The Dimensions View displays all the dimensions used in the active part or assembly, including those with a set value and those determined by equations. This view makes it easy to rename or change the values of several dimensions.
Dimensions with a set value are visible only in this view, not in the Equations View or the Ordered View.
There are two versions of the Dimensions View, one for parts, and one for assemblies.
In the Dimensions View for a part, you can:
- Add new global variables, and rename, edit, delete, and suppress existing ones.
- Add equations to suppress features.
- Rename and change dimension values or add equations to dimensions.
- Add comments to global variables and features, and to dimensions that have equations.
In the Dimensions View for an assembly, you can:
- Add new global variables, and rename, edit, delete, and suppress existing ones.
- Add equations for components, and rename, edit, delete, and suppress existing ones.
- Rename and edit top-level dimensions of the assembly.
- Add comments to global variables and equations for components, and to top-level dimensions that have equations.
When you suppress an equation assigned to a dimension, the dimension uses the last evaluated value. When you unsuppress the equation, the dimension uses the equation instead of the value.
In the Name column, names of global variables, features, and equations are enclosed in quotation marks, while the names of dimensions are not. In the Value/Equation column, dimensions determined by equations start with = (equal sign), while dimensions with a set value do not start with =.