making dimensions from dwg. files
making dimensions from dwg. files
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How to do make dimensions that are related to items that have been added in the drawing, not in the solid model? I have a dwg. file that I've added some minor features to in the drawing view. I now want to create dimensions that are relative to those items. When I snap the dimension, it displays what the current position is, but if I decide to alter that dimension, it doesn't move the object, it just changes the value.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The job I'm working on is extremely hot. Thanks in advance guys.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The job I'm working on is extremely hot. Thanks in advance guys.






RE: making dimensions from dwg. files
If you are sketching in the drawing view, you should be able to fix one of your sketch segments, and then dimension to the next segment. When you double-click your dim to alter it, it should drive that sketch segment according to the dim you input.
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RE: making dimensions from dwg. files
The positioning of the holes needed to be relative to the existing model, not the other holes that I created as well. I needed to create a basepoint for the dimensions to orient from.
RE: making dimensions from dwg. files
Sketch entities on a drawing behave just like in a sketch. You can constrain to part geometry, as well as to other sketch entities. One example of this would be to constrain a line endpoint onto a vertice, and the constrain the line perpendicular to an edge for use in dimensioning.
Be sure that the sketch entities (lines, circles, points)you are drawing are all associated to the same view. To do this, right-click the view and pick "lock view focus". Then, everything you draw will be related to that view. This is important, because you can only dimension between entities that are associated with the same view.
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RE: making dimensions from dwg. files