controls the text orientation for 45-degree chamfer dimensions in drawings.
default and available settings
- next_to_and_centered_about_elbow * - places the dimension text in the horizontal
position. the dimension text is vertically
centered about the elbow line (asme standard).
- next_to_and_above_elbow - places the dimension text in the horizontal position. the
dimension text is above the elbow line (iso
standard).
- above_extended_elbow - places the dimension text in the horizontal position. the elbow
is below the dimension text and extends
to the width of the dimension text (iso standard).
- parallel_to_and_above_leader - places the dimension text parallel to and above the
leader line (jis standard).
- parallel_to_and_below_leader - places the dimension text parallel to and below the
leader line (jis standard).
- iso_parallel - displays text parallel to a dimension witness line. this differs from
the value parallel as this will also allow
dimension tolerances to be displayed in iso 406:1987 (e) format or british standard tolerance format.