Either I've got the biggest brain fart going on right now or something very wrong is happening with my Inventor. I'm attempting to place and Angle Dimension for display between a pair of sketched lines. It will place angles on a number of edges but not ALL the edges available to me. Someone save my PC from being slung across the room please, what am I missing or what's another way to get 'er done?!
See attached video.
I don't want to because I have to remove all kinds of content from the files due to propriety constraints I have placed on me with my employer and I can't just distribute this stuff around.
Surely you can see from the video I have two non-parallel lines in a single sketch, who cares if the other lines are part of the object or not when they clearly have a relationship to each other? Attempting to use the Centerline feature also fails to produce an angle dimension between an object edge and the centerline feature. And how could I get a centerline feature perpendicular to my angled edge without an additional sketch anyway?
Hi! I guess the dimension mode is set to True instead of Project. When the dimension mode is set to True, it is measuring the exact angle in 3D. The two lines may not be coplanar and they cannot define an angle.
Right-click on the view -> General dimension type -> select Project. Then it should work.
Many thanks!
That got it. I have no idea how a single sketch can create a non-coplanar instance, but my PC is saved!
Hi Michael,
There should be a logical reason to explain the behavior. Either the edge is not projected straight or the view direction is not perpendicular to the hole. Please share the files here.
Many thanks!
