Example: Automatic Dimensioning
In this example, the exterior and interior walls of one side of a building are dimensioned.
- Select Drafting | Dimensions | Dimension Dimensioning of Floor Plan.
- Make the following selections in the Automatic dimensioning dialog box:
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Dimension. Select Exterior walls and Interior walls, remove other selections.
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Dimension names. Select the check box.
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Type. Select Queue for both dimensions, remove the selection for Base point.
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Wall line. Select Exterior for both dimensions.
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Minimum dimensions. Use the default values.
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- Confirm the selections by clicking OK in the database view.
- Select the walls to be dimensioned. In the picture below, two exterior walls and two interior walls have been selected.
- Select Confirm.
- Select the start point of the dimension.
- Select Confirm.
- Select the location of the dimensioning line.
- The program will add two dimension lines.