Dimensions Video Lecture - TurboCAD A Complete Course - Design Softwares

in this video we'll be going over the
dimension tools the dimension tools
allow you to display measurements in
your drawing and if you would like to
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description first let's bring up the
dimensions toolbar right-click a blank
spot in the workspace and check
dimensions in the toolbars tab now bring
up the design director by hitting f3 on
your keyboard notice in the views
section the different name - views we
will be using these to navigate the
drawing let's start by checking the
boundary view orthogonal creates
horizontal or vertical dimensions let's
try it out by snapping to the bottom
left then top left corners of the
polyline notice the difference if I move
my mouse above the polyline or to the
left of it
after dropping the dimension we will
notice that the dimension is displaying
the vertical measurement and not the
distance between the two points
let's add a parallel dimension snapping
to the same two points so we can see the
difference notice that the parallel
dimension is placed parallel to the two
endpoints and displays the distance
between them a better use case for the
parallel dimension tool is segment
dimensioning you can turn on segment
dimensioning in the local menu or
inspector bar
then it's as simple as picking a line
segment and dropping the dimension
rotated dimensions are similar to
parallel with the exception that the
dimension can be placed at a variable
angle when placing a rotated dimension
you first specify the direction of the
extension lines by placing two points
then you can either pick two points for
measurement or select a segment baseline
continuous and incremental all work off
an existing dimension to see them in
action
let's first place an orthogonal
dimension and snapping to the bottom
corners of the entity on screen being
sure segment dimensioning is turned off
baseline creates a series of dimensions
measuring the distance from the first
point to the point chosen
continuous places dimensions measuring
the distance between the chosen points
sequentially use the edit tool to
reposition the baseline dimension
incremental is similar to baseline but
places dimension text perpendicular to
the chosen baseline dimension let's move
on to the hex circle view and take a
look at the angle radius and diameter
dimension tools note that it's best to
have snaps turned off when using these
tools angle measures the angle between
two line segments let's try it out on
the hexagon simply choose two line
segments then drop the dimension
radius and diameter both work by
choosing circle or arcs then placing the
dimension go ahead and place one of each
then let's go over some of the options
and properties for the radius dimension
let's check force text horizontal under
format
in for diameter let's add an interior
line under advanced format
now switch to the view named profile so
we can go over the quick and smart
dimension tools quick dimensions place
multiple dimensions of a specific type
measuring the selected entities for
example let's choose radius select all
the entities on screen then hit the
finish flag
the smart dimension tool takes a guess
at which dimension tool to use based on
the entity you select selecting line
segments will place an orthogonal
dimension selecting circles will measure
their diameter and selecting arcs will
measure their radius
we have gone over using all of our
dimension tools on basic 2d entities
what about 3d entities architectural
entities are placing dimensions in paper
space while the use of the tools is
basically the same there are some other
things to keep in mind switch over to
the floorplan view so we can check them
out start out by placing an orthogonal
dimension along the bottom wall
looks like we just got a bunch of lines
that brings us to our first problem
scale let's delete this dimension then
go into dimension properties by right
clicking the orthogonal dimension tool
go into format and change the dimension
size scale to 48 this is an appropriate
scale for most residential floor plans
let's go ahead and choose different
arrow heads to
we are done go into general properties
and create a new property value preset
naming it arc 48
there we go now we can see the
dimensions we can also place dimensions
in a 3d view the trick here is using the
correct workplane select the floorplan
isometric Southwest view then switch to
a hidden line rendering
now bring up the local menu and choose
workplane by three points from the
pop-up toolbar snap to the bottom left
corner for the origin the bottom right
corner for the x-axis and the top left
for the Y now switch to the floorplan
West elevation view and try placing some
dimensions
if her summary is the dimensions are
upside down or backwards then the
workplane was created incorrectly these
dimensions can also be placed in paper
space there is no need to scale these
dimensions so let's switch back to
normal dimensions we will also need to
delete the existing dimensions so switch
to Southwest view and delete any of the
dimensions you see
okay now switch to the floor plan layout
and place some dimensions
notice that the measurements displayed
reflect the entity's real size and model
space and not the measurements seen on
the rulers
we can see similar results in the West
elevation layout no need to switch the
workplane here
notice when I select the dimension that
the rest of the entities highlight blue
this is because the dimension is
associative to this view so any changes
made to the entities in this view will
update the measurements and that's about
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