Skip to main content
T
tekknow1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 11, 2018
Question

how to place linear point-to-point dimension?

  • January 11, 2018
  • 1 reply
  • 9284 views

Very basic question I can't figure out.  I left-click the first point and it highlights.  If I left-click the second point, it highlights but the first one is released.  If I ctrl-LMB click the second point then both the points highlight.  But now what?  How to get the preview of the dimension?  If I MMB click where I want the dimension to be placed, both highlighted points get released and no dimension is placed.  

The only doc I could find on it is here:

http://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_sim/usascii/index.html#page/sim/simulate/sketcher/To_Create_Linear_Dimensions.html

Doing what it says but no joy.  This is Creo 4.0

 

 

1 reply

D
DaveMartin16-Pearl
16-Pearl
January 13, 2018

Is your mouse set up to behave like a standard mouse? (In other words, might it be set up for a left-handed person, or is the middle mouse button mapped to something else?)

 

For creating a dimension, it is left clicks using the CTRL key, and then middle mouse button to place the dimension. Where you click the middle mouse button determines if you get a horizontal dimension, vertical dimension, or angled dimension. If you middle mouse button over an angled line between the two points, for example, you will get the dimension along that direction.

    T
    tekknow1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    January 15, 2018

    Hi Dave,

    Thanks for the reply and confirmation about the correct way to place a dimension.  That is exactly what I was doing but no dimension would appear.  I could see the two point clicks highlighted.  At that point there is supposed to be a ghost dimension which can be placed with a third MMB click.  I would not see the ghost dimension and when I MMB click, not only would the dimension not be placed, but the two selected points would disappear as well.

     

    More recently, I was successful at placing a dimension.  I don't know what was different that time, it just started working.  I must have been in some mode where dimensioning doesn't work.  I'll keep my eye on it and if I happen to stumble back into that mode, I'll reply here again.

    Greg

    D
    DaveMartin16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    January 15, 2018

    Is your dimension visibility perhaps turned off? In the In Graphics Toolbar, the third icon from the right is a drop-down for controlling the visibility of entities in the sketch. One of the check boxes is for displaying dimensions.

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement