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Use element ranges to dimension elements
Original Tip Date:
Nov 5, 2007
Use element ranges to dimension elements
With thanks to
Kirk Dunlap
for this tip.
If you've created an arc by trimming an ellipse, you may not be able to dimension the long axis quite right. If so, turn on the display of the element ranges and use the snappable range block for placing the dimensions. A couple of notes: The resulting dimension will not be associated with the arc. And finally, range blocks became snappable in MicroStation V8 XM Edition.
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Created by
Nicholas Fuschino
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Tue, Jun 17 2008 12:42 PM
Last revision by
Jordan Stierly
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Thu, Jun 10 2010 8:57 AM
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