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Menu location |
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TechDraw → Extensions: Dimensions → Create Oblique Chain Dimensions |
Workbenches |
TechDraw |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.20 |
See also |
TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension, TechDraw ExtensionCreateVertChainDimension |
Description
The TechDraw ExtensionCreateObliqueChainDimension tool creates oblique chain dimensions: a sequence of aligned dimensions.
On the right the created dimensions
Usage
- Select three or more vertexes.
- The two vertexes selected first define the direction and determine the position of the chain dimension.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- introduced in 1.0: If the Dimensioning tools preference is set to
Single tool
(default): press the down arrow to the right of thebutton and select the
Create Oblique Chain Dimensions option from the dropdown.
- If this preference has a different value (and in 0.21 and below): press the
Create Oblique Chain Dimensions button.
- Select the TechDraw → Extensions: Dimensions →
Create Oblique Chain Dimensions option from the menu.
- introduced in 1.0: If the Dimensioning tools preference is set to
- Chain dimensions with centered dimension texts are created.
This page is retrieved from https://wiki.freecad.org/TechDraw_ExtensionCreateObliqueChainDimension