Dimension Creation Statements

Function

Statement Format

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL

obj = LDIM/{HORIZ|VERT},(origin),
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]
"PMOD3",obj1,
VIEW,'View Name',
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]
"PMOD3",obj2,VIEW,'View Name'
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]
[,OBLIQ, Angle]

PARALLEL

obj = LDIM/PARLEL,(origin),
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]"PMOD3",
obj1,VIEW,'View Name',
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]
"PMOD3",obj2,VIEW,'View Name'
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

PERPENDICULAR

obj = LDIM/PERP,(origin),baseline,
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]"PMOD3",
obj,VIEW,'View Name'[,Dim. text]
[,APPEND,App. text]

ANGULAR DIMENSION

obj = ADIM/[MAJOR,](origin),"PMOD3",line1,
VIEW,'View Name',"PMOD3",line2
,VIEW,'View Name'
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

ARC LENGTH DIMENSION

obj = ARCDIM/(origin),Arc
,VIEW,'View Name'[,Dim. text]
[,APPEND,App. text]

CYLINDRICAL DIMENSION

obj = CYLDIM/(origin),
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]
"PMOD3",obj1,VIEW,'View Name',
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]"PMOD3",
obj2,VIEW,'View Name'[,Dim. text]
[,APPEND,App. text]

RADIUS

obj = RDIM/(origin),arc,VIEW,'View Name'
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

FOLDED RADIUS

obj = FRDIM/(origin),arc,[VIEW,'View Name',]
[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},] "PMOD3"
,obj,VIEW,'View Name'[,ANGLE,angle]
,x,y[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

DIAMETER

obj = DDIM/(origin),arc,VIEW,'View Name'
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

HOLE DIMENSION

obj = HDIM/(origin),arc,VIEW,'View Name'
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES DIMENSION

obj = CCDIM/(origin),arc1,VIEW,'View Name',arc2
,VIEW,'View Name'[,{LEFT|RIGHT},]
[,Dim. text][,APPEND,App. text]

ORDINATE DIMENSION

obj = ODIM/(origin),{margin objid|{HORIZ|VERT}
,origin objid}
,[{ENDOF|CENTER|TANTO},]"PMOD3"
,obj,VIEW,'View Name'
[,DOGLEG,angle,distance][,Dim. text]
[,APPEND,App. text][,IFERR,label:]

ORDINATE ORIGIN DIMENSION

obj = OODIM/[{ENDOF|CENTER},]"PMOD3",obj
,VIEW,'View Name'[,QUAD,{quad_no}]
[,ARROWS][,NAME,'name text']
[,SYMBOL,{symbol_no}][,IFERR,label:]

ORDINATE MARGIN

obj = OOMGN/{HORIZ|VERT},obj
,[VIEW,'View Name',
{line,VIEW,'View Name']
|xpos,ypos,xdir,ydir}[,offset distance]
[,IFERR,label:

SPECIAL CONTROL FUNCTIONS

DFSTR/(num)

DIMENSION BY PARTS

obj = DIMBP/{obj list|comp list|obj list,comp list}

SET DIMENSION PARAMETERS BY DRAFTING OBJECT

DIMPAR/[DRAW,]obj

GENERATE DRAFTING OBJECTS TO CURRENT SETTINGS

GENDIM/obj list