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This section describes how to perform some tasks in addition to //User Manual// and //User Guides//. | This section describes how to perform some tasks in addition to //User Manual// and //User Guides//. | ||
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- Adapt Dimensions. You could do it with General Scale 1/25.4, but better let it at 1 for possible later print scaling and change the size values individually. You can later use these settings for all your inches drawings.\\ {{: | - Adapt Dimensions. You could do it with General Scale 1/25.4, but better let it at 1 for possible later print scaling and change the size values individually. You can later use these settings for all your inches drawings.\\ {{: | ||
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+ | There isn't a circular dimension tool for annotating arcs, but we can use one of the existing dimension tools, and then manually edit the label. | ||
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+ | This really only works convincingly on segments of circles, although the approach could be applied to a continuous string of line entities, at a push, maybe with the '' | ||
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+ | **Step-by-step example:** | ||
+ | - draw a circle, centred on a grid point :: '' | ||
+ | - draw two lines, from centre to perimeter, to define a segment :: '' | ||
+ | - divide the circle at the two lines, to create an arc (two, actually) :: '' | ||
+ | - select the arc to find its length in the status bar | ||
+ | - create an angular dimension annotation between the two lines :: '' | ||
+ | - edit the dimension properties, defining a new label with the length of the arc :: '' | ||
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+ | **Hint:** in addition to '' | ||