DIMLINEAR, DIMALIGNED and DIMVERTICAL

What it does

Where to find it

• Command line: see the table above. On the Ribbon, use Smart Dim, which chooses the type for you.

Steps

1. Type DLI and press Enter.
2. Click the first point (Object Snap picks End/Mid/Center).
3. Click the second point.
4. Move the mouse and click the position of the dimension line.

Try it: Cable gland plate with a chamfered corner

A gland plate for the bottom of a control enclosure: 120 x 70 with one corner cut at 45° and holes for M20, M25 and M16 cable glands. DIMLINEAR, DIMVERTICAL and DIMALIGNED each get a turn.

1. On Annotate › Dim Defaults, set Dim H 5 and Arrow 3 so the numbers suit a part this size.
2. Outline: PL, then 0,0 120,0 120,50 100,70 0,70 0,0 (Enter after each) and Enter to finish.
3. Gland holes: C 25,35 radius 10.25, C 60,35 radius 12.75, C 95,30 radius 8.25.
4. DLI, click the corners 0,0 and 120,0, then click below the plate: 120.00.
5. DVE, click 0,0 and 0,70, then click to the left: 70.00.
6. DAL, click both ends of the chamfer and click outside the corner: 28.28, the true length of the 45° cut.
7. DLI, click the centres of the M20 and M25 holes and click above the plate: 35.00.

Challenge: Dimension the chamfer with DLI instead of DAL. You only get its horizontal part, 20.00.

See also

• Smart Dimension
• QDIM, DIMCONTINUE, DIMBASELINE