AutoCAD on the Web - dimension, units, scale... i need help

[Anonymous]

hi
starting a new drawing, with metric and decimal precision = "0", i always get 3 digit precision on the DIM command.
how can i overcome this?

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[schweitzerm]

The fact that 4 years later and there is still no proper dimension options is absurd. 

[dkdigs]

This post is 4 years old. I still can't seem to figure out now to change the dim text size to fit my drawing. It is either too small or too large for what I am dimensioning. Hs this been fixed?

[pendean]

@dkdigs DIMSTYLE command has not been activated yet in ACADWEB: the file's DIM (and other) settings still require a CAD program on a PC to set/reset them for you to use in their cloud apps.

[schweitzerm]

Glad to see 4 years later you guys still have the worst supported online
CAD program available. If someone has access to desktop CAD, why would
they be using this?

[kwolter1005]

As far as I know, there are several parameters that you must take care of to get the text size where you want it.


1.
If the drawing was created in desktop AutoCAD and you're working with it using web AutoCAD, I have no idea if this will help you or not. The web version may have difficulties reading the styles setup in the desktop version.
2.
Make sure you are aware of the template (either metric or US customary) that you started the drawing with, or that the drawing is based on. You will fight the drawing if you are trying to use inches when the drawing started in metric, for example, and vice versa.
3.
Before starting the text tool, open Object Properties tab and set the Text Style. I keep it simple and use Simplex. The trailing number is the scale factor. So, Simplex_0.25 will be small, and Simplex_12 will be very, very large. Those are example styles from an imperial-template-based drawing. Metric styles are like Arial_3 or Arial_25. The same general rule of thumb applies with the trailing scale factor determining the initial text size.
4.
After you have clicked in the drawing or layout space with the text tool, you will see a word processing looking interface which has a size field. You can use this to set the text size also. I'm not sure how far you can push a size determined by style versus the size determined by the text size field. Experiment and you'll get it.

I hope this helps.

[pendean]

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@schweitzerm wrote:
...If someone has access to desktop CAD, why would they be using this?

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AutoCADWEB and Mobile are marketed as "adjacent seat" software as they are offered free to desktop AutoCAD subscribers. I'm amazed anyone would deliberately choose either as their one and only CAD program based on the limitations that are quite obvious and well documented.

BTW, no one here is "autodesk", we are almost all end users helping each other out and almost all of us get this product for free with out desktop subscriptions.

If you ever see an Autodesk employee here, their signature box will tell you they are 100% of the time. Now you know.

[dkdigs]

Is there some good reason that DIMSTYLE has not been activated yet? As you know, proper dimensioning is one of the most important features any CAD program needs to have. I would love to be using it on my PC, but I can no longer afford the cost, as I am retired. I cannot make the investment because I don't make any money from my use of the program. It is simply a way for me to understand my projects better. I need dimensions, and I really thought that feature was included when I signed up for the service.