TechDraw ExtensionCreateHorizChainDimension

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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 tool creates horizontal chain dimensions: a sequence of aligned dimensions.

On the right the created dimensions

Usage

  1. Select three or more vertices in any order. The leftmost vertex determines the position of the chain dimension.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
  3. A chain dimension with centered dimension texts is created.