Improved Drawing Dimensioning

[mthomas]

I few things to improved our dimensioning "experience" in Inventor and increase productivity

With the Dimension feature I'd like to...

1. pick the extension line of an existing dimension to go into continuous / chain dimensioning. Not a Chain Set, just a quick way to get into the Chain mode.
2. pick the extension line of an existing dimension, right-click, select baseline, pick the additional edges, right-click continue and place the baseline dimensions (not a baseline set)
3. "Break Up" / "Move Away" dimension overdrawn functionallity like in AutoCAD Mechanical. Place a dimension over an existing dimension and be prompted what to do with the overlap... Replace - Break Up - Move away

AutoCAD Mechanical does a lot of "nice" things with dimensions. Take for example if I create three seperate dimensions in a baseline like configuration. If I power erase the middle one ACM will pull the outside dimension, moving it to the next location within the baseline... all without these dimensions created with the baseline option!

Mike

[ravikmb5]

+1

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