Extracting Dimensions

You can extract dimensions from drawings, then modify numeric values and designate additional information.

To extract dimensions:

  1. In a drawing, click Dimension (Document ribbon).
  2. In the graphics area, box-select a dimension.
    A balloon appears next to the extracted annotation, the image appears at the top of the Characteristic tab in the Properties/Preferences PropertyManager, and the OCR attempts to fill the correct values in the Characteristic tab.
  3. Optional: If the OCR does not recognize all of the values in the annotation correctly, you can use the selective recapture tools to create the correct values or enter them manually:
    1. At the top of the Characteristic tab, box-select a value.
    2. Click one of the following based on the value you box-selected:
      • Perform OCR of Selected Region
      • Perform OCR of Nominal Value
      • Perform OCR of Tolerance Value
      • Crop image to selected region
      • Recapture currently selected characteristic
    3. In the Properties/Preferences PropertyManager, under General, Inspection, Ballooning, and Custom, enter values for the remaining data in the annotation.