OpenBridge Modeler

Detail Style-Dimensioning - Common-Optimization tab

SettingDescription
Text Position Settings that determine text positioning in optimization.
Don’t alternate The text remains on its original height on the dimension line and is only optimized according to the other default settings.
Alternate Only Above.. The text is moved only above the neighboring text so that they overlap horizontally, but not vertically.
Alternate Above and Below.. The text is moved above and below the dimension line so that they overlap horizontally, but not vertically.
Move text Above Dimension Help Lines The text is moved across the construction help lines if it does not fit in between above the dimension line (even if otherwise not colliding with any other neighboring dimension).
Move text Between Dimension help lines The text is supposed to be colliding and optimized if it does not fit in between above and below the dimension line (even if otherwise not colliding with any other neighboring dimension).
Move Outer Dimensions Outside The two outer dimensions are moved beside the dimension line in horizontal direction.
Move Inner Dimension Horizontal The inner dimension texts are moved horizontally across the construction help lines into a neighboring dimension if there is enough place.
Adapt Text Size A dimension chain is automatically changed to the style variant 1 Auto smaller (x0.7), if thus collisions can be avoided.

If the dimension chain has already this style variant, no modification takes place. If a dimensioning style has been assigned to style variant 1, this style will be used instead, even if it wouldn’t have such a favorable text height – which might be as well as reinforcement!

Group it Grouping criteria for dimension groups.
Similar Dimension Lines Dimension chains containing few dimensions (e.g. one single drill hole) are integrated into another dimension chain. It may be that something different has been dimensioned in this other dimension chain (e.g. outer contour). The overall dimensions are excluded from this.
Same Dimensions Several consecutive identical distances are combined into one shared dimension, e.g. 3 dimensions à 100 are combined into one dimension with the dimension text 3x100.
  • Min. Count – Here, you specify the number of identical dimensions from which on they are combined in a group.
  • Postfix – Here, you specify which text has still to be added to the number (if you enter e.g. ‘x’, you’ll get ‘5x100’).
Dimension Lines Settings sort modes for dimension lines to filter and remove duplicate.
Remove If Duplicate Removes duplicate dimension lines in optimization process.
Search Mode Sets the search mode for dimension lines: at Equal Destination, Similar Destination, or without considering the destination.
Dimension Direction Sets the direction for the dimension lines: as Only Horizontal, Only Vertical or both in Vertical and Horizontal.
Dimension Position Sets the position for the dimension lines: as Facing Sides, or Only Same Side.
The picture below shows the different optimization settings for texts in dimension chains: