Adding dimensions

- In this movie, we're going to look…at dimensioning a floor plan.…Now, we've looked at dimensions before…but largely we've focused on using dimensions…as a tool to help us build our model.…And they're very useful at doing that.…But in this movie I'd like to focus…on using dimensions purely for annotation,…to help us document our design.…I'm going to work on a floor plan,…but all of these techniques would work equally well…in elevations or sections.…So, let's just review the basics…of laying out a dimension first.…So what I'm going to do is zoom in over here…on this side of the plan, near these two offices.…

And I'm going to go up here to my quick access toolbar,…and click my aligned dimension tool.…And remember the shortcut for that is d + i.…Now, you may recall that to use the dimension tool…it's just a matter of clicking on…two or more dimension references.…So right now you can see it's highlighting…the center of this wall, and then I'll come over here…and it's highlighting the center of this wall.…And then it's important to remember…