Creating Chamfer Dimensions

This task will show you how to create a chamfer dimension.
aprereq.gif (1223 bytes) Open the IntDrafting_Dim_Chamfer.CATDrawing document.

 
1.   Click the Chamfer Dimension icon from the Dimensioning toolbar (Dimensions subtoolbar).

 
2. In the toolbar Tools, you can choose:

The format of the dimension:
Length x Length, in the example 19,1 x 19,1
Length x Angle, in this example 19.1 x - 46°84'8"
Angle x Length, in this example  - 46°84'8" x 19.1
Length 19,1.
The representation mode:
One symbol 
Two symbols

Choose Length x Length format and one symbol mode .
Text, dimension and graphic Properties Toolbars settings are taken into account during creation,
All settings defined in Tools->Option->Mechanical Design->Drafting (Dimension and  Manipulators tabs) are taken into account during creation.
3.  

Select the element to be dimensioned.

 
4.   Select a reference line or surface.
5.   Click on the sheet to end the dimension creation.
The chamfer dimension is computed with an implicit second reference line that is perpendicular to the first one.
 

5.

 OR

Select a second reference line or surface.
In this case, the value of the chamfer dimension is computed according to both reference lines.

 

In any case, the dimension is associated to all the selected elements. 

 
When creating a chamfer dimension on a generated view, all elements you select must belong to a plane which is normal to the projection plane.
When editing chamfer dimension text properties (Edit > Properties command, Dimension Texts tab), if you assign a suffix to the main value, or if you insert a text after the main value, the text will actually be placed after the first value, as shown here. 

 

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