Connect a break line at a distance


    In a broken view, you can constrain a break line so that it remains at a specific distance from geometry, for example, from the edge of a hole.

    Example:

  1. Right-click the drawing view with the break line and choose the Draw In View command.

  2. In the Draw In View environment, do the following:

    1. On the Layers tab, create a new layer and rename it to something useful, such as At Distance.

    2. Double-click the newly created layer name to make it the active layer.

    3. Use the Line command to draw a line that you can use for placing a dimension.

    4. Use the Smart Dimension command to add a dimension that fixes the line at the required distance from the edge of the hole.

    5. On the ribbon, click Close Draw In View.

  3. Click+drag the break line onto the line you drew to create a connect relationship between the break line and the dimensioned line.

  4. On the Drawing View Selection command bar, click the Show Broken View button to break the view again.

  5. On the Layers tab, in the Drawing Views collector, right-click the layer name you created and choose the Hide command.

    The line and dimension are hidden.

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