Guide to Generating Drawings

Guide to Generating Drawings

Guide to Generating Drawings

Dimension Size with Arrow

Used to dimension the linear distance between two points (length).

Tool Setting	Effect
Style	Displays the active dimension style, which is set on the Dimension Styles dialog box. The option menu lets you select other available dimension styles. If you change a tool setting from the default, the setting is highlighted in blue, and an asterisk appears next to the Style name.
Magnifying glass icon	Opens the Dimension Styles dialog box, which is used to control settings for dimensioning.
Alignment	Determines the axis along which the dimension is aligned.
Association	If on, snapping a tentative point to the element being dimensioned causes an association point to be created. If off, no associations are created.

To dimension the distance between two points

Select the Dimension Size with Arrow tool.

Enter a data point to define the origin.

Enter a second data point to define the length of the extension line (the offset distance from the origin to the dimension line).
If Alignment is set to Drawing or View, this data point also defines the dimension axis.

Enter a data point to define the endpoint of the dimension.

If Location is set to Manual, or if it is set to Semi-Automatic and the text does not fit, enter a data point to position the dimension text.

(Optional) To edit the dimension text, move the input focus to the Key-in window and press <Enter>.
The Dimension Text dialog box opens if it is not already open, letting you edit the dimension text.

Go back to step 4 to define another dimension endpoint.
or
Reset to place the dimension in the design.

(Optional) Go back to step 3 to dimension from the last data point in a different direction (turn the corner).
or
(Optional) Reset and go back to step 2 to start a new size dimension from a different origin.
Dimension Size with Arrows

Key-in: DIMENSION SIZE ARROW