2023 just hard crashed when I tried to use the Radial Dimension Tool on a 3D object...

[hollister design Studio]

... when am I going to learn that the radial dimension tool is not a real tool and stop using it!

 

[E|FA]

Might be a good idea to remove it from the Workspace until (?) it gets fixed.

[mjm]

1 hour ago, E|FA said:

Might be a good idea to remove it from the Workspace until (?) it gets fixed.

But how long's it been broken? I used it a few times a couple few versions back IIRC.

[hollister design Studio]

1 hour ago, mjm said:

But how long's it been broken?

I've been told it's not broken, but that it's just not meant for 3D objects.

 

I usually try to remember to draw the circle/curve in annotation space and measure that - it works fine with 2D.

 

...actually, I usually just use the callout tool and write in the correct dim!

[Pat Stanford]

If it is crashing, then it is broken.  I have not seen a crash. But I have seen many cases of 3D objects not being able to be dimensioned as that is not what it was designed for.

 

If you have a replicable crash, please submit a bug and a demo file.

 

The last post in the Wish List forum on Radial Dimensioning is from 2017.  An updated wish with SPECIFIC functionality (and preferably examples) would be good if you want to start it.

[E|FA]

18 minutes ago, Pat Stanford said:

I have seen many cases of 3D objects not being able to be dimensioned as that is not what it was designed for.

Even in Top/Plan and/or Viewport Annotations?  

 

BTW, I tested with extruded shapes, and did not crash with angular or radial dimensioning in a Flyover view on the Design Layer. @hollister design Studio could there be a corrupted object you're trying to dimension?

Edited December 27, 2022 by E|FA

[hollister design Studio]

15 hours ago, E|FA said:

...could there be a corrupted object you're trying to dimension?

Just a curved wall.

The file seems fine otherwise.

 

 

16 hours ago, Pat Stanford said:

...I have seen many cases of 3D objects not being able to be dimensioned as that is not what it was designed for.

I'm treating it as this.

I just need to get it through my thick skull to NOT Radially Dim 3D objects...

 

I'm always good for a couple months and then I grab the tool and hit a couple points on a curved wall and then just hope I saved recently.

I just don't often have curves in any of my designs - so I forget.

 

[E|FA]

Odd behavior for me on a curved wall, but not a crash.  Points to "random" point away from the wall with R=0.0 dimension