My question is about the standard, not necessarily Pro/E. I'm actually helping to define a very simple CAD like product for mechanical designers and need a refresher about a dimensioning subject.
When dimensioning in 2D and I want the dim text aligned with the dim line (thus not always horizontal); I am assuming that a perfectly vertical dimesion would always read from the right side of the page. Example, if dimsion text is to the left of an object it would be above the line reading up the page; if dimension text is to the right of an object it is also abovce the line reading up the page. This is how I learned it in the Architectural trade. Rather than having the text always on the side away from the item being dimensioned.
Question 1a & 1b: is that clear and correct?
Question 2: Are there any ANSI rules or common rules about what to do with aligned text on say a 22.5 degree angle?
I'm just trying to figure out when to have the text flip above line line rather than starting to read like it's upside down.
If this is hard to understand, I'll state it differently here. What if I had a 2D view of a gear with 360 teeth and I placed dimensions showing the the pitch of every tooth, radially around the gear. How would the text be arranged. I assume the text exactly on the x coord at top and bottom would read from the bottom of the page. I also assume the text exactly on the y coord would read from the right. Or would the one at the left read from the right and the one at the right read from the left? And how can you describe how the various text entities at the various compass points should be aligned.
Sorry for the labored question, just looking to see if this use of the web can answer my Q, as an hour of searching hasn't done it yet.