Creating Quick Coordinate Dimensions

Creating Quick Coordinate Dimensions

This section explains the Quick Coordinate Dimension feature.


Procedure:

[1] Click [Quick] under the [Coordinate Dimension] menu in the [Annotation] tab.

[2] First, click the point to be defined as the origin (base point).


[3] Click any point where you want to display the X and Y coordinate dimension values.
Right-click or press the [Enter] key to open the [Dimension Properties(note to check contents correctly)] window.


[4] To switch between X and Y coordinates, use item 3 ([X Coordinate] / [Y Coordinate]) in the Instance Menu.


[5] After creating coordinate dimensions, press the [ESC] key to exit the command.
If you have the properties window open by right-clicking, clicking [Exit] will also exit the command.
If you click [Exit], dimensions shown as reference values will not be created.


To move the placed coordinate dimensions, you can change their position without changing the "Extension Line Length" by operating in Orthogonal Mode (F8) or while holding the [Shift] key.

When [Quick Coordinate Dimension] is selected, the Instance Menu appears at the bottom left of the screen.
(In the image, it is shown split, but in actual use, it appears in a single horizontal row.)


Explanation of the Instance Menu

1. With Sign / Without Sign

The direction to the right or upward from the base is positive (+), and to the left or downward is negative (–).
To add a minus (–) sign for dimensions in the negative direction, set to [With Sign].
To omit the minus sign, set to [Without Sign].

2. Show Origin / Hide Origin

When Show Origin is selected, a point is displayed at the origin as shown below.

3. X Coordinate / Y Coordinate

Switch between X and Y coordinates for dimension creation.

4. Extension Line Length

Sets the length of the dimension extension line.
The actual length is: extension length + text length.

5. Prefix

The symbol or character entered as a prefix appears before the dimension.

6. Suffix

The symbol or character entered as a suffix appears after the dimension.

7. Base Value

To change the measured dimension value to a desired value, directly enter it in this field.
The default displayed value is the [Calculated Value], which is the measured value.
You can enter a value even during dimension creation.
The first base value is 0, but if you want to change the second measured value to a desired value, enter it before confirming the measurement point of the second dimension.

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