Dimensioning exploded view drawing in Layout

Mikar · 29 Aug 2013, 11:19

Hi everybody,

I am very new to Layout and am trying to put dimensions onto an exploded view drawing.

In Sketchup the dimensionlines always align to the 3D model. This is what I want to achieve in Layout. But Layout seems to only allow vertical, horizontal or somewhat tilted (60°?) dimensionlines. Is this so?

I have attached an image to illustrate my problem. What do I need to do to get aligned dimensions within Layout similar to those in Sketchup? Is it possible?

Cheers
Mikar

yorik1984 · 29 Aug 2013, 11:32

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=53100

mwm5053 · 29 Aug 2013, 11:33

You might want to look at this thread where this has been discussed before.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=53100

Edit youik beat me to it

Mikar · 29 Aug 2013, 13:02

Ah, I see the problem has already been discussed widely on this forum and a few workarounds have been suggested (like drawing guidelines in SU in order to place dimensiongrafics manually in LO).

Thanks
Mikar