arc lengths and angles

[JWayman]

Hello,
We want to produce a drawing of a curved plate with a series of holes along
its edges. We would like to dimension these holes both as an angle from one
end and as an arc length from the same end.
Is there a quick and dirty way to create an arc length dimension on the
drawing, or are we forced to convert everything to a perimeter and deal with
all the tricky bits associated with that?

Regards,


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[CM10]

You can make the construction curve length the perimeter and drive the angle from that, or vis versa. Both dims will show on the dwg, and you can delete the "var" and "perim" from the text. Anything else would probably be MORE work.

[sl2741]

you could place points on a curve - representing the hole center. point location can be a function of lenght on a curve.