Common dimension group codes

Group code Description

1 Dimension text explicitly entered by the user. Optional; default is the measurement. If null
or “<>”, the dimension measurement is drawn as the text, if ““ (one blank space), the text
is suppressed. Anything else is drawn as the text

53 The optional group code 53 is the rotation angle of the dimension text away from its default
orientation (the direction of the dimension line) (optional)

51 All dimension types have an optional 51 group code, which indicates the horizontal direction
for the dimension entity. The dimension entity determines the orientation of dimension
text and lines for horizontal, vertical, and rotated linear dimensions
This group value is the negative of the angle between the OCS X axis and the UCS X axis.
It is always in the XY plane of the OCS

210 Extrusion direction (optional; default = 0, 0, 1)

DXF: X value; APP: 3D vector

220, 230 DXF: Y and Z values of extrusion direction (optional)

3 Dimension style name

Xdata belonging to the application ID "ACAD" follows a dimension entity if

any dimension overrides have been applied to this entity.
For all dimension types, the following group codes represent 3D WCS points:
■ (10, 20, 30)
■ (13, 23, 33)
■ (14, 24, 34)
■ (15, 25, 35)

For all dimension types, the following group codes represent 3D OCS points:
■ (11, 21, 31)
■ (12, 22, 32)
■ (16, 26, 36)

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