TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension

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TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension.svg TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension

Menu location
TechDraw → Extensions: Dimensions → Create Horizontal Chain Dimensions
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.20
See also
TechDraw ExtensionCreateVertChainDimension, TechDraw ExtensionCreateObliqueChainDimension

Description

The TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension.svg TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension tool creates horizontal chain dimensions: a sequence of aligned dimensions.

TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimensionExample.png

On the right the created dimensions

Usage

  1. Select three or more vertexes.
  2. The two leftmost vertexes determine the position of the chain dimension.
  3. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
  4. Chain dimensions with centered dimension texts are created.