Dimension Add Angle ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Dimensions the angle between two linear graphical objects that you select.
  • The linear objects can be two lines, two polygon lines or two construction lines or a combination of such lines.
  • The two lines cannot be parallel, but do not necessarily have to meet one another or cross one another.
  • After you select the lines, you locate a point to position the dimension line and establish the to-be-measured quadrant.
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   Setup and defaults :

Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Dimension Settings > the " General " tab:

Defaults for user-added angle dimensions:

  • The default character height and width/height ratio for a primary dimension label added using Dimension Add Angle is set using the Edit Palette . You can change that choice on the Arc Edit window. The last-edited dimension sets the defaults for subsequently added dimensions unless you change the Edit Palette in the meantime.

Defaults for auto detailing:

  • Automatically detailed dimension labels use the " Dimension label pen color " and character height and width/height ratios set in Drawing Presentation . If you are using the ' SDS2 ' font , the " Dimension label pen color " also sets the default stroke weight of that font.

Dimension leg and line defaults:

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   Adding an angle dimension :

VIDEO An angle dimension is added between two polygon lines on an unshortened beam detail. (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2016.)

Before using this tool:

Optional: On the layer selection tool , select the layer that you want to add the dimension to. This is optional because, if you don't select a layer, Dimension Add Angle will assign the angle dimension to a default layer -- for example, to the " User Annotation " layer. The layer to which an angle dimension is assigned can be changed on the Edit Angle Dimension window.

Optional: If you are planning on using radians as the " Measurement units ," the " Angle dimension precision " in Dimension Settings should be at very least 1.

Optional: On the Edit Palette , set the primary dimension default character height and width/height ratio of the angle dimension label.

1 . Invoke Dimension Add Angle .
2 . Left-click ( Select ) one of the lines or polygon lines or construction lines that you want to measure the angle between.
3 . Left-click ( Select ) the other line or polygon line or construction line that you want to measure between.
4 . Dimension Add Angle draws a preview of the angle dimension in whatever quadrant the target ( ) is in. Move your mouse pointer ( ) so that the target is in the quadrant and in the position where you want angle dimension to be drawn, then left-click ( Locate ).
5 . The angle dimension is drawn between the two lines being measured. It is drawn in the quadrant that the target was in when you located the point in step 4.

Note 1: To invoke Dimension Add Angle :

Method 1 : Click the Dimension Add Angle icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Angle Dimensions ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Angle Dimensions > Add .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Dimension Add Angle can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Note 2: If the two lines that you select (steps 2 and 3) are parallel to one another, you cannot measure the angle between them, and you will get an alert like the following. It is not required that the two lines meet one another or cross one another, but they must not be parallel.

These lines do not intersect.
   

Note 3: If, in step 4, you left-click when the point location target ( ) is snapped to the vertex of the lines being measured, you will get the following alert. Press " OK " to dismiss the alert, then move your mouse pointer ( ) so that the target ( ) snaps to the location where you want the dimension line of the angle dimension.

Cannot place at center.
   

Tip 1: Angle dimensions added using this procedure can be quickly removed by using Undo .

Tip 2: You can Shift -drag an angle dimension label to a new position.

     
1 . Hold down Shift and press the left mouse button ( Select ) to grab
the dimension label.  		2 . Drag the dimension label to a new location.     3 . Release the mouse button when the dimension label is where you want it.

Tip 3: You can drag an angle dimension label to rotate it. Doing so updates the entry made to " Rotation (degrees) " on its edit window.

   
1 . Grab the angle dimension label to rotate it.  2 . The 4-way mouse pointer indicates that directional movement is unconstrained.

Tip 4: You can drag an angle dimension line (the line with arrows) to a new quadrant and thus cause the angle dimension to be recalculated.

   
1 . Grab the angle dimension line and drag it to a different quadrant.  2 . The dimension label is recalculated.

Tip 5: You can drag an angle dimension line (the line with arrows) to resize the dimension line. You need to drag it within the same quadrant.

     
  1 . Grab the dimension line of the angle dimension.   2 . Drag the angle dimension within the same quadrant.      3 . The dimension line is resized. Degrees stay the same.

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