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Menu location |
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TechDraw → Dimensions → Insert Dimension |
Workbenches |
TechDraw |
Default shortcut |
D |
Introduced in version |
1.0 |
See also |
None |
Description
The TechDraw Dimension tool is the TechDraw equivalent of the Sketcher Dimension tool. It offers contextual dimensioning and thus can replace most of the other dimension tools.
Usage
- Optionally preselect some geometric elements (vertices, edges or faces).
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Insert Dimension button.
- Select the TechDraw → Dimensions →
Insert Dimension option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: D.
- Press the
- The cursor changes to a cross with the tool icon.
- If you have not yet selected an element: select one.
- Depending on the selected element(s) a dimension is proposed.
- Optionally select an additional element.
- The proposed dimension is updated.
- Optionally press the M key one or more times to cycle through other available dimensions, if any.
- Do one of the following:
- Click in an empty area of the page or within the view to confirm:
- The clicked point determines the location of the dimension.
- A dimension is added.
- This tool runs in continue mode: optionally keep creating dimensions.
- To finish, right-click or press Esc.
- Click in an empty area of the page or within the view to confirm:
Limitations
- Currently the tool can only handle 2D references (geometry selected in the drawing).
This page is retrieved from https://wiki.freecad.org/TechDraw_Dimension