any way to rotate dimension line like autocad?

[jetlau2001]

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.

[gmarken]

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

[jetlau2001]

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?

[jetlau2001]

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?

[Gabriel_Watson]

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

[jetlau2001]

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

[Gabriel_Watson]

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.

[JDMather]

Wait a minute.

Are you trying to dimension the vertical height

or

are you trying to dimension the Aligned length?

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

[jetlau2001]

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

[JDMather]

@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)?

[jetlau2001]

actually m use a company standard based on China Standard.

[johnsonshiue]

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/Inve...

Many thanks!