Thanks for all the help so far.

I have indeed set an appropriate tick size and zero arrow size.  And doing the offset for text – “minus height / 2” positions it correctly.

So – It is very close to what I am trying to accomplish.

The dimension line still goes through the text.  It doesn’t “break” or give a gap for the text no matter what settings I try.  And I have tried both horizontal and aligned.

Wish there was a better selection of fonts.  I would prefer an older style “hand drawn” font and the ability to bold it or something (same goes for normal text).  In dimensioning, overriding the width options from “by layer” to a value – even a very large value for text, dimension lines, or ticks seems to have no effect.  But changing the tick size does indeed change the length.

I started with a general scales of 10 and then modified the individual values.  Any more typical settings than the default which leaves text and arrows and so on so small you can’t see that they exist?

Thanks again for the very helpful hints.

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