AutoCAD Basics - Annotative Dimensions (must watch

AutoCAD Basics - Annotative Dimensions (must watch - very useful for printing!)

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7 жыл бұрын

In this video I explain how annotative dimensions works.
They are great when we print a drawing with viewports in different scales.
Basically, the sizes that we edit in the dimmension style manager, are exactly what will be in the paper when we print.
Contents:
-Edit annotative dimensions
-Create a special layer for dimension lines (command DIMLAYER)
-Draw annotative dimension lines
-scale 1:100
-scale 1:30
-Show and hide annotation objects
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to post :).
Alternatively, you can send me an e-mail to: cadinblack@gmail.com
Licence:
The video shows the version 2013 of AutoCAD® and it is used exclusively for educational purposes.
Autodesk screen shots reprinted courtesy of Autodesk, Inc.
The narration and all the illustrations were created by CAD in Black.

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@caniacstanleycup 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was more helpful than most other videos I've watched on this topic

@aandreatru 2 жыл бұрын

I am using cad for a three years now and until i watched this video I understood annotative dimensions. Thank you so much!

@CADinblack 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad it was useful for you!

@ericsaldana9451 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best tutorials for annotative dimensions, thanks!

@CADinblack 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you +Eric Saldana

@topnotchadvice3375 7 жыл бұрын

Autocad In black your a very good teacher, I love your tutorials youre probably best teacher on youtube about autocad. I would appreciate if you do 3D tutorial for beginners. I am going to be an architecture student in september hopefully your videos can help me ;) Thank YOU As well in all your efforts youre tutorials are really helpful for me to learn

@tiffanypersaud3518 4 жыл бұрын

That was so cool! You just saved me and my assignment.

@nikka6110 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. Will try this tomorrow! This will save me a lot of time

@adityaleo4851 11 ай бұрын

such an amazing video with crystal clear instructions

@sukhibains3295 11 ай бұрын

exellent, nobody on youtube teach like this. Thank you

@danielchen9841 14 күн бұрын

greate video u are one of the expert of autocad u understand auto cad from the inside i watched many vid of u

@harry1975ist 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video ..Thanks Cad in Black

@thangammanikandan7025 6 жыл бұрын

s he is the best teacher on KZfaq... sir please upload isometric drawing tutorials

@mirlindbacaj4157 5 жыл бұрын

I will try this tomorrow. If this works, I'm going to lose a lot of headache!

@j.fabricioelias227 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you.

@janchristophersagal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I learned a lot from you.

@CADinblack 2 жыл бұрын

Support CAD in Black on Patreon. www.patreon.com/cadinblack?fan_landing=true Get exclusive access to exercises (in .DWG format) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't miss the Playlist: Dimension Lines. (There are 6 videos)! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zr6TmpaeubO1ZWg.html

@buzzniz 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Save My day !!

@bloke5874 Жыл бұрын

Many Thanks! Your clear and precise instruction was extremely helpful and easy to follow. Definitely the BEST tutorial on the subject I have seen. Thanks again! Greatly appreciate your time and effort. 10/10, 5 Star Tutorial.

@CADinblack Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Bloke I really apreciate that you understand the annotative dimensions easily. I invite you to watch the other playlists with Autocad tutorials and exercises. kzfaq.info/love/17rnDjAIowh68LIGcaeL9A I also started a Patreon account recently that you can support, if you are happy too. This is the link: www.patreon.com/cadinblack?fan_landing=true All the best

@bloke5874 Жыл бұрын

@@CADinblack I've just started back using AutoCAD after a 12 year break. I'm not getting any younger and I've forgotten so much in that time so I'm extremely grateful to people like yourself. Thanks again and yes, I've subscribed, watched and worked through a few of your tutorials this past week or so.

@danielteyehuago1633 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your sharing it with us. This is a great tutorial and very informative. dl

@qasimmgm 4 жыл бұрын

really important tip.. thanx man

@-ramialqadisweets2134 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH

@maikerubendanillo4336 2 жыл бұрын

Good explanation. thanks

@gilbertoflores6324 4 жыл бұрын

Great example!

@rania_ismail 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

@jayhutty9146 4 жыл бұрын

Good to know more about auticad

@roire 5 жыл бұрын

thank you for a very very clear video!!

@CADinblack 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much +tokyorockstar

@JTamilio 11 ай бұрын

Well done!

@deepchandratiwari4220 4 жыл бұрын

Great very useful.

@mafeceng 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@zydian_ 4 жыл бұрын

Your tutorial videos are top quality! Thanks for refreshing my knowledge about the software.

@CADinblack 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I am greatfull they were useful for you

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@26Anzo 5 жыл бұрын

How did you assign the scales to the viewports on the layout page???

@TerryVanner 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you this was very good!

@CADinblack 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Tezdez

@saiyedkaif3009 3 жыл бұрын

You very much simplified

@dibyohere 5 жыл бұрын

But what to do if I dont want to bother about printing scale at the start of drawing or during drawing. Many time I print in A4 size paper using print-> window. It doesnt need layout option. Is there any option to set annotation object to be printed in 3mm actual size in any scale which I dont want to predefine ?

@andrewfrancisjames 2 жыл бұрын

Very good, thank you!

@CADinblack 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for watching Ornessar!

@STOPEJECTPLAY 10 ай бұрын

is there a ay to have a non annotative dimension that adapts to the LT scale. i mean if i set LT scale 100 then i make a dimension it will be automatcally set to global scale 100

@mznv3760 5 жыл бұрын

finally I found an informative video. All else other videos are rubbish

@indrakomara6966 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you...

