Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 368 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced In Figure 14-26A, the model has been edited by deleting the center cylinder in Figure 14-24 and changing the thickness of the base. The drawing views have been automatically updated and yellow alert icons appear to indicate the dimensions that have become disassociated. Picking on an alert icon displays a shortcut menu with options to reassociate or delete the dimension. Selecting the Reassociate option initi- ates the DIMREASSOCIATE command and allows you to pick points to redefi ne the dimension. In Figure 14-26B, one dimension has been reassociated and one has been deleted. PROFESSIONAL TIP PROFESSIONAL TIP Dimensioning in a paper space layout is referred to as transspatial dimensioning. Disassociated dimensions A B Dimension reassociated using the Reassociate option Base thickness changed Figure 14-26. By default, drawing views are automatically updated when the model is edited. However, dimensions may become disassociated as a result of an edit. A—After deleting the cylinder in the center of the part and changing the thickness of the base, yellow alert icons appear to indicate dimensions that have become disassociated. B—The cylinder dimension is deleted and the Reassociate option is used to reassociate the height dimension in the front view.