Combining Dimensions
To fully constrain a part, you must often apply the same dimension and
geometric tolerance to two or more features. You can combine dimensions
and geometric tolerances into a single specification using the shortcut
menu.
To combine location dimensions:
Open a model with dimensions to combine. For example,
you can combine the three dimensions into one.
When combining location dimensions, they must all have the same origin
feature.
Ctrl +
select the three dimensions from left to right.
Right-click and select Combine
Dimension.
The dimensions combine into one at the last
selected dimension, with an instance count automatically added.
To return dimensions to individual
dimensions, right-click the combined dimension and select Break
Combined Dimension. To combine or break geometric tolerances, the
options are Combine Gtol and Break Combined Gtol.
To combine size dimensions and geometric tolerances:
Open a model with size dimensions and geometric
tolerances to combine. For example, you can combine the three dimensions
into one.
Ctrl +
select the two size dimensions from left to right.
Right-click and click Combine
Dimension.
The dimensions combine into one at the last selected dimension, with
an instance count automatically added.
When combining only geometric
tolerances, right-click and click Combine
Gtol. When combining geometric tolerances, the applied symbols,
tolerances, and datums must be the same.