AutoCad :: Dimensioning Right Angles
Feb 13, 2012Is there a way to have AutoCAD use the "right angle symbol" instead of showing 90 degrees when it measures right angles?
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Dimensioning Angles In 3D Sketches
Oct 4, 2013In the course of working up a tooling proposal, I attempted to replicate a 3D part from a customer print. While doing so, I noticed that 3D Sketch will not, under any circumstances that I can find, allow an angular dimension between a line and a plane. The customer print has two pipes projecting at odd angles from a base flange, one of which has an elbow. The print lists datum dimensions for the open pipe ends and the elbow, and gives vertical and horizontal angular dimensions to define the directions in which the pipes emerge from the flange. I have defined these three datum points in 3D space without any trouble, but Inventor 2013 will not allow me to define an angle between these sketchlines and the XZ and YZ origin planes, or between these sketchlines and the faces of the flange base I've constructed.
I am currently waiting on a proper 3D CAD model from the customer, and I'm considering longhand trigonometric calculations to place these lines properly, but I find it very hard to believe that Inventor is incapable of constraining a line to lie along what is effectively the surface of a cone.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Dimensioning Compound Angles Using Current View?
Feb 13, 2012I'm having problems getting Inventor to dimension using the current view option on an assembly. I ungrounded the assembly and constrained it to the angled work planes that I needed so I have to use the current view option, but when I try to dimension to the intersection of the angles, it won't give me a dimension.I'm using Inventor 2011.
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May 24, 2012I need to know how to dimension to a theoretical sharp on bent flanges. In an .idw it wont snap to the sharp and when a schetch is created for one it does not dimension between them only one or the other.
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May 20, 2012Is autocad 2012 capable of dimensioning a solid object in model space horizontally vertically and diagonally say across the opposite corners of a cube, or along the hip of a roof? What am I missing here, I am using the full version of autocad for exactly this feature but am still unable.
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Feb 11, 2013Which category in the Dimension drop down menu do I use to obtain the linear dimension for the length of an arc, a 1/2 circle, for example.
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May 15, 2011When I am typing out text and get to a fraction is allows me to stack it diagonally so the 1/4" looks nicer. When i dimension, however, it does not seem to stack the fractions the same way. I took a look at the Format - Dimension setting and did not see the option in there to change it. I would like to have the fractions stack diagonally like they do regular text.
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May 26, 2011When I am doing the details for a drawing I need to show the point at which a dimension on the elevations precisely starts but instead of the actual dimension I need a description such as "Frame Height", "Rough Opening", "Offset From Columnline", etc. I have always entered "T" after I set my two points for a dimension to replace the dimension with text. On my detail sheets there are a lot more of these than actual dimensions.
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Aug 5, 2012I have a small job in Europe and need to dimension in metric units.
Can I do this and how?
I am using AutoCadLT 2009.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Dimensioning ISO Views
Jul 11, 2013Is there a way to change the way the dimensions text shows up at arbitrary angles and make them all uniform?
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Feb 26, 2013I have created the following code in VB.NET that i allows you to calculate the internal angle of a polyline. First delivery getting the angle of deflection, a ves obtained 180 you rest this and get the inner corner. All fine, as long as the polyline is the image-1.png. Otherwise, if the polyline is as in the image-2.png there is an error in the vertex B.
That algorithm could follow in order to comply with the correct value. Since later this data i presented it in a table of AutoCAD.
