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# **Summary**

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- Create automatic dimensions for section views.

 

# **How to Run**

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**[CIM View Mode]**

- Ribbon Menu > [INFRA-DESIGN] Tab> Dimension> View Auto Dimension

 

# **Explanation**

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## **How to create view auto dimensions when in CIM**

**When setting up a CIM section, dimensions are automatically created in the section view.**

| **CIM - Auto Dimension (CAD ID)** | **Commentary contents** |
| --- | --- |
| ![image-20240509-044257.png](media://000c4d02-39cd-4720-b1b7-4f643f231f0d) | - **[How to Run]**  
When create a 2D cross section using By Plane in CIM, you can immediately create and check dimensions on the 2D cross section by applying the <span style="color: #bf2600">**Auto Dimension **</span>(<span style="color: #bf2600">**CAD ID**</span>) option. |
| ![image-20240529-234153.png](media://18f92bbb-2dfe-4136-ad47-70d313ff909e) | - **[Command]**
  - **View auto dimensions complete.**  
:note: View auto dimensions can only be applied to Member (Concrete, Steel)   
     objects when creating a 2D section using By Plane. |
| ![image-20240509-044841.png](media://b3d8b0b7-f4d1-4101-9ff2-40ed67656140)<br>![image-20240509-044900.png](media://cfff0f57-28f7-4c28-9c19-c40461e2f48d) | - **[Modify]**
  - The Modify environment for applying the **Auto Dimension** (**CAD ID**) option   
can be found in the Worktree > Data Tab > Drawing View > By Plane list. |

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## **How to create view auto dimension in CAD ID (View Auto Dimension, VD)**

Automatically creates dimensions in section views.

| **View Auto Dimension, Shot Key : VD** | **Commentary contents** |
| --- | --- |
| ![image-20240529-234353.png](media://11bc620d-427c-4bac-8c69-951b3cd8318c) | - **[How to Run]**  
Run View Auto Dimension from the tree menu or <span style="color: #bf2600">**ViewAutoDimension**</span> (<span style="color: #bf2600">**VD**</span>) from the Command window.<br>- Creation of relevant dimensions is supported only for sections linked to CIM. (CIM View Mode Only) |
| ![image-20240529-234412.png](media://a3431c04-e385-4a6b-a9b3-8a32c5ae881c) | - **[Command]**
  - **Select view objects to create dimension** :  
:light_bulb_on: Select the section view for which you want to create dimensions. |
| ![image-20240529-234433.png](media://d0a1dec0-c994-486d-8287-0338aee9db2f) | - **[Command]**
  - Please [Set (<span style="color: #bf2600">S</span>)] or [Create (<span style="color: #bf2600">N</span>)] the dimension. <N>   
:light_bulb_on: If no additional setup steps are required, click Enter or Space Bar to create the dimension. |
| ![image-20240529-234450.png](media://60d5740c-d3d8-4f91-bbf3-08295aa65435) | - **[Command]**
  - Create to View auto dimensions complete. |
| ![image-20240529-234528.png](media://c7c7ed80-e352-4249-b193-a46a245582a1) | **Option settings**<br>- **[Command]**
  - Please [Set (<span style="color: #bf2600">S</span>)] or [Create (<span style="color: #bf2600">N</span>)] the dimension. : <span style="color: #bf2600">**S**</span>  
:note: Set the dimensions using the settings options.
  - <span style="color: #bf2600">**Set reference axis movement for dimension creation**</span>  
When you run Settings, a crosshair will appear in the section view.  
Based on the center of the crosshair, the range to be expressed as dimensions in the four directions - upper, bottom, left, and right - is specified, and the center of the crosshair can be moved according to option settings. |
| ![image-20240529-234935.png](media://553c289d-7614-4704-8e83-0e7dd369fb82) | **Option settings**<br>- **[Command]**
  - Please [Set (<span style="color: #bf2600">S</span>)] or [Create (<span style="color: #bf2600">N</span>)] the dimension. : <span style="color: #bf2600">**S**</span>  
:note: Set the dimensions using the settings options.
  - <span style="color: #bf2600">**Select objects for creating internal dimensions**</span>  
For parts that require dimension marking outside of the closed area, such as hollow sections inside the structure, select the object and mark the dimension.
    
  - **Dimension notation result** |