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February 20, 2012
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Change dimension preferences

  • February 20, 2012
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Hi I would like to know how to change the dimensions style in a drawing.

By standard the text is always viewed from below however I would like to have the vertical dimensions viewed from the right? I would also like all the text to sit above the dimension line.

I presume these are all editable somehow in the config file as is the case for most things in Creo. Is there a list of some sort which I can find which config options perform which changes?

Thanks in advance.


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Best answer by KevinBradberry

Hey Steve,

You'll need to set the drawing option "text_orientation" to "parallel". This is not a config option. With an open drawing go to File>Drawing options.

With drawing options, all options can be viewed on the list unlike config options in which you have to know the name of the option or use the search field to find it.

If you want a serachable list for drawing options and config option, go to http://www.proesite.com/. Click Utilities in the left margin and then click "check out my on-line utilities".

-Kevin

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KevinBradberry1-VisitorAnswer
1-Visitor
February 20, 2012

Hey Steve,

You'll need to set the drawing option "text_orientation" to "parallel". This is not a config option. With an open drawing go to File>Drawing options.

With drawing options, all options can be viewed on the list unlike config options in which you have to know the name of the option or use the search field to find it.

If you want a serachable list for drawing options and config option, go to http://www.proesite.com/. Click Utilities in the left margin and then click "check out my on-line utilities".

-Kevin

ptc-43399821-VisitorAuthor
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February 21, 2012

Do I need to change these options for every drawing or is there a way of setting this as a preference?

Thanks very much for the link.

KshetrabasiMaha1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 21, 2012

Hi Steve

Drawing options can be saved as a .dtl file

You can give the path of this (.dtl) file in your Config.pro in the following option

drawing_setup_file <Path of the file>

Regards

K.Mahanta

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