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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
TRY IT: Add drawing dimensions
1 Pan to display the front view.
2 Click the General Dimension tool on the Drawing Annotation panel bar.
3 Click the right endpoint of the bottom edge, and then click the right
endpoint of the top of the boss.
4 Move the cursor to the right and place the 16.0 dimension between the
13.0 and 19.0 vertical dimensions, as shown in the following figure.
5 Pan to display the top view.
6 Use the General Dimension tool to add the 13.0, 45.0, and 40.0 horizontal
dimensions as shown in the following figure.
NOTE To align a dimension when dragging it, move the cursor over an
existing dimension and acquire an alignment point. Move the cursor back
to the dimension being placed. The dotted line indicates an alignment
inference. Click to place the dimension.
7 Use the General Dimension tool to add the R21.0 radial dimension,
right-click, and then choose Done.
8 Drag the 16.0 dimension to a position that avoids crossing the extension
lines.
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