andar424 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Hey everyone! Is there a way to use an ordinate set dimension and have it grab a tangent edge? I have a drawing that I want to dimension the overall height, but the highest point is on a radius/fillet. I can just add another dimension above it, but didn't know if that was a limitation of ordinate set or not, because I'd like to keep it clean and with the set if possible. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbradley Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 You can drag one of the dimensions up there once it's created, but I don't know if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpyoung333 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 In your .idw go to Sketch > Start Sketch > then Project Geometry of the arc, draw a line and make the line Tangent to the arc. Finish Sketch. You should be able to select it for ordinate dimensioning. You can then go back into the sketch and make the line Sketch Only and it will disappear leaving your dimension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andar424 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks for the input guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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