Analyzing Interfering Dimensions

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

In addition: Select the View -> Toolbar -> Analyze option from the menu bar.

 

This task will show you how to analyze dimensions that were generated and possibly re-positioned  (Positioning icon) on the active view.
Open the GenDrafting_part_ positioningdim02.CATDrawing document.

 
1. Click the Dimension Analysis icon from the Analyze toolbar.
OR 

1. Select Tools -> Analyze -> Dimensions Analysis from the menu bar.
 

The Analyse dialog box appears with the following options:

 

List with all the annotations badly placed/Optimized list with the annotations badly placed
You can choose to have either a whole or a filtered list with the interfering elements
  

Total number of elements in the current list
As you choose the above list type, the total number of interfering elements is automatically updated
Number of the pointed element
You are provided a number for the element currently pointed as an interfering element
Scanner (Start, Before, Update, Next, End)
You can navigate among the list of interfering elements

 

 
 

The interfering dimensions are automatically displayed in the red orange color. 

Small circles allow visualizing the interference location.

 

2. Select Optimized list with the annotations badly placed option.

3. Click the Next switch .

4. Start modifying the dimension positions one after the other.

Note that you may either re-position one dimension or either delete or copy this dimension, if needed.

 
View with interfering dimension
 (Number 3):		 View once the interfering dimension has been deleted:

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