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Detailing Diameters

Detailing Diameters

Detailing Diameters

(OP)
I am using Solidworks 2010 and am trying to dimension an inner diameter in a drawing.  No matter what I do the dimension snaps to the middle of the circle.  I want to move it off center  (so that the value is not on the crosshairs) but I cannot.  Anyone know of a way to get around this?

RE: Detailing Diameters

If I understand your problem... on the Dimension Property box on the left side of the screen, click the "Leaders" Tab,. At the bottom there is an "Arc Condition" box, set to Min.

RE: Detailing Diameters

(OP)
I don't think I was clear.  I am dimensioning in a drawing.  It is actually an assembly, with two parts (we can imagine them as two half-rings, for simplicity's sake) coming together to form the circle I want to dimension.  The two "rings" will be bolted together for boring.  I'd really like to put the dimension of the bore inside that circle.  However, like I explained before, I've tried a lot of things and the dimension keeps "snapping" back to the center of that bore, right over the center mark.  Ideally, I'd put that dimension somewhere between the center of the bore and the bored surface.

RE: Detailing Diameters

Right-click the dimension, and de-select the Display Options > Center Dimension option.

RE: Detailing Diameters

To permanently disable that option, open the drawing template (drwdot), then go to Tools > Options > Document Properties > Dimensions and de-select Center between extension lines, and re-save the template.

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