Angular cotation

Icon access:

Menu access: Tools | dimension

Description:

Allows you to create driving or passive angular dimensions.

General philosophy:

1. Select the first segment.

2. Select the second segment.

3. Position the dimension.

Optional point(s):

You can get directly the angular dimension with X axis by using ANGLE WITH X AXIS.

You can get directly the angular dimension with Y axis by using ANGLE WITH Y AXIS.

The ANGLE WITH DIRECTION button allows to select any direction as reference direction.

You can force the angle value switching Constraint=NO to Constraint=YES.

Specific point(s):

By using POINT three times in a row from the beginning, you can obtain the dimension below.

You can modify direction of the extremity by selecting the extremity with .(It may be necessary to zoom in on the extremity to select it.)

Appearance and other parameters (value, unit, offset...) can be modify by using and .