Dimensioning objects
By dimensioning an object you can get information
about distances and angles between objects.
You can dimension:
- The direct distance between two objects or control
points. NOTE: Dimensioning the distance between two lines is possible
only for parallel lines. Clicking consecutively any two nonparallel
lines but not their control points dimensions the angle between the
lines or their imaginary projections. You can dimension the distances
between any control points of the two lines.
- The horizontal and vertical offset distance between
two objects or points as projected along the coordinate axes.
- Angles.
- The radii and diameters of circles, arcs and
fillets.
Variant dimensioning
In some cases there may be several ways of dimensioning the same set
of objects. For example, if you are measuring the distance between a circle
and a (control) point, you can dimension the distance between the center
of the circle and the point, between the nearest tangent to the circumference
or between the point or between the farthest tangent to the circumference
and the point, depending on the type of the two objects. In such cases,
to switch between the various ways of measuring, press CTRL after you
click the objects.
Tabular presentation of dimensions
Dimensions are displayed
in the Dimensions tab
in the tabular area.
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- Type
Displays the type and consecutive number of the dimension.
The dimension is listed by its name and type symbol. For details,
see Dimension types.
- Id Displays
the unique, system-generated identification number of the
dimension.
- Value(s)
Displays the value of the dimension, respectively: length
for sloping, diameter, radius, horizontal and vertical dimensions,
and degrees (radians) for angle.
- 1st object
Displays the first object that defines the dimension: first
object for Sloping, first line of the vertex for Angle, or
the single arc/circle/fillet for Radii, etc. When the name
of the first object appears with an alias of the type — Beg,
Mid, Cen or End — this indicates the control point that defines
the dimension.
- 2nd object
Displays the second object that defines the dimension: second
object for Sloping, second line of the vertex for Angle, etc,
but none for Radii and Diameters. When the name of the first
object appears with an alias of the type — Beg, Mid, Cen or
End — this indicates the control point that defines the dimension.
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Dimension types
Dimensioning
distances
Dimensioning angles
Single-click dimensioning of consecutive
distances
Dimensioning
radii and diameters
Editing
dimension properties
Adding
notes to dimension lines
Selecting
dependent dimensions
Locally
editing multiple dimension lines