Lesson 6. Dimensions, Editing Raster
Text
Brief
description: During this lesson
you will learn how to create dimensions and edit raster texts.
 For detailed information on these subjects see the following sections
of the Quick Start guide: Dimension, Editing
raster texts, and also the corresponding sections
of the User’s Guide.
Create dimensions
Choose Open from the File
menu. Open the Dimensions.cws file from the
Lesson_6 folder.
Example: You need to create dimensions and modify the
text.
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Before editing
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After editing
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To create a linear dimension:
Open the Dimension toolbar.
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- Press the Create horizontal linear dimension button.
- Specify two points to create dimensions.
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When specifying points, use the raster snap tools. Right-click
with Ctrl pressed and choose a raster snap type from the list. |
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While the rubber line is displayed, you can tune
dimension parameters in the Inspector.
For example, you can set the text height in the
Text Height field, the markers position – in the Markers
position field, the text position – in the Text
position field, etc.
- Click to finish creating the dimension.
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To create an angular dimension:
- Press the Create angular dimension button on the
Dimension toolbar.
- Specify the center point, then the first and the second angle
sides.
While the rubber line is displayed, you can tune dimension parameters
in the Inspector.
- Click to finish creating the dimension.
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For example, if you need to create text denotation of
the angle dimension with the “degree” symbol, in the Text
field choose %NU; if the “degree” symbol is not needed,
choose %N.
If you choose User Defined in the Text Position
field, you can specify the text position manually by moving it using the
grips.
- Create linear
dimensions as shown in the figure.
While the rubber line is displayed, in the Text
field choose %D to display the “diameter” symbol.
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Editing raster text
To edit a raster text:
- From the Draw
menu choose Raster, and then Edit Raster Text
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- Outline the raster text with a rectangle.
- Open the Inspector, and specify parameters for
the new text in the corresponding fields.
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- Enter the text in the Text field.
- Press Enter.
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