Dimensioning to Core

1. Draw a compound wall and place an insert into the wall.
2. On the View Control Bar, click (Detail Level)Fine so that you can view the layers of the wall.
3. Select the wall and on the Properties palette, click (Edit Type).
4. For Wrapping at Inserts, select Both.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Annotate tabDimension panel (Aligned).
7. On the Options Bar, select Faces of core.
8. Select the outer core boundary as the reference for the dimension.
   

   Dimension references for perpendicular insert

   

   Dimension references for non-perpendicular insert