Working with Dimensions

This section provides background information about dimensions and dimensioning tools, and describes how to work with dimensions.


In this section:

About Dimensions
About Dimensioning Tools
Creating Dimensions
Creating Half-Dimensions
Creating Explicit Dimensions
Positioning a Foreshortened Extremity Manually
Creating/Modifying Angle Dimensions
Creating Fillet Radius Dimensions
Creating Chamfer Dimensions
Creating Thread Dimensions
Creating/Modifying Coordinate Dimensions
Creating/Modifying Curvature Radius Dimensions
Creating Overall Curve Dimensions
Creating Curvilinear Length Dimensions
Creating Partial Curvilinear Length Dimensions
Creating Dimensions along a Reference Direction
Creating Dimensions between Intersection Points
Creating Dimensions between an Element and a View Axis
Creating a Minimum Distance Dimension
Clipping Dimensions
Modifying the Dimension Type
Re-routing Dimensions
Interrupting Extension Lines
Modifying the Dimension Line Location
Modifying the Dimension Value Text Position
Specifying the Dimension Value Position
Adding Text Before/After the Dimension Value
Modifying the Dimension Overrun/Blanking
Lining up Dimensions (Free Space)
Lining up Dimensions (Reference)
Creating Driving Dimensions
Scaling a Dimension
Working with Dimension Systems