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Arc Dimensioning


MattG

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I am trying to dimension items along a path.  I am wondering what others would do for this type of dimension.  Basically, the path is made up of different arcs.  See the attached simplified picture.  

 

Typically I will do things like this with curved stage trussing, but generally, those items are all on an arc that is a consistent angle. I generally use the arc length dimension tool to note where things land on an arc by adding a dummy arc to it and apply the dimension to that arc.  However in this example, I want to dimension point "C" starting from the lower left point like A & B, but the arc changes diameters along the way.  What would be a good way to dimension that distance in other's opinions?

 

Thanks,

Matt

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Yeah sort of thought about that, but wasn't sure if someone had some sort of cool work around without doing the kind of "pretend" non-associative dimension.  I do dummy dims in perspective views all the time and it just sucks when you update things and they don't update.

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I think I would dimension the chord length instead if the arc changes radii and auto-updating was important.

 

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@Kevin Allen's suggestion of using a custom Data Tag is interesting and would work using an objects perimeter data. Here's what that could look like.

 

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It seems to update as you change the arc. File attached below.

 

Kevin

 

 

 

 

 

 

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