- On the ribbon, click
Annotate tab
Dimension panel
Ordinate .
- In the graphics window, select the view to dimension.
- Place the origin indicator.
- Select the geometry to dimension in the graphics window.
- Right-click and select Continue.
- Move the cursor to preview placement of the dimensions. Then click to place the dimensions.
- Optionally, click to select and add additional points.
- When finished, right-click and select OK.
Add ordinate dimension sets
- On the ribbon, click
Annotate tab
Dimension panel
Ordinate Set .
- Select the geometry to dimension in the graphics window.
- Right-click and select Continue.
- Move the cursor to preview placement of the dimensions. Then click to place the dimensions.
- To change options for the dimension set, right-click at any time and then select Options.
- Make Origin
moves the origin point to the selected point.
- Allow broken leaders is selected by default. Clear the check mark to disallow broken leaders.
- Positive both directions is selected by default. Dimensions are positive numbers from the zero origin point. Clear the check mark to make negative dimension numbers left of zero origin point.
- Show Direction places an arrow on the origin dimension pointing in the positive direction.
- Reverse direction switches the direction of positive numbers.
- Optionally, click to select and add additional points.
- When finished, right-click and then select Create.