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- ORDINAT allows you to create and edit ordinate dimensions.
- All ordinate dimensions can be created on a horizontal,
- vertical or parallel axis using alignment or non-alignment
- assignments. Once these dimensions are established, they
- can be added to, moved, deleted, or aligned while still
- keeping their original characteristics.
-
- Choose an ordinate dimension option from the displayed
- menu.
-
- CREATE - to choose to align or not align the ordinate
- dimensions to be created and whether you want to
- dimension HORIZTL, VERTICL, or PARALEL axis.
-
- MODIFY - to choose whether you want to ADD TO, MOVE,
- ALIGN, or REMOVE the ordinate dimensions.
-
- Within the DIM MOD switch set to AUTOMAT, the dimension is
- calculated automatically.
-
- With the DIM MOD switch set to MANUAL, the on-line text
- editor is activated and you are prompted to enter the
- dimension text.
-
- To end the text input, choose the SAVE TX (save text)
- option.
-
- Dimensioning is done when all three positions are
- designated. Witness lines, leaders, text, and arrows
- are drawn according to the current settings.
-