Dimensioning Distances
The Dimensioning tool lets you add dimension labels to a drawing to indicate distances. That’s particularly useful when you’re drawing plans where measurements are important, such as architectural plans that will be used in actual construction.For the tasks in this lesson we’ll again use the Engineering–Feet template we’ve used previously.
Here’s how to use the Dimensioning tool to measure a cube:
1. Click the Start Using SketchUp button.
2. Select the Rectangle tool and draw a horizontal rectangle.
3. Select the Push/Pull tool in the toolbar and pull the rectangle up into a cube.
4. Select Toolbars from the View menu. This opens a submenu.
5. Select the submenu’s Large Tool Set item. This opens the large toolbar.
6. Select the Dimensioning tool in the toolbar (shown in Figure 10.2).
FIGURE 10.2 Pulling a dimensioning label using the Dimensioning tool.
7. Click an edge of the cube.
8. Pull a dimensioning label away from the edge. You can see what this looks like in Figure 10.2.
9. Click to fix the dimensioning label in place.
10. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for additional edges of the cube. You can see the results in Figure 10.3.
FIGURE 10.3 Dimensions added to a cube.
Great—now you can add dimension labels to your models.
TIP: Dimensioning Between Any Two Points
You can also add a dimension label between any two points in a drawing, not just an edge. To do that, select the Dimensioning tool, click the first point, and then click the second point.
Thanks :
Steven Holzner,
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