Analyzing Interfering Dimensions

You can analyze dimensions that were generated and possibly re-positioned (using the Positioning icon) on the active view.

Before you begin: Open a generative drawing representation. Select View > Toolbar > Analyze.
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About Dimension Generation
Positioning Dimensions (View per View)

  1. Select Tools > Analyze > Dimensions Analysis.

    The Analyze dialog box appears.



    It contains the following options:


    • List with all the annotations badly placed/Optimized list with the annotations badly placed: You can choose to have either a whole or a filtered list with the interfering elements.

    • Total number of elements in the current list: As you choose the above list type, the total number of interfering elements is automatically updated.

    • Number of the pointed element: You are provided a number for the element currently pointed as an interfering element.

    • Scanner (Start, Before, Update, Next, End): You can navigate among the list of interfering elements.

    The interfering dimensions are automatically displayed using the red-orange color, and small circles enable you to visualize the interference location.



  2. Select Optimized list with the annotations badly placed option.

  3. Click Next .

  4. Start modifying the position of each dimension one after the other.

    Note that you may either re-position one dimension, or delete or copy this dimension, if needed.



    The image below shows an interfering dimension (Number 3):



    The image below shows what happens once the interfering dimension has been deleted:



Important: The Analyze tool is designed to analyze basic interfering elements, thus it does not take into account advanced dimension manipulation such as leaders lines that might have been interrupted previously.