From the course: AutoCAD: Working with Dimensions
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Creating linear dimensions and adjusting their properties
From the course: AutoCAD: Working with Dimensions
Creating linear dimensions and adjusting their properties
- Open the Dimensioning01 exercise file. It contains a 3D model of a sextant that I designed. I've used this model in another course in the library called documenting AutoCAD 3D Models. In that course, we generated these two layouts, S1 and S2, that have different views of the model. Go to S2, and this is what we will be dimensioning in this course. Zoom in on the frame detail up here. And notice that when you move the cursor over it, the whole thing highlights. This is a drawing view, which is a projection of the object in model space. We can dimension this just like we could if we were looking at a view port. In fact, S1 has viewports that display the geometry. Although it's technically possible to dimension objects in model space, it's recommended that you don't do that. The system is optimized for dimensioning in a layout. So let's go back to S2, and notice how when I move the cursor over these views, they highlight. That's fine, when we're creating and laying out the views, but…
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