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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apr 15, 2005&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="top" colspan="2" align="left"&gt;This tip was kindly contributed by &lt;em&gt;Karl Detrick&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever dimensioned something and wanted to add description on the bottom as part of the dimension string?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If so, then turn on &lt;em&gt;Show Secondary Units&lt;/em&gt; in the dimension style, and edit the lower dimension with your description.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doing this allows you to manipulate the entire dimension string when using the &lt;em&gt;Modify Element&lt;/em&gt; command. &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;AskInga Tip #526&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: tip, Askinga, Dimensions&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apr 15, 2005&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"&gt;This tip was kindly contributed by &lt;em&gt;Karl Detrick&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever dimensioned something and wanted to add description on the bottom as part of the dimension string?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If so, then turn on &lt;em&gt;Show Secondary Units&lt;/em&gt; in the dimension style, and edit the lower dimension with your description.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doing this allows you to manipulate the entire dimension string when using the &lt;em&gt;Modify Element&lt;/em&gt; command. &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;AskInga Tip #526&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Askinga, Dimensions, tip&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Add A Description To Your Dimensions</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/747/add-a-description-to-your-dimensions/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:47:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e505e917-ae03-4977-b37c-c5d2ab1c10a6</guid><dc:creator>Nicholas Fuschino</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/747/add-a-description-to-your-dimensions#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Nicholas Fuschino on 6/18/2008 3:47:44 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apr 15, 2005&lt;/em&gt;
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			&lt;td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"&gt;This tip was kindly contributed by &lt;em&gt;Karl Detrick&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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			Have you ever dimensioned something and wanted to add description on the bottom as part of the dimension string?&lt;br /&gt;
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			If so, then turn on &lt;em&gt;Show Secondary Units&lt;/em&gt; in the dimension style, and edit the lower dimension with your description.&lt;br /&gt;
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			Doing this allows you to manipulate the entire dimension string when using the &lt;em&gt;Modify Element&lt;/em&gt; command. &lt;/td&gt;
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