Dimension object groups on different dimension lines

Tekla Structures
2021
Tekla Structures

Dimension object groups on different dimension lines

You can use object groups to specify different objects to be dimensioned on different dimension lines.

  1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties > GA drawing.
  2. Click Dimensioning, and go to the Parts tab
  3. Add the desired object groups to dimensioning rules by clicking Add rule and selecting the rule from the list in the Object group column.
  4. If needed, you can create new object groups by clicking Object group. For example, add object group rules for beams of different size.
  5. For each object group, select the Positioning option, the Horizontal position option, and the Vertical position option, depending on the type of the objects in the group.

    For example, for beam groups, set Horizontal position to Left side to position the beam dimensions to the left side of the grid.

  6. If needed, in the Tag column, enter the text tags that you want to display for the different object groups in the drawing. For example, enter the size of the beam.

Example

In this example, several beam groups were created, one for each beam size to be dimensioned, then the position for the dimensions in different groups was selected, and tags were added displayed for each group:

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