ordinate dimensions in inventor 10

[ebjco]

Hello,

When I place ordinate dimensions in inventor 10 along the X axis, the dimension text aligns itself horizontally with the bottom of the part.
This causes a lot of crowding of the dimensions.
Is there a way to get the text to align itself perpendicular to the X axis? This is the way I was taught to do ordinate dimensioning.

Regards

EBJ

 

[phil3376]

You can change the text alignment using the format menu item and styles editor. Choose dimension style then text tab, then vertical alignment. The middle choice will show in-line vertical alignment. This should solve your problem.