If the docking window Dimensionings is not displayed, call it via context menu command in the toolbar or menu. Activate the option.

Make sure that the connection points are shown in the 3D view.

For this, in the Assembly toolbar, click on the button Show connection points, if needed.

If not displayed, in addition, click on the button Show configurations and tables .

At first set needed dimensioning points - if not available yet

Since the measuring points reference to dimensioning points/connection points, they must either already be available within the part or specifically set.

The Connection points (in parts, displayed in green, in assemblies, in gray) can also be used like Dimensioning points (displayed in blue).

Absolutely, please regard on which face/plane the Dimensioning points are set!

If dimensioning points are not set correctly, dimensionings are shown like they were pointing to a wrong place in the 3D view, when setting option Perspective projection is selected.

Perspective projection off

Perspective projection on

The dimensioning points should be moved to the nearest position in direction of viewer.

Example:

Green: Correct plane for dimensioning points

Red: Wrong plane for dimensioning points

File for saving the dimensioning parameters

If there is no file for saving the dimensioning parameters available yet, in the project, a file same-named to the project *.dim is automatically created and the key CUSTOMDIMENSIONSV9 in the Assembly Configuration project file (*asmcfg.prj), Assembly Template project file (*asmsbl.prj) or Single Part project file (*.prj) points to this *.dim.

If a file customdimensions.txt still exists from earlier versions, it will be used further on and data is read and saved from there.

In both cases you don't have to interact manually.

Working area is the docking window Dimensionings. It is subdivided in two dialog areas:

In the upper dialog area, all dimensionings are listed with their description (ideally identical to the variable name such as L, R, D, etc.), in the lower area, the particular parameters of the selected dimensioning.

When selecting a dimensioning, the respective view in the 3D view is marked in green, Start point and End point in red. Vice versa, when selecting a dimensioning in the 3D view, the respective line is marked on the right side.

Listing of all existing dimensionings of a part

As soon as all Mandatory parameters are set, the dimensioning is displayed in the 3D view.

As soon as all Mandatory parameters are set, the dimensioning is also displayed in the 2D derivation.

When selecting a dimensioning line, in the lower dialog area, all parameters of this dimensioning are listed, namely separated in Mandatory parameters, Optional parameters and 3D Parameter. Here, parameters can be set or changed. Changes become immediately visible in the 3D view (if the mandatory parameters are set).

You can find detailed information on the mandatory parameters in the single chapters of the dimensioning types. Detailed information on the optional parameters can be found in an own chapter Section 5.10.7, “ Optional parameters Details ”.

Value changes are signalized, once at the parameter itself by an undo icon (when clicking on the icon the change is reversed) and once in the list of dimensionings by red bold font.

The undo icon is displayed, as long as the change has not yet been saved by clicking on Save changes . After this undo is not possible anymore.

Above the listing of dimensionings the following buttons are shown: