Add automatic dimensions to a drawing view. According to SolidWorks API documentation: - Use View.AutoInsertDimensions() for automatic dimension insertion - Dimensions can be arranged automatically or manually - View must be valid and contain geometry to dimension REQUIREMENTS: - Current document...
AI agents use add_dimensions to create or update resources in SolidWorks MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your SolidWorks MCP Server environment.
This tool creates and inserts new dimension annotations into a drawing view. While dimensions can be deleted/modified later (reversible), they permanently alter the drawing's current state and require explicit user action to remove. This is a Write operation—it modifies drawing data non-destructively.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'add_dimensions' to drawing views, modifying the drawing by inserting automatic dimensions via View.AutoInsertDimensions(). This creates new dimension objects in the document, reversibly altering the drawing structure.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access add_dimensions gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SolidWorks MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for add_dimensions:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"add_dimensions": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "add_dimensions_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}add_dimensions stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Add automatic dimensions to a drawing view. According to SolidWorks API documentation: - Use View.AutoInsertDimensions() for automatic dimension insertion - Dimensions can be arranged automatically or manually - View must be valid and contain geometry to dimension REQUIREMENTS: - Current document must be a Drawing (type=3) - View must exist and be valid - View should contain sketch geometry or features to dimension. It is categorised as a Write tool in the SolidWorks MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the SolidWorks MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for add_dimensions: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches SolidWorks MCP Server. Nothing to install.
add_dimensions is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the add_dimensions rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for add_dimensions. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
add_dimensions is provided by the SolidWorks MCP Server MCP server (jianzhichun/solidworks-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SolidWorks MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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