Public Shared Function AngleDeflection(ByVal pto3d As Point3dCollection) As ArrayList Dim anguloM As Double = 0 Dim vangl As ArrayList = New ArrayList For i As Integer = 0 To pto3d.Count - 2 Dim V As Integer = pto3d.Count - 2 If i = 0 Then anguloM = Math.Atan2(pto3d.Item(i).Y - pto3d.Item(V).Y, pto3d.Item(i).X - pto3d.Item(V).X) - Math.Atan2(pto3d.Item(i + 1).Y - pto3d.Item(i).Y, pto3d.Item(i + 1).X - pto3d.Item(i).X) vangl.Add(anguloM) Else anguloM = Math.Atan2(pto3d.Item((i - 1) + 1).Y - pto3d.Item(i - 1).Y, pto3d.Item((i - 1) + 1).X - pto3d.Item(i - 1).X) - Math.Atan2(pto3d.Item((i - 1) + 2).Y - pto3d.Item((i - 1) + 1).Y, pto3d.Item((i - 1) + 2).X - pto3d.Item((i - 1) + 1).X) vangl.Add(anguloM) End If Next Return vangl End Function
AutoCAD 2010 :: Dimensioning In Paperspace
Jun 6, 2013Whilst dimensioning in paperspace I dont seem to be able to get the dimesions to sit above the drawing in model space. for example if I place a leader across the drawing to a specific point the leader sits under the drawing and is lost/hidden. how I set the dimensions to sit above the drawing.
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May 14, 2013I have a fairly complex solid model built in Autocad 2013. I would like to dimension it now. I have various individual parts plus sub assemblies and weldments etc. What are best practices for doing this in an organized way? Should I copy various parts over to other drawings and dimension them separately? It seems odd to pile everything onto the one model. I know that Autocad is not Inventor (which I am somewhat familiar with), but does it have some similar tools for doing individual part drawings to keep things manageable?
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Sep 10, 2013Dimensioning in Isometric gave me a genuine PITA. Download my solution here .
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Jun 24, 2012I want to draw the VW logo with AutoCAD, 2010 but the problem is that I do not know how to get the sizes/angles to draw it. how I can draw it?
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Mar 31, 2012i measure the angle between two lines. the value of angle is displayed in command line but annotation letters are so small i can't see them. i don't want to zoom to every angle i measure. how to make those annotations bigger size?
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May 8, 2013While working on a drawing today I realized that when I modified dimension styles ... arrow size, text size, spacing, etc. , upon closing the modify style window the changes I'd made automatically took effect on the screen. In other words I did not have to use the dimension update command to make the changes appear in dimensions already in the drawing. All the dimensions changed to show the changes automatically. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen this before.
I went to another drawing and the updates did not automatically occur. I inserted part of the old drawing into the current drawing and made dimension style changes again. The changes updated automatically in the new content but not on the content inserted from the old drawing.
AutoCad 2D :: Dynamic Block For Dimensioning?
Feb 9, 2012I want to create a block which will be able to automatically display dimensions as pulled from gridlines in two directions. The dimensions would be displayed over lines perpendicular to each other which would have arrows indicating the direction the dimension was pulled from. I am hoping to create a faster way to generate plans for field installation use. Currently we paste a block and manually type in the dimensions and rotate the arrows.
I have not figured out how to attach a graphic of the block and could use a tip for that also.
AutoCad :: Toggle For Metric Dimensioning?
Apr 18, 2011I am using Autocad 2000. I know, I am like an old dog who gets comfortable by the fireplace, and is happy with what I have. where the toggle is to set the dimensioning for metric dimensions. I have seen it in a couple of places and after I set it for millimeters, for some reason it still dimensions in English measurements.
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Nov 27, 2013I am trying to bring an element (a building's floor plan) in one drawing into another drawing where it can be joined onto another building and the site plan.
The thing is, the UCS of the destination drawing is different from the first drawings. The Y-Axis in the destination drawing is pointing somewhere beyond the 3 O'clock position while it is still at 12 o'clock in the first drawing.
How do I determine the exact angle of the rotated UCS in order to insert the element at the right angle?
AutoCad 2D :: Automate Dimensioning Process?
Mar 4, 2013I work in plumbing design and am constantly burdened by the tedious task of setting out hundreds upon thousands of penetrations every month for the guys on site to locate their plumbing points through the slab.
