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    Default Ordinate Dimension Style

    Can someone tell me how to set up my ordinate dim so that it looks like either of the top two dims?

    The bottom one is the Revit default, and it looks stupid, and I've been trying every option I can find for the last hour to get something that looks half decent.

    I'm sure it's something really simple, but I can't seem to find it.
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    Default Re: Ordinate Dimension Style

    1. Click Drafting menuDimension, or on the Drafting tab of the Design Bar, click Dimension.
    2. On the Options Bar, click (Create Aligned Dimensions) or (Create Horizontal or Vertical Dimensions). These are both linear dimension styles.
    3. Click (Element Properties).
    4. In the Element Properties dialog, click Edit/New.
    5. In the Type Properties dialog, click Duplicate.
    6. In the Name dialog, enter a name for the dimension, such as Ordinate Linear-3/32” Arial.
    7. Click OK.
    8. In the Type Properties dialog, for the Dimension String Type parameter, select Ordinate.
    9. Click Edit for the Ordinate Dimension Settings parameter.
    10. In the Ordinate Dimension Settings dialog, specify settings for the ordinate dimension.
    Set the "text position" to "end of witness line"

    Quotation from Revit help file

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    Red face Re: Ordinate Dimension Style

    Thanks Joef, that was probably the only option I didn't try and change.
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    Default Re: Ordinate Dimension Style

    Quote Originally Posted by Katika View Post
    Thanks Joef, that was probably the only option I didn't try and change.
    Is anyone having issues with ordinate dimensions strings that need to be split up into different views or sheets?
    Here is the issue.. when you create a continues ordinate dimensions string and you crop the view over the start point of the ordinate dimension, the whole string will disappear. I have tried everything I can think of to fix it and or trick it to show up. Has anyone else found a way to fix this issue?

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    Default Re: Ordinate Dimension Style

    Is anyone having issues with ordinate dimensions strings that need to be split up into different views or sheets?
    Here is the issue.. when you create a continues ordinate dimensions string and you crop the view over the start point of the ordinate dimension, the whole string will disappear. I have tried everything I can think of to fix it and or trick it to show up. Has anyone else found a way to fix this issue?

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