Hello
I am working with a IDW and i can not get the angled dimensios to line up with the object that is a cross beam with angled ends. I trying to put in the length of each beams. Workt in Autocad mechanical.
Patrik
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You're going to need to give a lot more information. Like what release of Inventor are you using? Post your file here or a screen shot of what you are trying to do.
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Hi
Thanks..Ok i will try i have JPE
I did try in Inventor std 2013
First try..
Patrik
Ok here it.s done with Autocad and it works good.
Patrik
You will have to add a sketch construction line within the view.
Hi..
Thanks ok i did try that and i am now in a 1:10 scale so i got one 10 of my dimention and then i have to over ride. If i now did it all in the right order?
Anyway i under stand this right there is a differens in Inventor and autocad. So i have to work around that.
Patrik
There is nothing to override.
Create the sketch.
Exit the sketch.
Add the dimension.
Attach all of youf files here.
In AutoCAD you are creating all of your documentation (2D) geometry.
In Inventor you are creating just some of it while the overwhelming majority is generated from the 3D model.
Thanks for your time...
Ok i just can not find the construction command when i am in the idw sketch. I can find construction command in the part sketch.
I use the std 2013 inventor have i perhaps missed something? i made a mistake of using the centerline first.
Patrik.
As JD has mentioned, you have to create a simple construction line. I do support your question and you do actually raise an excellent point. I too have drawings like the one you have shown and it would be great if Inventor caught up to Autocad in this regard. Why should we have to create a construction line when there should be a way to simply align the dimension to the object and pick two points like you show.
I think it would be great for Inventor to add this feature!
Rob
I knew I had seen something similar a while back.
Bit of a search and found it.
Have a look here for julesgf solution
Thanks for all the help.
Interesting solutions but i could not use that in my idw.
I can not make an construktionline in the veiw sketch. I can no find the command? What have i missed?
Patrik
@patric_la wrote:I can not make an construktionline in the veiw sketch.
Attach your files here.
What am I missing here? I don't see anything in those images that can't be done with standard dimension tools.
I am sorry to say that i can not make the dimension i need in Inventor. I can not make any constructionlines in the veiw skech. Can be that i am missing something here but there is more than my self that have tried here.
Thanks for all the input and i will use Autocad to do the dimension this time.
Regads Patrik
Attach your files here.
I'll help you
In you idw, pick your view that you want to sketch on, make sure the view has the dotted box around it.
In the annotate pallet tab select Create Sketch. The Cross hair will become visible in the center of the view. If it does not when the view was not selected before you picked Create Sketch.
Now Select Project Geometry and select your cross beams and other lines that you will want to dimension to. After you have picked all the geometry right mouse click and say done. Now Select the line command the draw a line perpenduar at the end of the project cross beam. You won't need to add any dimensions. Now Finish the sketch mode and go back to the standard idw You can on pick the sketch line and a point at the other end of the beam to get your dimension you want.
If you need more help please ask.
Thanks you are absolutely right it works very nice.
I will not use this dimension often but it allmost drive me crazy not understanding how to make it work.
It was very kind of you to help.
Patrik