Gigi Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 In an IronCad 2d drawing, how do I create a dimension between two points along a line that does not connect those points when that line is not horizontal or vertical? See photo, this will make sense I think. I want to mark the dimensions down the part from long point to short point when they are on opposite sides of the part, but the part is not horizontal. Is there a way to chose the line to measure along? Or is there a way to rotate the drawing to make the desired dimension line horizontal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigi Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Ok, after a few more hours of googling, I think I figured something out. I found "rotate view to horizontal" Please let me know if this is it, or there's a better way or just a different one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Crowe Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Hi Gigi, This may not help you as it isn't applicable to IRONCAD DRAWING (ICD), but the way this would be done in CAXA DRAFT (and other CAD systems) is to create a "User Coordinate System" (UCS) that is aligned with the direction that you want to dimension. While that UCS is active, any geometry or annotations placed would be aligned with that UCS. The link below is to a post demonstrating this in CAXA DRAFT. Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 In the ICD, there are some hidden gems to help the alignment. This video shows how to align a point to point dimension to an edge and how to align text boxes to an edge. 2023-01-18-13-52-55.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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