Add dual dimensions manually

2021

Tekla Structures

In dual dimensions, you can show dimensions in different units and format above and below the dimension line.

You can add dual dimension automatically, or manually in an existing drawing.

To add dual dimensions manually:

On the File menu, click Settings > Options , and go to the Drawing dimensions settings.
Set the unit, formats and precision, and activate the dual dimensions for the drawing types you want in Dimensions in tags.
Click OK.
Double-click a dimension in your drawing.
Go to the Tags tab, and enter the text DIMENSION in the middle dimension tag.
Click Modify.
If you do not want to show dual dimensions in all dimensions, you can manually delete the text DIMENSION from the tag.

Example

Below is an example of dual dimensions that use the unit mm and format ###.