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How to quickly find dimensions with 'hardcoded' dim.text?

You have received a drawing where some dimensions contain non-associative (overridden, "fake") text. Such non-standard dimensioning entities can be set back to standard associative dims.

Use the DIMREASSOC function from the Express Tools - after selecting all drawing dimensions only those containing text overrides will remain highlighted.

You can also use the OverDimCol LISP utility to highlight all overridden dimensions - see www.cadstudio.cz/download.

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD Architecture · MDT · AutoCAD Map ·

See also:
Tip 11188:	How to reassociate all dimensions in a DWG?
Tip 10356:	Beware of the option Disjoin when moving elements in Revit.
Tip 8710:	Annotation monitor in AutoCAD 2013.
Tip 8411:	My associative dimensions are not being updated.
Tip 7954:	AutoCAD 2012: Generate 2D drawing views from 3D models.

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