Path Length Dimension
You can
set a path length dimension to a chain of sketch entities. You can set the
dimension to be a driving dimension, so that when you drag the entities, the
path length resizes consistently. The path length dimension can help constrain
belt and chain assemblies or pulley systems.
You can
reference this dimension in custom properties, configurations, equations, or tables,
including design tables and BOMs.
Click Tools
> Dimensions > Path Length or select it from the Smart
Dimension command located on the Sketch toolbar as shown below.
Now we can
right click on the sketch entity and select chain or pick directly from the
graphics area the entities we want to select for Path Dimension.
As shown
below we get the Path Length dimension.
Once we
have the dimension we can round it off to the nearest value or even change the
value.
Setting a
Fixed Length Spline
You can
set a dimension to fix the length of a spline as shown below. You can reference
this dimension in custom properties, configurations, equations, and tables,
including design tables and BOMs. Previously, you could not dimension splines
to a fixed length.
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