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Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010
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Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

(OP)
Hi All,

There dosen't seem to be a way of getting dimensions aligned on an angled line in a 2D sketch mode, something that is commonplace with Autocad.

I've searched the help area and this forum without success, is this not available with Inventor?

Best Rgds,
Pom Dave

RE: Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

RMB aligned.

RE: Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

Do you mean rotated dimension? In that case no, you will have to manually sketch some reference lines on the view, then add the dimensions.

Can you attach a pic of what you want the dimension to look like? There may be an easy way.

RE: Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

(OP)
Hi rollupswx,

RMB  Eh!  What do you mean.

Hi EngAddict,

What I'm doing is creating lines at different angle to the Horiz/Vert planes and at the moment I have to create a line, say horizontal, get the right length then rotate it, refer attached file.

if the line length need to be altered, or I need to create additional lines later I can't get the length right.

Hope this explains it

Rgds,
Pom Dave  

RE: Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

You gotta shake that AutoCAD mindset :)

Like rollupswx said, if you select the line, then RMB and select aligned.

I thought you were taking about the drawing manager, which needs rotated dimensions IMO. Gotta read more carefully.

As a side note, you are still not constraining your sketches. Have you got constraint inference and constraint persistence on?

Try draw geometry bad first, apply any constraints that haven't already been inferred, then dimension last. Doesn't necessarily have to be in that order but it is a good way to learn. And always constrain to your origin. You may also find it better to use construction geometry and constraints rather than extra dimensions (where applicable).

RE: Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

(OP)
Hi EngAddict,

Thank you I take your points on board and will make sure that future sketches are fully constrained.  The "Shake the Autocad" bit is a similar problem that I experienced when moving up from a very early version of Visual Basic, some things tend to stick and are hard to dislodge.

Hi rollupswx,

Had to be that simple, didn't it.  There was I scaning the varuois ribbons and books looking for RMB, how foolish does that make me feel.

Thanks to you both, much appreciated.

Best Rgds,
Pom Dave

RE: Aligned Dimensions - Ver. 2010

Quote:

...how foolish does that make me feel

I was at a conference presenting a paper that had RMB probably a dozen times throughout the paper.  At the end of the presentation someone came up to me and said, "RMB - Read My Book, so where can I get it?"  LOL  I guess they thought I was holding back on all of the good stuff.

Also check out Shift RMB.

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