- [Instructor] Now that we've created our dimension style
and set it as the current dimension style in our drawing
we did that in the last video.
We're going to continue working in the metal plate
002.dwg file, placing some dimension annotation.
Now I'm going to be working
from the annotate tab on the ribbon.
The reason being is I can control most things
involving my dimension annotation there.
So I can check here my dimension style
which should be training ano that one there.
I can also use my dim layer override
to make sure I'm on the right layer, which is dimensions.
I've also got all of my dimensioning tools
handy here as well.
So what I'm going to do now is place
some very simple dimensions on the drawing.
We're going to zoom in on the section view
and the side view first.
So let's get those zoomed in a little bit.
So I'll just come into the drawing area pan
and zoom a little.
There we go, that's nice and easy.
And then what we're going to do
we're going to place some linear dimensions first.
So I'm going to place one linear dimension on the section view.
Make sure that you have your object snaps on
really important so that you dimension accurately.
So in the dimensions panel, I click on the flyout here
and select linear.
Now just watch the screen a moment.
It's asking me about creating an annotative object.
Now, remember we made our dimension style annotative
so we need to set the annotation scale
to the scale at which the annotation is intended to display.
One to one is what we need and I'm going to click on okay
and then I'm just going to quickly show you
why we need to do that.
I'm going to hit escape a couple of times
just to cancel that linear dimension command.
If I go to my plan view tab here,
my layout tab and click on the edge of this view port,
you can see there down here on the command line
that it's one to two.
So it's half size in that view port.
So my annotation scale needs to be the same.
Let's just hit escape to deselect that view port
let's go back to the model tab
and let's go back to place that linear dimension.
This time it won't remind me, but what I've got to do
is make sure that my annotation scale is right.
because if it isn't,
I've got to add it to this dimension object.
So I'm going to hit escape a couple of times again,
one more sanity check, annotation scale,
down here we're using annotative dimensions.
So we need to make sure that we've got one to two selected
to match our view port really important.
Now you're thinking to yourself, hang on a minute.
It looks at the plan view view port sections
and elevations here also is a one to two view port
because they're basically copies of the same title block
and the same view port
and then what I did was occupy the view port with the views.
So just hit escape to deselect that view port
and then go back to the model tab.
Now you may have thought
that I've jumped around a little bit there.
It's really important to get this right first time.
Check your view port scales
and if you are using annotative dimensioning
make sure that your annotation scale here
matches your view port scale in the model tab.
Now we know our dimensions will be the right size.
Now we can jump back up to linear like so.
This time I'm going to snap here, endpoint snap
and endpoint snap,
drag my dimension up a little bit and click again.
Now, wouldn't it be nice if I could place just a string
of two more dimensions going across there
but they were all nicely lined up with each other.
While I can do that using this little one here continue
and what it'll do is it'll create a dimension
that starts from the extension line
of a previously created dimension
as it says in the tool tip there.
So can you see it just jumps straight off
the 125 dimension that I placed earlier
go to the endpoint there, go to the endpoint there
and it's a quick click on each of the object snaps.
When you're done, press enter
and press enter again to stop the continue command
and they're all separate dimensions as well
how cool is that.
So what I've done there is I've dimensioned the section view
because those are actually going
to actual edges that I can see.
You should never really dimension hidden detail
these green dash lines.
That's no problem though, because what I can do
is I can do another linear dimension here
and I can take it off of this end point and this end point
and there's my 15 millimeter thick plate, like so.
Last but not least I'll do another linear
and I'll go from here,
try and get the end point there if you can.
There we go, left click
and there's the other end point there left click
and I'll just take that down a little bit to there.
So we've now got all of the dimensions
that we really need to see in our section view
and our side view.
If I roll back on the wheel, a couple of notches,
pan up and then roll in again to zoom in on the plan view
let's add a couple of dimensions to our plan view as well.
We'll do some more linear dimensions
so there's a linear dimension from here.
Endpoint snap to endpoint snap.
There's our overall 500 dimension.
I'll do another linear dimension going the opposite way.
Vertically end point to end point there.
There's our 300 dimension
you might want to pop in here a couple of radii and diameters.
So I'll just click on the, flyout go for radius.
I'll pop a radius on the slotted hole there, like so.
I might pop a radius on this middle circle here for example,
which is a radius 30.
So you just select the arc the circle
and then place the dimension
and then what we might do is do some diameters as well.
Similar workflow, select the circle,
there's a diameter there.
I'll do another diameter over here on the left
and there's a 60 diameter there as well
very quick and easy stuff.
So I've just placed some very simple dimensions
using our dimension style
and that's how quick and easy it is to place dimensions.
It's all about setting up the appropriate dimension style,
putting your dimensions on a separate layer
and making sure that if they are annotative,
which our dimensions are
that you are using the appropriate annotation scale.
Now, the reason you want to check that now
is if you go to plan view,
your dimensions are appearing nicely there.
You also notice that this dimension here on the left
is not showing because it's kind of gone
past the edge of the view port.
I can update that very quickly and easily
by going back to the model tab
what I'll do is I'll delete this one
just hit delete on the keyboard there.
I'll do another linear dimension.
Let's pop it over this side, easily fixed like that.
I'll pop it in there like that.
If I go back to the plan view now
there's my dimensions displaying beautifully.
There's my dimensions displaying beautifully there
in the sections and elevations layout tab
but like I said, make sure in the model tab
that your annotation scale here
matches the annotation view port scale in the layout tab.