Positioning Dimensions (View per View)

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

In addition: Select the View -> Toolbar -> Positioning option from the menu bar in order to have the necessary toolbar (Positioning toolbar) displayed in the workbench.

 

This task will show you how to position distance and length dimensions (either generated dimensions or interactive dimensions) in a better way. These dimensions will be positioned on the active view exclusively.

 

Open the GenDrafting_part_ positioningdim.CATDrawing document.

 

1. Click the Dimension Positioning icon from the Positioning toolbar.
OR 

1. Select Tools -> Positioning -> Dimension Positioning... from the menu bar.

The dimensions are automatically re-positioned.

 

If you want to have dimension interferences analyzed, use the Dimension Analysis icon (or select Tools->Analyze->Dimension Analysis from the menu bar). You will thus be able to visualize and manage interfering dimensions.

 

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