Automatic Ordinate : Options and Results

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Click the button in the toolbar.
Select Symbols > Automatic Symbols > Automatic Ordinate from the menu bar.

Automatically create ordinate dimensions through circles, arcs, points, splines, and center lines.

Ordinate dimensions can be created in any direction and defined via view entities (two points or a line), allowing alignment with view rotation or angled details. You can also control the ordinate dimension's association with the view on the X-axis as well as its distance from selected points or the view. Additional functionality includes the option of displaying the Base Point dimension (zero point).

Preferences options enable you to set the default for the creation of ordinate dimensions close to the measured point or outside the view and also the default distance of the ordinate dimensions.

Create an Automatic Ordinate Dimension

InvokeInvoke (for instructions on invoking this function, select the Access button at the top of this Help topic) the Automatic Ordinate function. The Automatic Ordinate dialog is displayed. Note that the Select Base Point button is active.

PickPick(left mouse button) the point shown below as origin.

From the Automatic Ordinate dialog, pickpick (left mouse button) the Set Ordinate Direction button, and pick a line on the view as shown below.

PickPick (left mouse button) the OK button to approve. The results are shown below.

Note: Since an oblique orientation was picked, all ordinate dimensions are displayed perpendicular to it.