exploding dimensions
exploding dimensions
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What controls dimensions being exploded when placed into a drawing.
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RE: exploding dimensions
Flores
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I agree exploded dimensions are bad.
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What is it on the dimensions that you can't get right? Is it the size of the arrows, size of the text or what? Is it the dimension values that are wrong? If I have to fudge the dimension value, I use "tedit" from the Express Tools to overide the text BUT the dimension is still all one entity and not a bunch of text, lines, and arrows.
Think of this: if you explode one dimlinear dimension you turn it into 7 entities of lines, arrows, and text (2 extension lines, 2 dimension lines, 2 arrows, and text). I have had to clean drawings from other users who had complete sheets of exploded text. Very unprofessional in my opinion, so please educate me as to when there isn't any other solution than to explode a dimension.
Flores
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to add my two cents, acad is a lot more than a pencil and eraser. by drawing in full scale, you can find out other info about what you're drawing that might not be apparent otherwise, and to me, that acad's real value, regardless of discipline.
what do you do with revisions if your dinemsions are exploded, start over?
it sounds like you should become more aquainted with the dimstyle manager. it seems that could solve a lot of the problems you mention, e.g. precision, text size, etc. also, for text placement, you can use grips to place without exploding. Another feature i find helpful is to alter the scale in the "fit" section. Where i work we use 11 x17 paper, so we also have problems with fitting things on the page and text legibilty.
sundemon
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Flores
RE: exploding dimensions
RE: exploding dimensions
With the value of 0, after being created the dimension is like exploded, arrowheads blown and all.
With the value of 1, it keeps it all together as a normal dimension, but if you move the geometry its attached too the dimension doesnt adjust to it.
With the value of 2 it stay together also but if you move geometry the dimension updates itself, or follows the move if you will.