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jsanderson 
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 Topic: arrowheads
Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 17:16 |
I'm new to the whole forum discussion thing so pardon my slip ups. I had a question about scaling all of the dimension arrowheads on a saved drawing. I did not draw the original, but I have to make some changes to it. I'm pretty sure that there is a way to change all of the arrowheads at once but I cant find out how to do it. so I am stuck changing all of them individually. if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be very appreciated! thank you
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John Connor
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Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 18:03 |
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Change the size of the arrowheads globally via the Dimension Style command (DimStyle).
Dimstyle > Modify > Symbols and Arrows tab.
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jsanderson
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Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 19:00 |
im pretty sure that only works for when you are starting a new drawing. I think for the ones that are set in a saved drawing you go about it the same way but then you have to select the styles in use and then modify them with the way that you have mentioned but getting it applied to the drawing is where I get stuck.
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John Connor
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Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 19:56 |
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Change the arrow size in your dimension style then use the UPDATE option for dimensions to make the changes in your drawing.
Edited by John Connor - 27.Aug.2013 at 20:12
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jsanderson
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Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 20:59 |
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I see the problem! you CAN change them all together by going threw the steps that we talked about and using the update option BUT the dimensions can NOT be exploded! in this case, all of the ones that I mentioned are exploded so...........im screwed!
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jsanderson
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Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 21:00 |
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thank you very much for pointing me into the right direction. I appreciate the help!
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jsanderson
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Posted: 27.Aug.2013 at 21:15 |
john conner, do you deal with autocad a lot? do you know much about drawing isometrics? I have a couple questions about that stuff also.
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John Connor
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Posted: 28.Aug.2013 at 00:07 |
 jsanderson wrote:
I see the problem! you CAN change them all together by going threw the steps that we talked about and using the update option BUT the dimensions can NOT be exploded! in this case, all of the ones that I mentioned are exploded so...........im screwed! |
Maybe you should have mentioned that right up front? In the future give us as much information as possible as it will go a long way towards helping us to help you.
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John Connor
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Posted: 28.Aug.2013 at 00:08 |
jsanderson wrote:
john conner, do you deal with autocad a lot? do you know much about drawing isometrics? I have a couple questions about that stuff also. |
I have a fair amount of experience with AutoCAD including working on both 2D and 3D isometric piping drawings. I'll be away for a few days so other forum members will have to assist you with any questions you may have regarding isometrics. Good luck.
Edited by John Connor - 28.Aug.2013 at 12:05
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 28.Aug.2013 at 14:38 |
"...in this case, all of the ones that I mentioned are exploded so...........im screwed!"
Not necessarily -- are the resulting independent arrowheads Blocks? A routine could easily be built that would find all Blocks of a given name, and give them all any scale factor you like.
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