{"id":134,"date":"2008-12-01T05:01:07","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2010-12-07T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T20:50:57","slug":"radius-and-diameter-dimensions-switching-these-in-sw-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Radius and Diameter Dimensions (switching these in SW 2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if the dimension starts off as a radius, diameter, or a linear diameter dimension (on a drawing in a model).\u00a0 One can become another quickly in SolidWorks 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1:\u00a0 To change a radius to a diameter, RMB click on the radius dimension.\u00a0 Choose Display Options&gt;Display as a Diameter.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2:\u00a0 To change a diameter dimension into a linear diameter dimension, RMB click on the diameter dimension.\u00a0 Choose Display Options&gt;Display as linear.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there is no way to shortcut these steps from a radius dimension to a linear diameter dimension.\u00a0 If starting out as a radius, both of these steps will need to be followed in succession to get a linear diameter dimension.\u00a0 Same goes for the reverse.<\/p>\n<p>One word of caution when switching to a linear diameter dimension though; it will often not come in aligned to the Y or X axis, which may render it unuseful for certain circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if the dimension starts off as a radius, diameter, or a linear diameter dimension (on a drawing in a model).\u00a0 One can become another quickly in SolidWorks 2009. Step 1:\u00a0 To change a radius to a diameter, RMB click on the radius dimension.\u00a0 Choose Display Options&gt;Display as a Diameter. 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