[Auto] Page on [Default Shape Settings] Dialog Box

On [Auto] page on [Default Shape Settings] dialog box, you can modify the following settings.
The modified settings will be displayed on the preview screen located at the bottom left of the dialog box.

[Automatically determine the arrow position according to the position of dimension value.]
Turn it on to locate dimension arrows inside when a dimension value is inside of the start and end points of a dimension line, and outside when the value is outside of these points of the dimension line.

[Automatically determine the horizontal position of dimension value.]
Turn it on to automatically set the horizontal position of dimension values when creating a dimension to [Center], [Outside of Start Side], [Outside of End Side], or [Specified Position], according to a mouse position.
This setting will not be saved for shapes.

Arrow setting when the dimension value and arrow cannot locate within the dimension line

Set a method to locate dimension arrows when a dimension value does not fit into the space between the start and end points of a dimension line.

[No Modification]: Locate dimension arrows as set in [Dimension] page.
[Do not apply arrow]: Locate arrows with the type set to [None].
[Locate arrow outside]: Locate dimension arrows outside of auxiliary dimension lines.

Style

[Dimension Style]
Click and select a registered style to reflect the settings for the style.

[Register...]
Click it to register the set details as a style.

[Settings]
Click it to display [Style Settings] dialog box where you can edit the style.

Import/Export

[Load default dimension settings from template]
Default dimension settings for the template are loaded to the current settings.

[Load default dimension settings from other drawings]
Default dimension settings on other drawings currently opened are loaded to the current settings.

[Save default dimension settings to template]
Current default dimension settings are saved as default dimension settings for the template.

Supplemental
▪ Styles displayed in [Dimension Style] list with an asterisk (*) are registered to the drawing template. Select a template style to copy the style to the drawing.

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