Add horizontal text alignment controls for multiline dimension text
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In AutoCAD Mechanical, you can create multiline dimension text objects such as the one shown in the image below. The default justification for multiline text is middle-centered as can be seen on the third dimension.
The Power Dimension ribbon does not offer an option to edit the horizontal justification.
The Edit Dimension Text interface only offers vertical alignment control (Top, Center, and Bottom).
The Properties Palette also fails to offer a horizontal alignment control for multi-line dimension text.
A workaround is to use the ED command to access the MText Editor ribbon and the Justification controls.
Please consider adding horizontal alignment controls to format multiline dimension text. I think users would benefit if the Power Dimension ribbon (Edit Dimension Text interface) and the Properties Palette included the horizontal justification controls.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Regards,
Jerry
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