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Set-Up > Preference Settings > Dimension Defaults
What it does: The Dimension Defaults dialog allows you to configure how dimensions, areas, azimuth values, and coursing information appear on your roof drawings. These settings control text size, rounding precision, and display formats.
🧾 Font Configuration
Typically, the font used to annotate roof planes and drawings is the font defined under CAD > Defaults > Text Defaults. As these may change from user to user, it is suggested that a text file called Fontfile.dat be created and saved in the ..\User folder, thus 'locking-in' the required font style for each user.
The font used on the roof plan for annotation such as area, azimuth etc will then be determined by the font defined in the Fontfile.dat. True type fonts will be listed by their name only (such Arial or Calibri) and the CAD fonts by the name and the extension (such as HELV.FON for Helvetica font or ISO.FON for CAD ISO font). If no font file exists (it must be created by the user) then the CAD text default settings will be used.
It is recommended that you use the default font - Arial.
🔧 Dimension Sizing Options
These options allow you to alter the size of dimensions for the four different methods. You will see the effect on screen and on the printed drawings.
🛠 Coursing Dimension Specific Options
Set the height of the course dimension text and also the information to be displayed on the roof plan. For example – Coursing (Eave ###E mm / Int ###I mm) would insert Coursing (Eave 350mm / Int 310mm) on the drawing as shown below.
🔧 Azimuth/Area Dimension Specific Options
Setting | Description |
Round Area Dimensions to | Sets the rounding up of the area dimension number drawn on the roof drawing – in the example ±1sqm |
Azimuth Dimension Precision | Sets how many places after the decimal point for azimuth values |
Area Dimension Suffix | Adds a suffix to the area dimension such as SqFt or SqM |