Auxiliary Dimensioning Functions (2D)

When dimensioning, you can select auxiliary functions from the menu which opens by right-clicking. The cursor indicates that auxiliary functions are available.

Selecting the Dimensioning Direction

Select a direction for the dimensioning from the auxiliary function menu. You can select either automatic direction, horizontal, vertical, direction between two points, parallel direction to line or perpendicular direction to a line. The selected dimensioning direction is a default dimensioning direction, until you select an other dimensioning direction or dimensioning function.

Automatic Direction

X Direction or Y Direction

X Direction or Y Direction

Direction between points

Line direction, or perpendicular to line direction

Line direction, or perpendicular to line direction

The default direction is the automatic direction. The direction can be changed during dimensioning.

When adding a chain dimension, baseline dimension and continuous baseline, you can select the line direction or perpendicular to line direction as the dimension direction when adding the first dimension.

Defining the Direction of the Dimension Figure

You can select the direction of the dimension line (default) or the dimension line perpendicular to line as the direction of the dimension figure of the distance dimension.

Direction of distance dimension

Direction of distance dimension

When adding a continuous baseline dimension, you can select the direction of the dimension line perpendicular to line (default) or the dimension line as the direction of the dimension figure.

The direction of off the continuous baseline

The direction of off the continuous baseline

Selecting Custom Dimensioning

When dimensioning a drawing with the Dimensions function, you can select a custom dimensioning. Select a diameter dimensioning or symmetric dimensioning from the additional menu. The default dimensioning is the ordinary dimensioning.

Dimension

Diameter Dimension

Dimension Symmetric Volume

When dimensioning an angle, you can select the parallel angle dimensioning.

Dimension the parallel angle

Function to Edit a Dimension

You can select a function to edit a dimension from the auxiliary function menu.

Edit Dimension After Adding

Prefix to dimension figure

Add Parenthesis

When adding a circle or an arc, you can select reference dimension.

Dimension with Reference Line/Simple Dimension

X Direction or Y Direction

Unit of Dimensions

You can select either metric or inch dimensioning. In metric dimensioning, you can change the unit of dimensions to a centimeter or a meter instead of a millimeter.

Metric Dimensioning

Centimeter as the Unit

Meter as the Unit

Inch Dimensioning

Inch Conversion Settings