Analyzing Interfering Dimensions

You can analyze dimensions that were generated and possibly re-positioned (using the Positioning icon) on the active view.

Before you begin: Open a generative drawing representation.
See Also
About Dimension Generation
Positioning Dimensions (View per View)
  1. From the configured section of the action bar, click Dimensions Analysis .

    This command is not available by default. To add it to the action bar, select Me > Preferences > Customize > Commands, and drag and drop the command onto a section.

    The Analyze dialog box contains the following options:

    • List with all the annotations badly placed/Optimized list with the annotations badly placed: You can choose to have either a whole or a filtered list with the interfering elements.

    • Total number of elements in the current list: As you choose the above list type, the total number of interfering elements is automatically updated.

    • Number of the pointed element: You are provided a number for the element currently pointed as an interfering element.

    • Scanner (Start, Before, Update, Next, End): You can navigate among the list of interfering elements.

    The interfering dimensions are automatically displayed, and small circles enable you to visualize the interference location.



  2. Select Optimized list with the annotations badly placed option.
  3. Click Next .
  4. Start modifying the position of each dimension one after the other.

    The image below shows an interfering dimension (Number 2):



Important: The Analyze tool is designed to analyze basic interfering elements, thus it does not take into account advanced dimension manipulation such as leaders lines that might have been interrupted previously.