Edit Content of Dimension Text
By default, the Dimension Text shows the measured value of the dimension. You can edit this text as needed: add Autotext items and/or custom text. Even if you use custom text, the measured value will remain associative: if the dimension value changes, your dimension text will adjust to display the new correct value.
Dimension Text items are individually editable in the Dimension Text Settings dialog box. To open this dialog box, you must first select the Dimension Text item (not the entire Dimension line).
See also Copy-Paste Dimension Text.
Select the Dimension Text, then do one of the following:
•click the Text icon in the Info Box
•double-click the Dimension Tool icon in the Toolbox
•click the Edit > Dimension Text Settings command. (This command is only available when a Dimension Text is selected.)
The Dimension Text Settings dialog box opens.
This field displays the measured value of the selected dimension. By default, this option is selected, so the dimension text will show only the measured value.
Choose this option if you want to add custom data to the dimension text. By default, the <MeasuredValue> Autotext item is displayed in the edit field as soon as you click the Custom Text radio button.
Note: For Level Dimensions, the <PZValue> Autotext item is shown, representing “Project Zero” as the dimension origin. To change the origin of level dimension values, use Dimension Default Settings.
See Level Dimension Tool Settings.
In this text field, enter any custom text before and/or after the Autotext (or in place of it). But regardless of any additional custom text that you may have added, the Autotext remains associative - that is, if you edit the dimension line, the Measured Value will be adjusted accordingly.
Insert Autotext as Dimension Text
From the pop-up field to the right, you can choose from additional Autotexts to add to the Dimension text field, if desired. The contents of this list depend on the type of dimension (e.g. Linear or Elevation dimension):
Autotext means that the Dimension text will display the current value of the chosen Autotext reference: for example, if you have defined a reference level called Sea Level, you can choose to Sea Level here as the Autotext, and Dimension Text will display the elevation dimension to that level.
If you choose a text in quotation marks (e.g. “1st Reference Level”), this text itself will be displayed, not its value.
Note: To define your project’s reference levels, use Options > Project Preferences > Reference Levels.
See Reference Levels Preferences.
Add Superscript to Dimension Text
Use the Start/Finish Superscript Autotext if you want the Custom text to include superscript text; click this option to insert a caret before the superscript text, and click it again to finish the superscript with a second caret.
Note: If your dimension’s Measured Value already includes a superscript - because you are using Extra Accuracy defined in Options > Project Preferences > Dimensions - then add a space before inserting the Start Superscript caret. Otherwise, the caret itself will appear in the dimension text.
The Displayed Value field shows you what the dimension text will look like on screen.
Undo Changes to Dimension Text Content
To undo changes of all modified dimension text items at once, go to Document > Document Extras and click the Revert All Custom Text to Measured Value command.
See Dimension Text Settings for information on editing style and font type of dimension text.
It is possible to copy-paste a dimension text within ArchiCAD windows. Only the simple text items can be copied; superscripts will not be copied.
1.Select the dimension text only (not the dimension line itself)
2.Use the Copy command (Edit > Copy or Ctrl/Cmd + C)
3.Paste the dimension text (Edit > Paste or Ctrl/Cmd + V) - for example, to a text box or onto a Layout.