I taught myself this little trick today. I have already used it a second
time--so now it's a "technique" (which I like):
Put a "dimension" label on an edge of a side before you push or pull a
face, and you can watch the length of the side change "dynamically"
(i.e. as you push/pull).
I guess if you're a super-excellent SU-user (like Swingman or Leon) then
you model your lengths right the first time and won't need to do this
very often (only when you modify an existing model).
Bill
Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> I taught myself this little trick today. I have already used it a second
> time--so now it's a "technique" (which I like):
>
> Put a "dimension" label on an edge of a side before you push or pull a
> face, and you can watch the length of the side change "dynamically" (i.e.
> as you push/pull).
> I guess if you're a super-excellent SU-user (like Swingman or Leon) then
> you model your lengths right the first time and won't need to do this
> very often (only when you modify an existing model).
>
> Bill
Ah, so you have found out that dimension lines and their extensions are
associative. A very handy feature of many drawing programs.
I use dimensions mostly to confirm sizes when creating a drawing,
especially on components that must remain a specific size. I am
immediately aware if I accidentally change that dimension when editing.
And as you are now aware this is handy to confirm resizing of a component.
In article <[email protected]>,
Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Ah, so you have found out that dimension lines and their extensions are
>associative. A very handy feature of many drawing programs.
I've known that for a long time, but it never ocurred to me to use it
as a measuring tool while editing. Thanks, Bill Nospam.
>I use dimensions mostly to confirm sizes when creating a drawing,
>especially on components that must remain a specific size. I am
>immediately aware if I accidentally change that dimension when editing.
>And as you are now aware this is handy to confirm resizing of a component.
I just use the tape measure to confirm sizes, but using dimensions to
detect unintended changes is also clever.
--
-Ed Falk, [email protected]
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/
Edward A. Falk wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Ah, so you have found out that dimension lines and their extensions are
>> associative. A very handy feature of many drawing programs.
> I've known that for a long time, but it never ocurred to me to use it
> as a measuring tool while editing. Thanks, Bill Nospam.
Me neither, but this seems to be much quicker than performing
subtraction as I have been doing. At worst, I leave myself with an
easier subtraction problem.
Cheers,
Bill
>
>
>> I use dimensions mostly to confirm sizes when creating a drawing,
>> especially on components that must remain a specific size. I am
>> immediately aware if I accidentally change that dimension when editing.
>> And as you are now aware this is handy to confirm resizing of a component.
> I just use the tape measure to confirm sizes, but using dimensions to
> detect unintended changes is also clever.
>