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This task will show you
how to interrupt manually one or more extension lines of one or more
dimensions, either using the contextual menu or the Insert menu
bar option.
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Open the Interruption_ExtLine01.CATDrawing
document.
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Use the contextual
menu or the toolbar:
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Right-click a dimension and select the Object -> Create
Interruption option from the contextual menu.
or select a dimension and click on the Create Interruption icon .
2. Choose in the Tools toolbar how
many interruptions you want to create
3. Indicate the first point
defining the interruption to be created. 4.
Indicate the second point defining the interruption to be created. |
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If you have chosen one
interruption in the Tools toolbar, the interruption is automatically
created on the closest extension line.
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Open the Interruption_ExtLine02.CATDrawing
document.
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Use the Insert menu
bar option:
1. Select one or more dimensions.
2. Select the Insert -> Dimensioning -> Dimensions -> Extension Line Interruptions
-> Create Interruption option
from the menu bar.
3. Choose in the Tools toolbar how
many interruptions you want to create
4. Indicate the first point
defining the interruption to be created. 5.
Indicate the second point defining the interruption to be created. The
interruption (s) is/are automatically created on every extension line of
the selected dimension(s).
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You can remove the
interruption you created by selecting one dimension, the Remove
Interruption option and then the extension line not to be
interrupted any more. Interruption is removed on the extension line
nearest the selection point. |
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You can also remove
all the interruptions applied to one or more dimensions. For this, (multi-)select the
dimension(s) and then the Remove All Interruptions
option. Interruptions are removed on all the extension lines lines of the
selected dimension(s).
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If you move the
dimension, the interruption will remain as you created it.
If you modify either the overrun and / or the blanking, the
interruption also remains the same.
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You can apply height
interruptions maximum to an extension line. |
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