The goal is to add a dimension from a feature in a detail view to a feature outside the view.
Currently the method to achieve this type of dimension is not very discoverable or robust, it would be nice to be able to retrieve a model dimension and then:
- foreshorten it
- add the double arrowhead
And to be able to do this from within the drawing without the need of an included workplane, etc.
I provide workaround steps at this link toward the bottom:
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/2011/02/foreshortened-linear-diameter.html
See this link for the original request:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Detail-view-question-adding-dimensions-to-features-o...