They use a GPS system to expedite the plotting, but first I provide a CAD file with just 3 layers; GRids ( a line ), Wastepoint ( a donut poly line ) and Fixture Name ( multi text) which the survey program can interpret and set out from ( actually, the surveyor only needs one point, which he grabs from the site grids that I provide ).
So that's all good, but on top of this I must dimension off the grids every point so that measurements can be done on site as back-up/cross checking.
Of course I can't have dims overlapping each other.
Is there any way to automate this part of the process? Taking a dim from the nearest grid (x and y axis) to the centre of the object I use for the penetration.
AutoCad :: Dimensioning In Paper Space
Jan 20, 2012I am attempting -- without much success -- to put my dimensions in paperspace. The problem is that sometimes (almost always) the dimension value is in paperspace. That is, when I do a Linear Dimension of two points of an object in paperspace the resulting value will be a few inches instead of many feet.
My model is drawn at full size; my viewport is set to 1/4" = 1'-0"; I am using ACA 2012.
I am not sure if it instructive, but I have found:
- The only time it comes out correct is if my first point is at 0,0. But if the second point is 0,0 it will be wrong (paperspace value). Bizarre
- most of the "wrong" dimensions have the "Associative" property is set to "No". The box is grayed out so I am not sure how to change it.
- If I MEASUREGEOM, the value is the correct model space length but if I do a linear dimension using the same two points the value is in paperspace.
AutoCad :: Get Wheelchair Drawing Of All 3 Angles?
Sep 6, 2011Where I can get a wheelchair drawing of all 3 angles?
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Jul 23, 2013I'm using AutoCAD 2012, and trying to move my UCS within a viewport to a corner of my detail, but when I start to dimension using ordinate dimensioning, my point of origin (0.000) it gives me (1009.2003). In AutoCAD 2002, I could move my UCS within a viewport and start ordinate dimensioning and my (0.000) would be where I moved my UCS to.
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Feb 9, 2012Im having an issue with my dimensions when set on the architectural units settings. The dimensions are coming up as inches even though I have the setting set to feet. When I change over to decimal feet the dimensions show as feet.
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Mar 8, 2012I have this block. It's called Linear Stock. In this block, there are 2 visibility states. The one that I'm looking at currently is called Stretch with Angled Ends.
What I'd like to have happen is for the angles created when I stretch each grip to the proper location to be readable by a table or excel document. I know that I need a parameter for this to happen, but I'm not sure how to make it happen.
Using AutoCAD2011
AutoCad :: Dimensioning 3D Objects In Viewport
Jan 2, 2014The company I now work for does everything in 3D with vanilla AutoCAN'T, 2012-2014. There are only a few 2D objects in any file. The problem I'm running into is when dimensioning the 3D geometry in paperspace, the dimensions will not always stay anchored to the points that I've snapped to. If I have to go into the block editor the dimensions will fly all over the place when I exit it.
VIEWBASE really useful to alleviate this problem, but not everyone is on the same version and we're saving back to a 2010 format which creates proxy objects when opened on another machine. I'm not sure if I have the freedom to start using it.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Sketch Dimensioning - Midpoint
Apr 30, 2013It must surely be in there somewhere but I cant find a way to dimension to a line's midpoint in a sketch.
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Feb 3, 2012This is probably a simple one, but when I dimension from an edge to the tangent of a radius or circle. It always snaps to the center. How do I get the dimension to snap to the tangent point?
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Aug 31, 2012I am using Civil 3D 2012. I am drawing a water line in a profile with a vertical scale of 1" = 10'. I am trying to draw lines at 45 deg angles to account for standard fittings.
Now, I tried to block a 45 deg angle and exaggerate the y scale, but for some reason this does not work well mathematically. Is there a way to draw lies at a certain slope, or at a certain angle from another line, while taking into consideration the scale exaggeration?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Dimensioning - Decimal / Fraction
Nov 14, 2011Is there a way that i can Double Dimensioning? as to have one dimension in decimal and one in fraction all in the same dimension line?
Im using 2011 RS