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Dimensioning Part I Professor: Dr. Miguel Alonso Jr.

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1 Dimensioning Part I Professor: Dr. Miguel Alonso Jr.

2 Outline Dimensioning Arrangement Dimension Styles Creating Dimension Styles Making your own dimension style Overiding Existing Dimension Styles Drawing Dimensions Drawing Linear Dimensions Dimensioning Angled Surfaces and Auxiliary Views Dimensioning Angles

3 Dimensioning Arrangment Unidirectional Dimensioning Used in mechanical drafting All dimensions and notes are placed horizontally on the drawing Aligned Dimensioning Used in structural or architectural drawings Dimension numbers are lined up with the dimension lines

4 Dimension Styles The appearance, size, style of text, color of dimension line, spacing is controlled by the dimension style Type dimstyle, d, dst, ddim On dimension toolbar

5 Creating Dimension Styles Dimension Style manager Create New Dim Style Modify Dimension Style dialog box Lines tab Symbols and Arrows Tab – Figure 17-14 Text Tab Fit Tab Primary Units Tab Alternate Units Tab

6 Making Your Own Dimension Style Typically make dimension style(s) to suit school, company, or national standards Figure 17-25 shows typical dimension settings for mechanical and architectural drawings

7 Overriding Existing Dimension Style Settings Select dimension, right click, choose properties

8 Drawing Dimensions Linear Aligned Angles


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