[heypoopy]

Is there an option to dimension all so that you don't have to do each line separately?

[alanjt]

Originally Posted by heypoopy

Is there an option to dimension all so that you don't have to do each line separately?

Just wave your magic wand, Harry Potter.

Try QDim, it's the best you are going to get w/o custom code, AFAIK.

[Lazer]

Quick answer is NO, and proberly a good job as you need to think how your going to dimension depending on who will be working from the drawing.

Inventor can auto dimension but in early versions you ended up cleaning it up, 2010 inventor is better.

[Cad64]

Originally Posted by alanjt

Just wave your magic wand, Harry Potter.

Originally Posted by Lazer

Quick answer is NO, and proberly a good job as you need to think how your going to dimension depending on who will be working from the drawing.

Right. You don't want the program deciding what needs to be dimensioned and what doesn't. Arrangement of dimensions is also very important, to insure legibility and understanding of what's being dimensioned. It's very important to think about what you are doing. Too much automation is not a good thing.

[nukecad]

Dont know what discipline you are in; but in engineering / mechanical you have a tolerance on every dimension even if it is only the sheet 'fall back' tolerance.

Automatic dimensioning often dimensions things twice and so the machinist / inspector does not know what tolerance to apply.

This is why you should think about dimensions if you want things to fit together every time,