Generate a False Dimension to Grid Line ? - Inventor 2018

[ryan]

Greetings All,

I am in the process of shop drawings on a rather large assembly of Stainless Steel and Glass.  I have modeled everything up and am in the process of placing on drawings sheets.  I have never generated shops in inventor before but the complex geometry of this project requires a 3D model so rather than generate all my views in inventor then export to CAD I want to do it all in inventor.  Right now, I am able to pull dims of all the parts but I also want to reference where these parts go off of Architectural Grid Lines.  If this were CAD, I would simply pull the dimension to the grid, xplode the dimension then trim the line to fit on the drawing sheet.  Is there a way to do this in Inventor? 

My section view is roughly 6' wide but the end of the material is another 6' away from the closest Grid.  If I half my scale to fit in the grid, the material is too small to properly annotate and dimension.  If I generate a sketch over the view, draw in my grid line, I can then dimension to it but the dim line is now cutting through the Title block and margins.  Is there a way I can trim a dimension line or generate a false one without actually creating a new sketch and physically drawing a false dimension line?

[mcgyvr]

You can just create a sketch in the drawing and draw a short line segment or circle or whatever..

Then finish that sketch then you can dimension from your 3d model points to that line and then double click on the dimension and on the text tab of that dialog box click the "hide dimension value" and then type in the "fake" dimension or whatever you want there...

[ryan]

Thank you for this, however this dimension would have a start and end i.e. 2 arrows or ticks.  I was hoping for more of a trimmed dimension similar to below.  Where the "end" doesn't have an actual end to it.

[Mark.Lancaster]

@ryan

Are you looking to do something like this http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/2011/02/foreshortened-linear-diameter.html

If it is..  Let @Curtis_Waguespack know that his article helped you..   He likes that type of appreciation.. 

[mcgyvr]

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@ryan wrote:

Thank you for this, however this dimension would have a start and end i.e. 2 arrows or ticks.  I was hoping for more of a trimmed dimension similar to below.  Where the "end" doesn't have an actual end to it.

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You can just right click on the extension line and click "hide extension line" then you can edit the first arrowhead and set it to "none"

and I changed the properties of the sketch to have it be a white color so it doesn't show either..

IMO easier than the link posted above..