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Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:49:18 GMT

I am using Inventor 2017. I need to dimension to the edge of a circle and cant grab ahold of it. I have tried sketches, projecting geometry, using alt, shift and ctrl. I am at a loss. The dimension snaps to the center each time. I know how to do this in SolidWorks but can't get it done in Inventor.

The attached screen print shows what I am trying to do. I need to dimension the depth of the slot on shaft.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

mflayler — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:55:29 GMT

Works fine here (Inventor 2017). Right click in your dimension command and check your snap settings.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:59:55 GMT

[image: Inline image 1]

Am I missing something?
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Kathy Spaw

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

mflayler — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:03:09 GMT

No image attached there, don't reply with your email account, go directly to the forum.

Also when selecting you don't just grab the circle anywhere, you need to move your mouse to where you see a green dot selecting that quadrant.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:06:10 GMT

There is no green dot. I have a feeling that there isn't enough "circle" available to snap with the two slots.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:10:45 GMT

Please notice that I have two slots on my shaft section.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

mflayler — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:15:30 GMT

Yup, not a problem, in this screencast you will see me locate the tangent and then dimension to it. In this scenario I have to wait for the right glyph to appear.

Also I am on Inventor 2017 R3, but this should be the same in RTM. Ignore the fact I hit CTRL twice I do that out of habit as a cursor locator.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:19:00 GMT

I had to use ctrl, ctrl otherwise it wouldn't work. I have it now. Thank you.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

mflayler — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:19:07 GMT

Also, I think your Centermark is getting in the way of getting this glyph. Move the grip of the CM and then place the Dim and move it back.

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:22:31 GMT

I noticed that and removed the center mark. Something so simple was so hard!

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

cadking2k5 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:44:30 GMT

that will not work on a sketch ctrl ctrl

Re: Dimension to circle edge in detail drawing

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 21:45:43 GMT

~~I needed to delete all centerlines for that to work. That means all related dimensions were deleted too.~~