Dimensioning points on separate viewports

[edwinprakoso]

Dear members,

 

Is it possible to create dimension that shows real (modelspace) distance from two separate viewports? In attachment, when I tried to add dimension to measure two points in the same viewport, it shows the modelspace distance (pointed by arrow). But when the points are in separate viewports, it shows layout distance (in red rectangle).

 

 

Thanks for your help!

[ReMark]

I vaguely recall this question coming up once before but for the life of me cannot remember what the answer was. Have you tried a search of CT?

[nestly]

In your illustration, the dimension for the endpiece is in modelspace, but the overall dimension is in paperspace (outside the viewports) If you want to do it the way you have shown, then you'll either have to apply a scale factor to the overall dimension, or simply override it. If you normally dimension in modelspace, then simply span across the viewports and move the text location off center so it appears in one of the viewports. If you hide your viewports for the plot, then you'll also want to add breaklines in paperspace along the viewport edges that are adjacent to each other.

 

http://screencast.com/t/X0z2WGjwH

Edited January 3, 2011 by nestly

[rkent]

Autocad doesn't handle that normally. For your example you can draw a line on a non-plot layer in MS from end to end. Go into PS and place the dim picking the two end points. Now edit the dim, insert a field, pick object, (you can pick the line even though you are in PS) use the length option for the field, pick OK. I am not sure but I think the dim line should be broken to indicate that the full length is not being shown.

[edwinprakoso]

Thank you for all the replies.

It looks like there is no direct way to do it in AutoCAD.

True, the dimension has to be broken. I planned to add dimension and add jog lines to indicate it's not the full length.

 

Thank you for enlightening me.