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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Why does the Dimension Line position change when I modify&amp;nbsp;a dimensions Extension Line?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Background&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;The Dimension Line controls the location of the placed dimensions and by default the a Dimension Styles option &amp;lsquo;Relative Dimension Line&amp;lsquo; is turned off. When set this way if elements are moved the Dimension Line remains in its location but the dimensions Extension Lines increase/decrease in length.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/8507.Image1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/8507.Image1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Video_5F00_1.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../Video_5F00_1.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;With this option turned on when the dimension are placed then the Dimension Line will stay relative to the &lt;b&gt;FIRST&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Extension Line such that if the &lt;b&gt;FIRST&lt;/b&gt; dimensioned element moves the Extension Line will remain constant re-positioning the Dimension Line. If the &lt;b&gt;Second&lt;/b&gt; element moves the Dimension Line will remain and the dimensions Extension Lines will increase/decrease.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image2.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Image2.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;When using the Modify tool to modify a Dimension Extension Line with the &amp;lsquo;Relative Dimension Line&amp;rsquo; off then it is possible to Increase/decrease the Dimension Extensions lengths and the Dimension will not move.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Video_5F00_3.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../Video_5F00_3.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;When using the Modify tool to modify a dimension Extension Line with the &amp;lsquo;Relative Dimension Line&amp;rsquo; on, then if the FIRST dimension Extension Line position is altered its length is maintained and thus the Dimension Line is moved to a new location. If the SECOND Extension Line position is altered its length will increase/decrease without moving the Dimension Line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Video_5F00_4.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../Video_5F00_4.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Having modified the position of the FIRST dimension Extension Line with the &amp;lsquo;Relative Dimension Line&amp;rsquo; on, which relocated the Dimension Line, use the Modify tool to re position the Dimension Line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-35/Video_5F00_5.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../Video_5F00_5.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Note: You could also modify the Dimension Style turning off the &amp;lsquo;Relative Dimension Line&amp;rsquo; but beware this could propagate throughout the design and any other design that uses this Dimension Style depending on what is selected when saving the Dimension Style change&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/22949.how-to-create-a-dimension-style"&gt;How To Create A Dimension Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Carl Myhill&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: GENERAL, MicroStation, modify, Dimensions, en, SELECTsupport&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Why does the Dimension Line position change when I modify a dimensions Extension Line?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/30631/why-does-the-dimension-line-position-change-when-i-modify-a-dimensions-extension-line/revision/1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:39:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:564f5f24-f18c-40ae-9077-4bf68b7e01b0</guid><dc:creator>Carl Myhill</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/30631/why-does-the-dimension-line-position-change-when-i-modify-a-dimensions-extension-line#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to MicroStation Wiki by Carl Myhill on 9/9/2016 8:39:45 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Why does the Dimension Line position change when I modify&amp;nbsp;a dimensions Extension Line?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Background &lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;The Dimension Line controls the location of the placed dimensions and by default the a Dimension Styles option ‘Relative Dimension Line‘ is turned off. When set this way if elements are moved the Dimension Line remains in its location but the dimensions Extension Lines increase/decrease in length.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt; Image 1&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt; Vid 1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;With this option turned on when the dimension are placed then the Dimension Line will stay relative to the &lt;b&gt;FIRST&lt;/b&gt; extension line such that if the &lt;b&gt;FIRST&lt;/b&gt; dimensioned element moves the extension line will remain constant repositioning the Dimension Line. If the &lt;b&gt;Second&lt;/b&gt; element moves the Dimension Line will remain and the dimensions Extension Lines will increase/decrease.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;lt;Image 2&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;&amp;lt;Vid 2&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;When using the Modify tool to modify a Dimension Extension line with the ‘Relative Dimension Line’ off then it is possible to Increase/decrease the Dimension Extensions lengths and the Dimension will not move.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&amp;lt;Vid 3&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;When using the Modify tool to modify a dimension Extension line with the ‘Relative Dimension Line’ on, then if the FIRST dimension Extension Line position is altered its length is maintained and thus the Dimension Line is moved to a new location. If the SECOND Extension Line position is altered its length will increase/decrease without moving the Dimension Line.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&amp;lt;Vid 4&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Having modified the position of the FIRST dimension Extension line with the ‘Relative Dimension Line’ on, which relocated the Dimension Line, use the Modify tool to reposition the Dimension Line.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;Vid 5&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Note: You could also modify the Dimension style turning off the ‘Relative Dimension Line’ but beware this could propagate throughout the design and any other design that uses this dimension style depending on what is selected when saving the Dimension Style change&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;Image 3&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/22949.how-to-create-a-dimension-style"&gt;How To Create A Dimension Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-top-width:0px;" alt=" " src="http://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" height="60" /&gt; 
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