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  • Dimension Snaps
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  • Show Pitch
  • Show selected member's cut angles
  • Show selected member's length
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Dimension Options

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Last updated 26 days ago

Dimension Snaps

This feature allows you to toggle midline, centroid, intersection, and vertex snaps for Dimension Mode.

Show Standard Dimensions

Dimension Details

This feature has 3 settings: Minimal, General and Detailed.

  • Minimal includes dimensions for the overall length, chases, and end conditions

  • General includes includes dimensions for the overall length, chases, end conditions, and splices

  • Detailed includes a dimension for every member and feature of the component

Dimension Labels

Choose whether to see cumulative dimension values, independent dimension values or both at once

Show Pitch

This feature is toggled on by default and will show the pitch of each top chord next to it.

Show selected member's cut angles

This feature is on by default and will display the cut angles of a member when it is selected in the scene.

Note

Cut angles are only shown when a single member is selected at a time.

Show selected member's length

This feature is on by default and will display the length of a member when it is selected.

Note

Length is only displayed for a single member at a time. If multiple members are selected, no length information will be shown.

View Options > Dimension Options
Dimension Snaps
Dimension Details: Minimal
Dimension Details: General
Dimension Details: Detailed
Dimension Labels: Separated
Dimension Labels: Cumulative
Dimension Labels: Combined