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Radial Dimensions . . .
 Measure an arc diameter
  1. Open the Radial menu on the 3D Document toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Radial icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Click Arc Diameter.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Position your pointer over the arc you want to measure in the model. The arc is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned for selection.
  5. Click on the arc.
  6. Drag the label into position and click once.

Note

If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

 Measure an arc diameter
  1. Open the Radial menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. {How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Radial icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Click Arc Radius.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Position your pointer over the arc you want to measure in the model. The arc is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned for selection.
  5. Click on the arc.
  6. Drag the label into position and click once.

Note

If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

 Measure a circle by three points
  1.  Open the Radial menu on the 3D Document toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Radial icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Click Circle by Three Vertices. Red dots designate available vertices on the model.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Click three vertices on the model. Crosshairs indicate when the pointer is properly positioned over a point.
  5. Drag the label into position and click once.

Note

You can choose to show only the arc that runs through the three points by right-clicking the label and selecting Draw Arc from the context menu.

 If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

The context menu contains functions based on the selected markup type. For example, a Point Coordinates markup context menu will differ slightly from an Arc Center to Arc Center markup context menu. 

On any given context menu you may not see all of the functions discussed below.

Editing the Markup
 Hide/show a label
  1. Right-click the markup dimension label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Hide (or Show) markup name to manage whether or not the label is displayed in the scene.
 Hide/show point coordinates
  1. Right-click the markup dimension label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Hide (or Show) Arc Center Point Coordinates to manage whether or not the coordinates are displayed in the label.
 Set measurement units
  1. Right-click the markup dimension label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu.
  2. Select Units, then click your choice of units on the flyout menu.

Note

Select Display Units on the flyout menu to show/hide measurement units in the label.

Select As Environment on the flyout menu to show/hide . . .

WHAT IS AS ENVIRONMENT?

 Set number of decimal places displayed in the measurement
  1. Right-click the markup dimension label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu.
  2. Select Decimal Places, then click your choice on the flyout menu.
 Keep a label in front of the model
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Stay on Top. The Stay on Top setting has a check mark beside it when it is enabled.

Note

Markup labels (with the exception of a 2D Note) rotate along with your view of the model. This can result in the label appearing behind the model. You can prevent this with the Stay on Top setting.

Follow this same procedure to disable the Stay on Top setting.

 Lock a label in position
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Lock Position. The Lock Position setting has a check mark beside it when it is enabled.

Note

Follow the same procedure to disable the Lock Position setting.

The labels with the Lock Position setting enabled will still rotate with the view of the model. Lock Position only prevents the label from being moved with a drag operation. See "Keep a label in front of the model" on this page.

 Delete a label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Delete on the menu.A dialog box asks you to confirm the deletion.

Note

Deleting a note or markup dimension label removes it permanently. If you would rather temporarily hide a label, see "Hide/show a label" on this page.
 Properties
 Change the font and background used in a label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the button that displays the current font name and size.This opens the Font dialog box. (See 3D Viewer Settings.)
  4. Select the desired font settings and click OK.
  5. Click the Background... button to open the Color dialog box.
  6. Select the background color for the label and click OK.

Note

A preview of the selected font and background is shown in the Properties dialog box.

This procedure changes the font of the selected label only. (See 3D Viewer Settings.)

 Change the color of markup arrows and lines
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties. This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Color... button associated with either Arrow or Line to open the Color dialog box.
  4. Click the desired color and click OK.

Note

This procedure changes the color of the selected label only. (See 3D Viewer Settings.)
 Change a dimension coordinate system
  1. Right-click the dimension. This can be done either from the Markup browser or the label in the scene.
  2. Select Properties to open the markup properties dialog box.
  3. Select the desired coordinate system from the Relative to: drop-down menu.
  4. Click OK.

Note

You can tell if a dimension measurement is taken relative to a coordinate system other than the Global Coordinate System by the triad icon on the markup label.

 Add a link to a markup label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box
  3. Click in the Hyperlink box.
  4. Type the path of the Web page or file you want to link to, or click the folder icon to browse to a local file.
  5. Click OK. The text of the label should be underlined.

Note

Examples of valid link paths include:

To link to a user view, type the pound sign (#) followed by the name of the saved view.

To link to another document within the .3D file, surround the name of the document with square brackets [ ]. For example, typing [Wheel] would open the Wheel document.

If you would like to link a user view within a 3D document, add the pound sign # followed by the viewname. For example, typing [Wheel]#view2 would open the Wheel document and display the view named view2.

SpinFire 11.0 will append the http:// protocol header to any relative link. Therefore, links to files must use an absolute path.

 Add or edit a description or comment

To add or edit a description

  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click in the Description box and type a description.
  4. Click OK.The description will appear on the label beneath the original measurement or note.

To add or edit a comment

  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click in the Comments box and type your comment.
  4. Click OK. A mark will appear in the lower-right corner of the label, indicating the presence of a comment.
 User views

 

 Add the markup to another view

 

 Move the markup to another view

 

 Remove the markup from view

 HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM DELETE?

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