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Solidworks Angle from vertical

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billylecaid

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I would like to know if there is anyway in solidworks to place a dimension such as the picture that I posted bellow ( link ).

ANGLE.jpg


I don't think there anything else to say so let me know what you think !

Thank you
 
Sketch a vertical line, then dimension between it and the edge.
 
to add to what TheTick said..........the same way it has been done in AutoCAD
 
Ok thank you i though there would have been a fancier way :P
 
I always used the method described above.

Deepak Gupta
SW2009 SP4.1
SW2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0
 
Alternatively, you could show one of the complimentary angles.
 
Actually You request a measure to something which is not there. As VERTICAL is not defined by any line, It´s impossible to measure. If you want it invisible, either do the line and after the dim i set, right-click it and hide it; or insert a plane in the model and give the edge an angle to this plane. By inserting automatic dimensions in the drawing, this dimension should appear.

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Morten

Morten K. Thillemann
 
One other option that I have used if the length of the part allows is to use the opposite face as the vertical.
 
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