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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
■ Use the Dimension tools to provide critical dimensions, and then use Auto
Dimension to finish constraining the sketch.
■ Use AutoDimension in complicated sketches when you are unsure which
dimensions are missing to constrain the sketch fully.
■ Remove automatic dimensions and constraints.
NOTE To ensure that your sketch is fully dimensioned, use the Project Geometry
tool to project all reference geometry to the sketch before using the Auto
Dimension tool.
You can define dimensions with other dimension values. The names of
dimensions are parameters. When you edit a dimension, you can enter an
equation that uses one or more parameters.
You can display sketch dimensions in one of three forms:
■ Calculated value
■ Parameter name
■ Parameter name and calculated value
You can modify dimensions using the Edit Dimension box. To display the
Edit Dimension box, click the dimension when it is placed, or double-click
the dimension when the General Dimension tool is not active.
There are two ways to display the Edit Dimension box upon placement of a
dimension:
■ Click Tools ➤ Application Options ➤ Sketch tab, and turn on Edit
Dimension when Created
■ With General Dimension active, right-click in the graphics window and
select Edit Dimension.
Dimension Types
In some cases, the dimension preview does not meet the design intent. You
can change the dimension type by repositioning the dimension, or you can
right-click, and then select the type from the menu. You can also control
which type of linear dimension is applied by selecting and edge or a vertex.
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