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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introducing Autodesk Inventor
- 2 Creating Sketches
- 3 Working with Sketched Features
- 4 Creating and Editing Placed Features
- 5 Creating and Editing Work Features
- 6 Using Projects to Organize Data
- 7 Managing Assemblies
- 8 Placing, Moving, and Constraining Components
- 9 Creating Assemblies
- 10 Analyzing Assemblies
- 11 Using Design Accelerator
- 12 Setting Up Drawings
- 13 Creating Drawing Views
- 14 Annotating Drawings
- Annotation Tools
- Using Styles to Format Annotations
- Working with Tables
- Creating Dimensions In Drawings
- Controlling Dimension Styles
- Placing Center Marks and Centerlines
- Adding Notes and Leader Text
- Using Hole and Thread Notes
- Working with Title Blocks
- Working with Dimensions and Annotations
- Printing Drawing Sheets
- Plotting Multiple Sheets
- Tips for Annotating Drawings
- 15 Using Content Center
- 16 Autodesk Inventor Utilities
- Index
Add Model Dimensions
Next, you add model and drawing dimensions to the views using the Retrieve
Dimensions command. Some model dimensions are removed, while others
are repositioned.
TRY IT: Add model dimensions
1 Zoom in on the front view.
2 Right-click the front view, and then choose Retrieve Dimensions. In the
Retrieve Dimensions dialog box, click the Select Dimensions tool. The
model dimensions that are planar to the view are displayed.
3 Select each of the dimensions except for the 45.0 horizontal dimension
and the 40.0 horizontal dimension.
4 NOTE If you prefer, click and then drag a window around the model to select
all of the dimensions in the view. You can then delete the dimensions you
do not need.
Click Apply. Each of the selected dimensions are displayed. The
dimensions that were not selected are hidden.
NOTE If you accidentally selected a dimension, hold down the CTRL key and
reselect it to remove it from the selection set.
5 Click Cancel to exit dialog box.
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