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Click the Distance () toolbar button.
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Click Build Selected to see the effect of the new distance value.
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Geometric Entity Selection: Change the selected entities and their type.
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Enter the distance expression in the Distance text field.
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Toggle the Constrain button to switch between using the dimension as a constraining dimension (, default) or measuring dimension (). The value of a measuring dimension is not imposed as a requirement to the drawing. Instead it is updated according to other dimensions and constraints in the geometry sequence. For more information see Measuring Dimensions.
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Select the Create measuring parameter check box to generate a parameter for the dimension. Edit the name displayed in the Parameter name text field. When in sketch visualization mode, the parameter name is displayed in the dimension’s label in the Graphics window. Use dimension parameters in expressions in geometry and other features as described in Dimension Parameters.
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Help Points: Change the help point coordinates for the selected entities. The help points are used as the initial guess to determine which distance to measure (see Help Points).
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