Dimension diagonal line
You can add an aligned dimension, just move to one side of the line and before the dimension shows click the left mouse button and you'll get an aligned dimension.
Here's a screencast.
Mark
Mark Hughes
Owner, Hughes Tooling
Did you find this post helpful? Feel free to Like this post.
Did your question get successfully answered? Then click on the ACCEPT SOLUTION button.
You can also do it explicitly, using the context menu (right mouse button), and choosing Aligned:
Jeff
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
Hi Jeff, I sometimes have problems getting a horizontal or vertical dimension between two points.
At other times, by moving around I get the option of all 3 directions, but sometimes it just won't do hor/vert. I found your post while searching, but my right-click menu is different:
Any suggestions please?
the alignment type is determined by zones during the drag to place the dimension text:
if the line is nearly vertical or horizontal, the aligned zone can be quite small. The context menu that allows you to change the type only appears during placement of the text, it cannot be changed afterward. See the screencast:
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
.png){kind=link}