Dimensioning of Floor Plan

Architectural, Framer

You can use this function to dimension automatically the locations of exterior and interior walls, openings and posts in the floor plan drawing of a building. The dimensions are added into one direction (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) at a time.

Select Drafting | Dimensions | Dimension Dimensioning of Floor Plan.
Select the dimensions to be added and their properties in a dialog box.
The Automatic Dimensioning Dialog Box
Select the objects to be dimensioned.
Select Confirm.
Select the dimension direction from the auxiliary function menu which opens by right-clicking.
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Angle
Select the end of the wall you want to be the start point of the dimension.
Select Confirm.
Select the location of the dimensioning line. When adding more than one dimension lines, point the location of the dimension line that will be closest to the building. The following is the order of the dimension lines in relation to the building:
- Closest to the building: Columns
- Windows, doors
- Interior walls
- Exterior walls
- Farthest from the building: Total dimension.

Note:

You can also automatically dimensions the locations of interior walls, floor joists, roof joists or roof trusses in the floor plan drawing, see Dimensioning of Walls, Profiles and Trusses. You can add these dimension lines to the floor plan drawing one by one. The dimensions are associative dimensions.

The properties of dimension end markers of automatic dimensioning are defined in the BDSXX keyword group with the following keywords:

Chain dimension ends: auto_dim_ends= END1 END2 EX1 EX2
Baseline dimension ends: auto_base_dim_ends= END1 END2 EX1 EX2

END1 and END2 can have following values:

0	None
1	Arrow
2	Circle (1 mm)
3	Circle (2 mm)
4	Ends on dimension figure
5	Line

EX1 and EX2 can have following values:

0	None
1	Short symmetrical (3.5 mm)
2	Short (10 mm)
3	Close to dimension point (3 mm open)
4	To dimension point

Example: Automatic Dimensioning