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Forcing point-to-point dimension to be aligned rather than horizontal/vertical
alan_budden
Member Posts: 7 ✭✭
I'm trying to create a drawing of an object I've modelled. One of the key dimensions is the distance between two points along the angle that joins them. I can't use the dimensions of the line joining them as there's a cut-out that splits this line. If I try to do a point-to-point dimension in the drawing, it wants that dimension to be either the horizontal or vertical distance. I don't want this, I want the aligned distance.
As a test, I made a very simple model that (I think) shows what I'm trying to do. Here's a screenshot of the drawing:
What I want it to look like is this (created with an image editor, not onshape!):
Is this possible? I found this question on this forum, which makes it look easy, but I can't figure out how to make it actually work with my models.
Test model is here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4139e053de38affdffc7f670/w/24168f2e4bd934650d5b95d4/e/63356c08b37bf47fb71b3269
As a test, I made a very simple model that (I think) shows what I'm trying to do. Here's a screenshot of the drawing:
What I want it to look like is this (created with an image editor, not onshape!):
Is this possible? I found this question on this forum, which makes it look easy, but I can't figure out how to make it actually work with my models.
Test model is here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4139e053de38affdffc7f670/w/24168f2e4bd934650d5b95d4/e/63356c08b37bf47fb71b3269
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MichaelPascoe
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To get the point to point dimension to use the minimum distance between the points, drag your cursor far off in the direction perpendicular to the line between the two points.
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See the gif below. It has to do with where you are dragging the location cursor after choosing the points.
That's great, thank you. I'd been moving the cursor around near the corners of the line and along the length of the line it wouldn't switch - moving the cursor further away indeed sorted it out.
Thank you again!
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in my defense, I was looking up the word esoteric.