Ordinate dimensioning

Ordinate dimensioning

Ribbon: Home, Annotate – Dimensions > Ordinate
Menu: Dimensions – Ordinate
Toolbar: Utilities –
Command line: MDIMORD

To specify the chain of linear ordinate dimensions:

• Start the Auto command.
• Select the Ordinate option in the command line or context menu.
• Specify the first point of the first dimension:
  
• Specify the second point of the first dimension:
  
• Specify the dimension line location:
  
• Select the Base option in the command line or context menu and specify the endpoint of the second ordinate dimension:
  
• Specify all the endpoints of the other ordinate dimensions:
  
• Press ENTER to finish the command:
  

To specify the chain of angular ordinate dimensions:

• Start the Auto command.
• Select the angUlar option in the command line or context menu
• Specify the first point of the angular dimension (vertex of angle):
  
• Specify the second point of the angular dimension:
  
• Specify the third point of the angular dimension:
  
• Select the Ordinate option in the context menu and specify the dimension line location:
  
• Select the CHain option in the command line or context menu and specify the endpoint of the second dimension:
  
• Specify the endpoint of the third dimension:
  
• Specify the endpoint of the last dimension:
  
• Press ENTER to finish the command:
  

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