https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143526#M116376 <P>Yes - change your construction line on the CL of the part to linetype "centerline" and the dimension will automatically apply as a diameter, as you have shown.&nbsp; Note, if you then want to apply other dimensions as regular dimensions from the CL, you can change the CL back to the default linetype and it will dimension normally.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Without changing any linetypes, when dimensioning you can also select the centerline geometry first, then the geometry on your diameter, right-click and choose "linear diameter", which will give you the same result.</P> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:57:18 GMT dpeters1 2021-03-09T21:57:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143472#M116375 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="New.PNG" style="width: 489px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/890954iD49DD8662A3E1409/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="New.PNG" alt="New.PNG" /></span></P><P>Usually, when I am working on the revolve feature, I would make the dimension like this, as diameter, so that I could change it very easily. In this way, I am able to change it to match my drawing without any calculation.</P><P>I wonder whether it is possible to do it the same in Inventor?</P> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:41:10 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143472#M116375 Xiao16 2021-03-09T21:41:10Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143526#M116376 <P>Yes - change your construction line on the CL of the part to linetype "centerline" and the dimension will automatically apply as a diameter, as you have shown.&nbsp; Note, if you then want to apply other dimensions as regular dimensions from the CL, you can change the CL back to the default linetype and it will dimension normally.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Without changing any linetypes, when dimensioning you can also select the centerline geometry first, then the geometry on your diameter, right-click and choose "linear diameter", which will give you the same result.</P> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:57:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143526#M116376 dpeters1 2021-03-09T21:57:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143569#M116377 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 208px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/890973iB6E84E8D8D56EFC3/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span></P> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 22:16:52 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143569#M116377 gcoombridge 2021-03-09T22:16:52Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143584#M116378 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JDMather_0-1615328621763.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/890975i1C468DC343384719/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JDMather_0-1615328621763.png" alt="JDMather_0-1615328621763.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 22:23:46 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-it-possible-to-dimension-like-solidworks/m-p/10143584#M116378 JDMather 2021-03-09T22:23:46Z