Displaying Dimensions

You can display or hide all the dimensions for all the features of the part. Then you can turn the display of dimensions on and off, either individually, or on a feature-by-feature basis.

  1. Right-click the Annotations folder in the FeatureManager design tree, and select Show Feature Dimensions.
    All the dimensions for the part appear. Notice that the dimensions that are part of a feature’s definition (such as the depth of an extruded feature) are blue.
    If you cannot see the dimensions, click Rebuild (Standard toolbar). You may need to move the dimensions to see them clearly.
  2. Right-click the Fillet2 feature, and select Hide All Dimensions. Do the same for the Fillet3 and Shell1 features.
    All the dimensions for these features are hidden.
  3. Right-click one of the 60mm dimensions, and select Hide.
    This individual dimension is hidden. It belongs to the Knob feature.
    To restore hidden dimensions, right-click the feature in the FeatureManager design tree whose dimensions are either partially or completely hidden, and select Show All Dimensions.
  4. If the Dimension PropertyManager is open, click to close it.
  5. Click View > Hide/Show > Dimension Names.
    The dimension names appear below the values in the model. Dimension names appear with default names. You can rename dimensions, similar to renaming features. You will rename dimensions later in this lesson.