Creating Angular Running/Ordinate Dimensions

[MariaManuela]

Hi,

Any tip to create Angular / Ordinate Dimensions?

[jalger · Accepted solution]

Hi Maria,

I don't think you can do this direct from Inventor. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, Maybe there is something on Labs?)

You could bring the drawing into AutoCAD and use the Base command (select Insert Inventor model).

Its on the "Create View" Panel on the "Layout" Tab.

From here you could use the AutoCAD Command to do this (it looks like you took the screenshot in AutoCAD Anyway.)

If it has to be in inventor unforunately right now you have to do this the hard way and select all of the angles that you want.

(they won't be continous so would would have to fudge the numbers, i.e. to show 90 in stead of 60 you would override the Text)

I hope this helps,

James

[SBix26]

No good ideas, but give your support to this idea in the Inventor IdeaStation.

Sam B
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[MariaManuela]

Thank you James.

Unfortunately there is no solution without going through Autocad.

No, this screenshot isn't from AutoCAD, is from Solidworks. 😞

Regards

[MariaManuela]

Thank you Sam,

Yep, already gave kudos on this idea.

Regards,

[admaiora]

I will add a question in topic...

I don't remember..is there a way to snap to perfectly "allign" angular dimensions?

Or the only way is to zoom...zoom...and "more or less"?

[MariaManuela]

Hello,

To do that i use the Arrange tool. I know...is not exacly the same thing... but works fine for me.

[admaiora]

Hi Maria,

yes i do the same way, i thought that as the linear dimensions  there is too the "yellow dot" for the the angular.

Thanks for confirm that there is not!

[Paul]

Have we finally implemented this angular running / array dimension in the Inventor 2017 version?

[DRoam]

@Paul, unfortunately not. But you can vote for it here: Angular Ordinate dimensions.

Please do so, this Idea has not caught much attention and needs every vote it can get.

[dhaval3112]

This option available in solidworks but not in inventor.

There is another way to do it.

See the attached picture.

We can call model parameter in drawing with text.

So there is no manual entry.

Regards,

Dhaval Chauhan