Cadaver:
Yes it is, extremely accurate.
Then so are all other dims. Assoc or not.
"SEE ENLARGED PLAN" remains accurate when the distance is modified. NON-associative dims do not.
Cadaver:
No, and associative dim is a dimension element with a DIMASSOC value of 1 or 2, it is a single element.
Then your way is not assoc. It has 2 parts.
No, the dim remains a single element, and will reflect the accurate information as the element is manipulted. The break symbol is an additional piece of annotation.
Cadaver:
It is an additional piece of annotational information
It is a part of dim.
No, it's not.
Same as Geo tolerances. Datum symbols, tolerance box and the dim itself combined to make 1 dim
Yes one element that contains that data, not 2, one.
1 dim which represents 1 measurement.
Okay, we may be getting somewhere. Correct, one dim represents one measurement. Keep thinking about that, repeat it over and over and over, one dim represents one measurement. The single dim element represents the measurement, the break symbol is an additional annotational element that represents additional information.
"there is no such restriction"
I'm still waiting for the DoD quote.
Cadaver:Fudging would be stretching the piece to 12'-0", then changing the dimtext to read 15'-8"
15'-8", 20'-0" or "FOR THIS AREA..." same deal here. The content of dim is altered.
Surely you are joking, you can't be that dim. "SEE ENLARGED PLAN" remains accurate no matter how the piece is stretched. Stretching the former results in inaccurate data in the drawing. This is a simple concept, it shouldn't excape anyone, save the most "neo" neophyte.