Creating Ordinate Dimensions

To create ordinate dimensions:

  1. Click Ordinate Dimension Tool_Ordinate_Dimensions_Relations.gif on the Dimensions/Relations toolbar, or click Tools > Dimensions > Ordinate.
    You can select Horizontal Ordinate Dimension Tool_Horizontal_Ordinate_Dimensions_Relations.gif or Vertical Ordinate Dimension Tool_Vertical_Ordinate_Dimensions_Relations.gif to specify the direction of the dimensions.
  2. Click the first item (edge, vertex, and so on) from which all others will be measured to be the base (the 0.0 dimension), and click again to place the dimension outside the model.
  3. Click the edges, or vertices, or arcs you want to dimension using the same ordinate. As you click each item, the dimension is placed in the view, aligned to the zero ordinate.
  4. Select another mode or another tool or press Esc to exit from the ordinate mode.
    Video: Creating Ordinate Dimensions