offset dim in inventor

[Rishi-Bhardwaj]

dear inventor users, can we change dim. style to the like shown in above image in inventor. please help me to figure it out.

[EdvinTailwind]

Right-click the dim, check the "Hide dimension value" and then enter a blank space in the box (to get rid of the default <TEXT>).

Then in Annotate -> Leader Text. Enter value and position as desired.

Done! 🙂 

EDIT: If you don't want the arrowhead just right-click it -> Edit Arrowhead and choose None.

[Rishi-Bhardwaj]

how can, I link dimension with the actual value.

please let me know in detail.

[CCarreiras · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Select the dimention, click RMB and You just need to use this option:

[EdvinTailwind]

When you add the Leader Text you can choose from parameters in the model, like this:

[Rishi-Bhardwaj]

Thanks a lot sir............

[Alexander_Chernikov]

It's not a good method to write the dimension by hand!

[EdvinTailwind]

Indeed, it's not! See the second answer I posted, where the value is generated dynamically.
The result is more or less identical to the nifty solution presented by @CCarreiras - but much slower to produce...

[rhasell]

No it's not the same, please unlearn this method.

Can you imagine having to perform this method for a few hundred dimensions?

Mistakes will be made.

I use a similar method for arc length dimensions, The whole "Hide dimensions" etc, and it is painful. I use ilogic and have many checks in place to combat errors (Which have happened in the past)

Edit: What happens if you update the model and "d11" gets replaced? Also can you imaging browsing through hundreds of dimensions looking for the correct one, you might have perhaps 5 "30mm " dimensions, which one is the correct one?

[EdvinTailwind]

@rhasell : Very relevant arguments. I'll strike my previous responses.

[rhasell]

LOL, it's not all that bad. It has its benefits as well.

The process you mentioned works well.  The point I am trying to make, is not use a parameter when a valid dimension will do.

It becomes more stable when you use a "User parameter", you can then copy and paste leaders all over the drawing, and it will pull the relevant user parameter from the attached part, updating seamlessly.