Plus/Minus

[Alek Sutulov]

Is there a way to add Plus/Minus to a dimension string

[Steve_Stafford]

If there is a better way I'm all ears (need a new emoticon for that huh?)...but I add a suffix of +/- to the dimensions via the properties dialog.

[jkendsersky]

Alek,

Select on a dimesnion and go to the properties of the dimension there is a Prefix / Suffix instance parameter.

If there is more than one dimension in the string then the Prefix / Suffix value is set to the entire string (i don't know if we can control this). If only one of the dimensions within the string needs a plus / minus use text or a symbol etc.

[Scott D Davis]

You can add a prefix that is text: +/-

seems to work....its not the stacked plus-minus but......

[Bryan Sutton]

If you use your character map you can get the stacked ± into your dim prefix. The short cut code is alt+0177. I believe that is the standard for all fonts that offer extended characters.
cheers
Bryan