A Positive Negative?

Negative Dimensions

Did you know that it is now possible to use negative dimensions in a sketch?  If you want to move a feature from one side to the other, you no longer have to delete the dimension, just move the feature to the other side and add the dimension back in.

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Double click the dimension of the feature you want to move.

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Type in the negative value of the dimension and watch the feature flip to the opposite side.  Also, the dimension will be displayed correctly and not with a minus sign in front of it.  This was a great little enhancement in 2009 that makes our lives a little easier.

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