue like the dimension line going thru the text. What I do is individually edit the dimension by going to "properties" and then got to "Fit" and then "text movement" and select another option, like in my case I changed the one dimension to "Move text, no leader".

[playertwo811VDU3G]

These solutions still don't answer the original question.  When the Dim Style is set so text is horizontal with a vertical dimension, and you place the text underneath the dim line, it forces the text to the left of the arrows with no option that I can see to make it go to the right of the dim line.  See attached pic: magenta is where it is now.  Yellow is where I want it to be.  Blank dwg file is attached to see what the dim style is set to.

[Anonymous]

I've FINALLY found a solution. In the properties of the selected dimension scroll down to the "Fit" section. For "Text Movement" change the value to "Move text, add leader". 

[stephenP66RM]

With short lines where the text won't fit between the arrows, the text will move above or below, left or right, depending on what you select and in what order.  NB: the following is assuming that your dimstyle Fit tab is like mine (see attached pic).

To get the text defaulting to the side you want it placed, the order you select the nodes is important. For horizontal lines, if you select left node, right node, the text will be on the right. To get it on the left, select right node, left node.  If you are doing vertical lines, if you select the bottom node then top node, the text will be above. To get it below, select top node, bottom node.

If you are doing a single click to dimension the whole line, which half of the line you select is important. 

Horizontal: If you select a point on the line left of centre, the dimension text will be on the right of the right leader line. Select a point to the right of centre, the text will be on the left.

Vertical: if you select a point on the line below the centre, the text will be above the top leader line. If you select a point above the centre, the text will be below the bottom leader line.

Hope this helps.

[JBerns]

To "flip" or move the dimension text to the "other" side of the dimension line, you can use the Grip menu option, Move with Leader. Select the dimension and then hover over the text grip to cause the menu to appear.

After selecting the Move with Leader option, you can move the text independently of the dimension line. You must keep the text close to the dimension line if you want to keep the right-angle leader. Move too far and it becomes a leader connected to the middle of the dimension text.

Optionally, click the dimension text grip and then press CTRL to cycle through the text position options.

I did not find any option to increase the horizontal length of the leader to the text. DIMGAP is not useful in this situation.

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,

Jerry

[kimK7B54]

removed comment.  I initially wasn't able to look at the attached image.  My solution was for a different issue.

[VA-MikeS]

As playertwo811VDU3G noted, these responses do not answer the original question. What's more, if you use the method most have given, and hover your mouse over the text grip for the DIM text, and move it via the available options the next time you grab the dimension and try to move it as a whole it will leave the text behind and be forced to do it all over again. So, if it's even possible, please answer the question: How do we change the DEFAULT landing to be on the right?

[pendean]

>>>...How do we change the DEFAULT landing to be on the right?...<<<
DIMSTYLE command and the DIM variables in the program do not offer such a functionality. workarounds are it as posted by others.

HTH

[cadffm]

It is DEFAULT for...

if you select the point with the lower Y-value as first dimension point,

and the point with the higher Y-value as second dimension point.

But it is also DEFAULT that the dimtext places ABOVE the ext.lines.

You can choose:

1. higher Y-point -> 2. lower Y-point, UNDER ext.lines and on the LEFT,

or

1. lower Y-point -> 2. higher Y-point, ABOVE ext.lines and on the RIGHT

In both situation you have to edit the Text position if you want them one right, under the ext. line.