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Knowledge Bridge Documentation

Help version: 3.3.8

 

Description

This Design inherits InvDimension and is responsible for creating General dimensions in an Inventor drawing. The following are all parts of General Dimensions:

RadiusDimension

DiameterDimension

LinearDimension

AngularDimension

 

Mixins

InvDimension

 

RULE NAME

DESCRIPTION

TYPE

DEFAULTS

CATEGORY

FLAGS

invArrowHeadsInside

If true, forces the arrow-heads to be inside the extension lines.

Boolean

true

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invCenterMarkOrLine1Visible

Controls the visibility of center mark or center line.

Boolean

true

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invCenterMarkOrLine2Visible

 

Controls the visibility of center mark or center line.

Boolean

true

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invCenterMarkOrLine3Visible

 

Controls the visibility of center mark or center line.

Boolean

true

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invDimensionType

Determines the type of Dimension to be created.
For example:

kAlignedDimensionType,
kHorizontalDimensionType,kVerticalDimensionType,
ArcLengthDimensionType,
kDiametricDimensionType,
kAngularDimensionType

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invIntentOne

Intent of Point.

Choices are:

None,kStartPointIntent,
kEndPointIntent,
kMidPointIntent,
kCenterPointIntent, kCircularLeftPointIntent,
kCircularRightPointIntent,
kCircularTopPointIntent,
kCircularBottomPointIntent,
kAxisStartPointIntent,
kAxisMidPointIntent,
kAxisEndPointIntent,
kPlanarFaceCenterPointIntent

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invIntentTwo

Intent of Point.

Choices are:

None,kStartPointIntent,
kEndPointIntent,
kMidPointIntent,
kCenterPointIntent, kCircularLeftPointIntent,
kCircularRightPointIntent,
kCircularTopPointIntent,
kCircularBottomPointIntent,
kAxisStartPointIntent,
kAxisMidPointIntent,
kAxisEndPointIntent,
kPlanarFaceCenterPointIntent

String

"kEndPointIntent"

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invIntentThree

Intent of Point.

Choices are:

None,kStartPointIntent,
kEndPointIntent,
kMidPointIntent,
kCenterPointIntent, kCircularLeftPointIntent,
kCircularRightPointIntent,
kCircularTopPointIntent,
kCircularBottomPointIntent,
kAxisStartPointIntent,
kAxisMidPointIntent,
kAxisEndPointIntent,
kPlanarFaceCenterPointIntent

String

"kEndPointIntent"

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invKind

The type of dimension to be created.

Examples:

RadiusDimension, DiameterDimension, LinearDimension, AngularDimension

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

Required

invLeaderFromCenter

Leader line is from the center when set to true. This is applicable to Radius and Diameter dimensions.

Boolean

true

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invNamedFeature1

Name of work feature or named entity.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invNamedFeature2

Name of work feature or named entity.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invNamedFeature3

Name of work feature or named entity.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invPart1

The part containing NamedFeature1

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invPart2

The part containing NamedFeature2

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invPart3

The part containing NamedFeature3

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

InvPosition

The placement position of Dimension text. The point can be absolute or relative. Relative point can be specified as "["Part","PointFeature",[x,y]]"

Where

Part = The complete path to invName of the part where the PointFeature can be found.

PointFeature = A workpoint or a named vertex.

x,y = An optional offset vector from the PointFeature.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invSingleDimensionLine

Specifies whether to use a single dimension line. This is application to DiameterDimension

Boolean

true

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

 

kBridgeExamplesIcon

 

Project Example:

In your kBridge Examples Projects folder open the project called ‘Table_KB_Inventor_Example’.

 

Reference Location:

"world.tableapplication1.drawingdocuments.drawingdocuments0.sheetdocuments.SheetDocumentTable0.topviews.topviews0.generaldimensions.generaldimensions0"

 

Link: https://knowledgebridge.engineer/projects

 

 

invGenDimEx1

 

GeneralDimensions output example:

 

invGenDimEx2

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