editing dimensions on an existing drawing

[Clint]

I am new to Alibre Design and having a problem changing the dimensions of a part. I have tried going back to the original extrusion sketch but can not change the dimensions to make a revision. I am guessing its because the 2d sketch is fully constrained.? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[DavidJ]

In your sketch 1 of your part, there is one more dimensions than is necessary to fully define it in both Y and Z directions.

What dimension do you want to alter ? You may have to also delete or alter another, to maintain consistency.

 

[Clint]

I would like to change the overall width. But I can't get anything to allow me to edit dimensions.

 

[DavidJ]

You have defined the overall width twice; By the 1" dimension at the bottom and also by the 0.5" + 0.25" + 0.25" across the top. So you'll have to delete one of those.

To edit dimension in 2D sketch, either double click the dimension, or right click it and choose Edit from context menu.

 

[Clint]

Thank you. Your advice got me to where I needed to be. I was not getting any of the dimensions in sketch mode to select them for editing. I was not selecting edit on the sketch.

 

[HaroldL]

Clint, just so you know, You can add callouts to the drawing views via the pop up menu




or the RM menu.




Once added you can edit any callouts




to add any extra text or instructions:




You can then delete the manually added callouts.




You can also select upper or lower case X from the Annotations section of the File Properties.

 

[Clint]

Thank you, I was not aware of this feature. I tried it out this morning and it is great.