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| Menu location |
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| TechDraw → Format/Organize Dimensions → Oblique Chain Dimension |
| Workbenches |
| TechDraw |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| 0.20 |
| See also |
| TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension, TechDraw ExtensionCreateVertChainDimension |
Description
The TechDraw ExtensionCreateObliqueChainDimension tool creates an oblique chain dimension: a sequence of aligned dimensions.
On the right the created dimensions
Usage
- Select three or more vertices.
- The two vertices 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
Oblique Chain Dimension option from the dropdown.
- If this preference has a different value (and in 0.21 and below): press the
Oblique Chain Dimension button.
- Select the TechDraw → Format/Organize Dimensions →
Oblique Chain Dimension option from the menu.
- introduced in 1.0: If the Dimensioning tools preference is set to
- A chain dimension with centered dimension texts is created.
This page is retrieved from https://wiki.freecad.org/TechDraw_ExtensionCreateObliqueChainDimension