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any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

jetlau2001 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:47:37 GMT

Hi, everyone, m wondering is there anyway to rotate an aligned dimension in Inventor drawing like autocad? please see the image below(the red arrow one is waht I want). or is this could be done by coding with C#? Appriciate any help. Thanks.

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

gmarken — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:51:27 GMT

You can sort of get that look when dimensioning an isometric view. Although, what value is there in dimensioning that way?

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

jetlau2001 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:59:11 GMT

My supervisor asked to dimension like that. 😂. so the answer is "No". I can not rotate an aligned dimension like autocad in inventor 2D plan view, right?

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

jetlau2001 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:03:05 GMT

My supervisor asked to dimension like that. :face_with_tears_of_joy:. so the answer is "No". I can not rotate an aligned dimension like autocad in inventor 2D plan view, right?

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

Gabriel_Watson — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:37:24 GMT

Click and drag one end point of the dimension, where it touches the arrow:

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

jetlau2001 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:49:29 GMT

thanks a lot. one more quesion, can I constrain the dimension line to keep it absolutely horizental?

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

Gabriel_Watson — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:31:31 GMT

That's the bad part.... I don't think there is an automatic way for that.
I just zoomed in as much as I could and tried to eliminate bumps/steps on the horizontal extension line to make it as flat as possible.

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

JDMather — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:35:33 GMT

Wait a minute.

Are you trying to dimension the vertical height

are you trying to dimension the Aligned length?

Can you attach your *.ipt file an drawing file here?

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

jetlau2001 — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:46:14 GMT

m trying to dimension the aligned lenghth, then rotate the dimension line to horizontal.

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

JDMather — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:29:15 GMT

@jetlau2001
I went back and read the original description again and now I understand your intent.

What Standard does your company use (ANSI/ASME or ISO or other)?

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

jetlau2001 — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 02:16:54 GMT

actually m use a company standard based on China Standard.

Re: any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

johnsonshiue — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:30:52 GMT

Hi Folks,

I would like to double-check and see if the "Rotate Dimension" is about the ability to align the dimension to a view edge. If yes, it is available as of 2021 and later. The exact term in AutoCAD is called "Rotated Dimension", which means a dimension is aligned to a selected linear reference.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/Inventor-WhatsNew/files/GUID-CC72C68D-0212-4351-ACEE-DB7577B3EF69-htm.html

Many thanks!