Creating maximum dimension on circle

Barry_van_Wijk

Drawing now for 3 years with onshope, but still not figured out how to create the red dimension instead of the blue dimension?
And therewith i mean no work arrounds with sketchpoints in the 3d and showing them in 2d....

bryan_lagrange

This is the only work around I have come up with. Using the line sketch tool and snapping to the edges of the circle.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1f26910a8ac175e34a4672c7/w/a6df90cb8b7783049a2bbe1f/e/12f8a16f5598f94e4ef15e43

MichaelPascoe

@Barry_van_Wijk, here is one way to get dimensions like this:

• Create a near by dimension.
• Select that dimension. (This is useful when there are many dimension lines stacked on top of each other. It will ensure that only the selected dimension will move its nodes when dragging.)
• Hover over the ends of the dimension lines, the blue nodes, and drag them to the orthogonal snapping points of the circle.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8291cb0c9122c6aa0c486861/w/e9a2096f7ce4db332fe87ae3/e/ee9876de901309b2fb2d99e0?renderMode=0&uiState=640b3340629bc01ee212e857

Barry_van_Wijk

Thank you all, when there is a possibilty with near by dimension, then that is the best "work around". Thank you.
Only i have often only circles in the drawing view....

I see onshape staff has made a "ticket" so lets hope the function is available soon....

Shapen

To add to this list of options, you can also select the dimension tool, hold Shift + q, then hover over one of the quadrant points on the circle and it will allow you to dimension to those points.