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When you use manual dimensioning, the view style and the dimension rules do not apply for display or placement. However, the logic used to determine manual dimensions is similar to that of automatic dimensions. The following flowchart shows how Update (for marine mode Drawings by Rule) and Update Now (for all other drawing types) assign units to manually placed dimensions.

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Dimension templates

For manual dimensioning, the software looks in the dimension template for the value of the dimension content module during the update of manually placed dimensions. See Use dimension templates.

Dimension styles

You can determine the active style of a dimension by editing the drawing or drawing template in SmartSketch Drawing Editor. See Edit dimension styles.

Dimension style overrides

You can override dimension style settings in SmartSketch Drawing Editor. See Override dimension styles.

If you place a manual linear dimension that is chained or stacked with an automatic linear dimension, the manual dimension is immediately replaced with a standalone dimension that is no longer attached to the automatic dimension. The new dimension is attached to a newly-placed point object whose position coincides with the connect point location of the automatic dimension projection line to which the manual dimension was originally attached. Because the new dimension is no longer chained or stacked with the automatic dimension, it does not move if the automatic dimension's position is modified.

Dimension between views

If you try to place dimensions from one drawing view to another, a status bar message displays Dimensions between two views will not be remembered between updates. The dimension is not placed and the command cancels. Other supported types of dimensions remain.