- You have opened a project.You have opened a page in the graphical editor. You have inserted a model view (Insert > Graphic > Model view (<...>)) and placed it. Click [...] at the Model view: Scheme for automatic dimensioning property in the property dialog.
- You have opened a project. Options > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Graphical editing > Automatic dimensioning. Select the Dimensioning tab.
In this tab, you can specify the properties of the automatic dimensioning of a model view.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
You can edit the properties of the automatic dimensioning in this table. The following hierarchy levels are available here which you can open by clicking the sign:
First measuring point:
This specifies where the first measuring point of automatic dimensioning is to be set.
- Measuring point at item: Specifies the corner points of the item as the position for the measuring points.
- Measuring point is applied ...: Measuring points are applied solely to mounting surfaces, field sizes or surrounding rectangles.
Dimension line position:
Specifies the position of the dimension line.
- Horizontal: Determines the horizontal position of the dimension line in relation to the hierarchically highest item.
- Vertical: Determines the vertical position of the dimension line in relation to the hierarchically highest item.
- Distance of dimension line: Distance of the dimension line in millimeters to the item edge of the hierarchically highest item.
- Dimension help line: Specifies how far the dimension help line is to be drawn at the subsequent measuring points.
See also: