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Annotation: Working with the DIMASSOC system variable allows for different types of dimension annotation

Annotation: Working with the DIMASSOC system variable allows for different types of dimension annotation - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Annotation: Working with the DIMASSOC system variable allows for different types of dimension annotation

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- [Instructor] Welcome to another tip and trick for AutoCAD. We're going to be looking at annotation in AutoCAD, and more specifically, dimension associativity in AutoCAD as well. Just before we get started though, little bit of housekeeping. We do have a drawing for you in the library for you to download, it's called 197_annotationdimensionassociativity.dwg. You can see the name of the file in the title bar at the top of the screen there in AutoCAD. Download the file from the library and then you can open it up in AutoCAD to follow along with this particular tips and tricks video. Now it's a very simple drawing. We've got some dimensions in there and a few walls, and we're sort of preparing, let's say, a floor plan for a house or a building. Now, the DIMASSOC variable itself, you simply type it in to change the values. So if I type DIMASSOC, you can see my dynamic input picks that up next to the crosshair automatically and you can see it's the only variable with that name in AutoCAD…

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