Hi Anis ...

I have Rhino and do all my 2D dimensioning with it (and some 3d also).
I purchased Alibre but have not actually used it yet.

cheers,
eric

I use the free version of SketchUp for dimensioning my MoI modelling.

Ntian

Hmm, and is there a way to put out a drawing, lets say, in M 1:20 ?

Hi Janne,

> Hmm, and is there a way to put out a drawing, lets say, in M 1:20 ?

Do you mean in SketchUp?

There do seem to be some controls in there for controlling the scale of the printout, but they will not be active with the default perspective view.

In SketchUp, go to the Camera menu, and set the "Parallel projection" option and also go to the Camera > Standard views submenu and choose one of those views in order to get the print scaling controls to be active.

- Michael

if this can help :)
For the free version of google sketchup ;)
CLick image for zoom

Michael? Is Grouping system connect to dimension system as well ? thats the reason to will make basic dimension?

Hi andras,

> Michael? Is Grouping system connect to dimension system as
> well ? thats the reason to will make basic dimension?

You mean in the future for MoI?

Grouping will be a way to organize your model into a hierarchy of containers... It will not really have much to do with dimensioning.

The reason why I say "basic" dimensions is that I probably won't have an extremely detailed level of control over the dimensions like supporting 5 different international standards of arrowhead symbols, or stuff like that which you may find in programs that are very focused on drafting.

The main goal will not really be to replace a dedicated drafting program, but just to be able to place some basic annotations for simple communication.

- Michael

just because I thought dimensions will be complex object by lines and text in a group...

Hi andras, I see what you mean... That is true that a dimension is going to be some collection of lines and text within it. But there will be additional logic to control it and arrange these pieces that will not be very similar to groups.

So a dimension is probably going to be more like a special kind of object that will be added into MoI and not just something that comes automatically with a group function.

- Michael

Thanks Michael, Thanks Pilou, i will try that.