How to add dimensions in AutoCAD

Written By

Saadiya Mushtaq

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We all know that AutoCAD is a powerful tool for drafting and designing and it is widely used in various fields such as engineering, construction, architecture etc. If you want to learn more about AutoCAD you can check the articles here. In today’s article, we are going to talk about a very important tool that is present in AutoCAD and that is dimension. Dimension is an essential tool found in AutoCAD which is used for communicating the size, scale, and relationships between different elements in a drawing so in this article, we will explore this AutoCAD tool and we will learn how to use this accurately.

Now we will talk about what dimensions in AutoCAD mean. Dimensions refer to the annotations that display the measurements of distances or objects between two distinct figures in a drawing so these dimensions give us linear distances, angles, diameter, radii, and more.

Now we will learn how to set the dimensions in AutoCAD and for that you need to follow these following easy steps:

First we have to choose the dimension tool that is present in the Home tab.

Another way to do this is to type “DIM” keyword in the command bar.

The primary dimension tools include:
Linear Dimension: Measures the distance between two points along a straight line.

Aligned Dimension: Measures the distance between two points along an angled line.

Angular Dimension: Measures the angle between two lines or three points.

Radius Dimension: Measures the radius of a circle or arc.

Diameter Dimension: Useful to measure diameter of a circle.

And they can be found by clicking the drop down arrow in Home tab

How to measure distance:

To measure the distance between two points, use the Linear command. Simply click on Linear/Dimension