@tantananana.278 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@maithamabdulzahra6978 10 ай бұрын

Hi When i have drawn demensions in different scale . They look one is smaller than the another in the modul space . That was ok . But i do not know what happend they change in same size when i change scale . How can i slove this problem

@manova9641 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for the your video

@CADinblack 5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome +Manova

@fenek102 4 жыл бұрын

Very usefullvideo, just a question.. how can I add the units on annotation automatically?

@bingo780 2 жыл бұрын

im just starting CAD. please why annotative dimensions do not display on my object. though annotative object is on, (1;1). and why object dimensions use polar tracking(5.7464E+30) instead of mm as by default? Thank you

@mayanndizon8984 4 жыл бұрын

Goshh thank you

@JefersonAndris 3 жыл бұрын

perfect!

@CADinblack 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Jeferson!

@hovoasatryan6855 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro for the video, there is a PROBLEM ,, when I set different scales ,,, then they Overlap each other ,,, what can I do ?? Thanks !!!

@danvi1275 3 жыл бұрын

Have the same question. Arrows changes, fontsize changes, but extension line lenght doesn't.

@rsaturnoquiros 2 жыл бұрын

THAKS IT IS VERY GOOD

@CADinblack 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Rafael. I am glad it helped

@elisachin9330 Жыл бұрын

the version of auto cad that I am using does not have the dimensions tab, why is that?

@Xettri99 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@hombalahom8745 4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@Mullhead_III Жыл бұрын

Excellant

@CADinblack Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Matthew

@sameerathu8216 6 жыл бұрын

Sir, Annotative style is missing from 'Dimension style manager' pls give me a solution.

@cristine7103 4 жыл бұрын

same problemmm, where to find ittt

@skshah7967 6 жыл бұрын

how other dimension closed when u changing the scale??????????

@elisachin9330 Жыл бұрын

Is it normal to not have any preview of the dimension styles?

@malam4883 6 жыл бұрын

sir my drawing in meter and i want to work in mm what should i do please advice.

@dibyohere 5 жыл бұрын

dimstyle>modify>primary unit>measurement scale>Scale factor> put 1000. It will display your meter measurements multiplying with 1000. But actual size of drawing will not change. Be carefull while writing scale at the time of printing.

@dibyohere 5 жыл бұрын

Or u can scale the whole drawing by 1000 times. It may work.

@aaronazzcalibur589 5 жыл бұрын

But what does the other button do?

@orionnow45 4 жыл бұрын

how to take your new annotative dimension style to other drawings?

@CADinblack 4 жыл бұрын

write in the command bar: "designcenter". then i that window, search for the autocad file you have that dimension style. -> doubleclick in the .dwg file -> doubleclick in dimstyles -> rightclick in the style you need -> click in "add dimstyle"

@stevecooper3010 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@CADinblack 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@TinisaPlus 4 жыл бұрын

You: ...they will only appear in the viewport with the same scale. My mind: *boom* Thank you very much, this is going to improve a lot my workflow.

@CADinblack 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chisa. Yes, before knowing that, I was like "why don't the lines appear?".

@TinisaPlus 4 жыл бұрын

@@CADinblack I was just not using annotative objects at all. I'm self taught and I never realized the importance of them. When I made viewports, I even zoomed in them using a scale parameter, I feel so silly now. Really, thanks a lot. By the way, I do have a question. I usually work with meters, and I discovered my AutoCAD has a small library with these annotative blocks where you can put the title of the sheet, section and so on, but they are in milimeters and do not scale accordingly when I put them into a drawing in meter units. Do you know how to fix this?

@noemiferrando5058 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It would be better with a bit higher voice. Perfect time, good explanation

@CADinblack 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and for your opinion. I already realized that in some videos. In the newest ones I try to inscrease it a bit.

@munaaljonaidy571 5 жыл бұрын

When I enter “ dimlayer “ It says : unknown command Why ?

@TiberiusStorm 5 жыл бұрын

You have to create the layers yourself! You can call them whatever you want.

@justsayin494 4 жыл бұрын

He said, that command is only available in Autocad 2016 and above.

@nuwanin008 4 жыл бұрын

Tahanks

@g1a2d3l4 4 жыл бұрын

How to see annotative dimensions in model space scale 1:1?

@CADinblack 4 жыл бұрын

If you want to see all the annotation objects you have to click in the icon at the status bar "see annotation objects"

@alexanderthegreat2352 2 жыл бұрын

Otay otay

@waseemabbas8018 3 жыл бұрын

why you are not making in feet and inches?

@CADinblack 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Waseem. Thanks for your question. In several countries (mainly English spoken countries) the most common units used are Imperial units (inches and feet). In the rest of the wolrd it's most common the metrical system (meters, milimeters).

@waseemabbas8018 3 жыл бұрын

@@CADinblack you are right but I need to know and want to learn in feet and inches could you make it for us

@pragatipatel6557 4 жыл бұрын

I dont understand why we use annotative ??

@CADinblack 4 жыл бұрын

Annotation is very good if we want to print our projects with all the dimensions at the same size. Specially if we have more than one viewport in a paper and with different scales.

@pragatipatel6557 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much 🤗🤗

@pragatipatel6557 4 жыл бұрын

Please can you make a video regarding layouts and how to move one viewport to other as well as how to make page layouts where different information is written and how to save that layout for future drawings As a begginner without that it is difficult to understand page layout settings in brief.

@MAS14COX 4 жыл бұрын

Annotation and Scaling give me headaches.

@JohnFekoloid 4 жыл бұрын

I started off with AutoCAD 14 in 1998. But this damn annotation scaling gave me so much headache. I quit AutoCAD all together and moved on to other 3D packages, Revit and Inventor. They're more difficult to learn tough, BUT they don't mess about with annotation scaling. You just select dimensions and place and it remains same size on the print view.