Auto Dimension

Automatically dimension all the cavities on all the six views of the manifold in the 2D drawing.

1.     MDTools 965 > Auto Dimension

The Auto Dimension dialog box displays.

2.     Click Configure Dimensioning Options....

The MDTools^® Drawing Options dialog opens the Dimensions tab.

3.     Select a view to set sides available for dimensioning (i.e. Front view is selected in image).

The default option is Both Sides.

4.     Select the Dimension option for cavities in the drawing views.

·.      Select Cavities to create dimensions for all cavities. Select Dimension All Cavities in a footprint, else only the parent cavity will be dimensioned.
     Or

·.      Select the Block Only option to dimension only the manifold block in the drawing.

5.     Click Apply.

6.     Click Close.

7.     Click Create Dimensions in the Auto Dimensions dialog box.

Auto Dimension wait box

MDTools starts creating dimensions, per the options selected in the MDTools Drawing Options dialog box.
All the dimensions will be created with the properties set in the current dimension style.

Note:

• If the 2D views are created manually, then use the following naming convention for the manifold views.
  Top           A
  Front        B
  Bottom     C
  Left           D
  Right         E
  Back          F
• The views in dialog displays exactly with same placement and orientation as in the drawing space.
• Sides available for dimensioning are displayed in black.
  Sides unavailable for dimensioning are displayed in gray.
• The Auto Dimension command of MDTools will not work, if you do not use the view names, per naming conventions.
• The dimension text height does not change on scaling the views.