Make diameter dimension tool "persistent"?

[lindsaywilson88]

Is there a way of making the dimension tool stay in diameter mode, at least until deselected/reselected? (Diameter mode is chosen by right-clicking after selecting the two lines). When I'm dimensioning the sketch for a revolved part, I'll often want to add lots of diameter dimensions taken from the same revolve axis, and it gets a little slow having to right-click and choose "diameter" each time.

Solidworks, for example, has a feature where it knows if one of the selected lines is a centerline/construction line, and automatically changes the dimension to either radius or diameter, depending on where it's placed (this video shows an example of the behaviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDzjLbV1VhU)

[O.Tan]

Post this up in IdeaStation and I'll give you a kudos! 😄

And let us know at what time do they start demonstrating the diameter/radius thing in the video

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideastation-request-a-feature-or/idb-p/125

[HughesTooling]

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@O.Tan wrote:

And let us know at what time do they start demonstrating the diameter/radius thing in the video

Take a look around 1.12 he adds a centre line then just moving the cursor below the centre line gives a diameter dimension.

Mark

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@O.Tan wrote:

...And let us know at what time do they start demonstrating the diameter/radius thing in the video 

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Here is similar example in Autodesk Inventor.  (:40-:45)

(Of course if only one dimension one might argue if changing to centerline is any faster, but if there are more than one diametral dimensions...)

[lindsaywilson88]

Hi @O.Tan, @TheCADWhisperer, @HughesTooling

Thanks for the replies! I've created a new idea request, here it is:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideastation-request-a-feature-or/diameter-dimension-tool-make-persiste...

Cheers,

Lindsay