Just adjust the values and confirm your choice to create the elevation dimension accordingly. In that case, the Dimension pane will be shown after the click with Elevation dimension and Visible in 3D view selected options and a default distance between end points equal to home wall height.

You may create elevation dimensions directly with Dimensions creation tool if you press the Ctrl key ( alt / option key under macOS) while clicking at the first point of the dimension in the plan. When selected, an elevation dimension shows the height and 4 indicators to set the elevation of its start point, its height, the offset of the extension lines and its angle around elevation axis. This image shows also the two different label orientations you may use for plan dimensions visible in 3D view, the dimension 35 being a plan dimension with a horizontal length label, and the dimension 85 a plan dimension elevated at 180 cm and with a vertical length label.ģ different kinds of dimensions in 3D viewĪn elevation dimension is displayed in the plan with a symbol showing two circles (something like an arrow seen from top) and an extension line. a dimension used to indicate the height of an item as shown in the following image for the dimension 180. This pane proposes also to choose whether a dimension should be a Plan dimension or an Elevation dimension, i.e.

When a dimension is visible in the 3D view, it's possible to change its elevation and the text of its length is always written in the correct direction whatever the current point of view. This pane lets you change the coordinates, the font size and the color of the dimensions, as well as choose if dimensions should be visible in the 3D view. When you modify two or more dimensions with this pane, the Distance between end points field won't be shown because it's often too complicated to handle such modifications. The new Plan > Modify dimensions menu item or a double click on a dimension now displays the following modification dialog box to let you enter directly its coordinates or its length. Here are the most important ones presented in the following image.Įditing dimensions and elevation dimensions Sweet Home 3D 7.2 was released on Septemwith various improvements and bug fixes described in version history.

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