I'm not sure when it happened, sometime around VW 2019 or 2020, but I used to be able to pull a dimension or draw a 2D shape (rectangle, circle, line) in any orthographic view (Top, Front, Side). Now, it often does not work. I'm looking at the end view of a wall right now and I wanted to measure up to the center of an electrical outlet (to make sure it is in the right place.) I can snap to the points and pull the dimension, but it immediately disappears. I try to draw a rectangle and then view the height of it, but it disappears after drawing. If I go to Top view, there they are, scattered around at random, nowhere close to where I drew them.
This is similar to the problem of 2D objects not staying 2D. Often, I will draw a rectangle in front view, but in Top view it appears as a dimensionless plane on edge. If I go to a isometric view, sure enough, it is a 3D rectangle. If I wanted a 3D polygon I'd use the 3D polygon tool. I'm sure this is a feature, but I want my 2D objects to stay 2D and I want to pull dimensions on objects regardless of what orthographic view I am in.
There are a zoo of drawing settings now (Screen Plane, Screen Aligned, Screen plane only, Working Plane only, Screen plane OR working plane(?), and, my favorite, "Unified View." Then there are the Legacy Settings. What? None of these terms really mean anything to me and the whole thing begs for simplification. Which is what I'm looking for here. Can anyone give me some advice along these lines: 2D objects stay 2D and the ability to draw in 2D in any orthographic view. As I mentioned, this used to be possible..
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I'm not sure when it happened, sometime around VW 2019 or 2020, but I used to be able to pull a dimension or draw a 2D shape (rectangle, circle, line) in any orthographic view (Top, Front, Side). Now, it often does not work. I'm looking at the end view of a wall right now and I wanted to measure up to the center of an electrical outlet (to make sure it is in the right place.) I can snap to the points and pull the dimension, but it immediately disappears. I try to draw a rectangle and then view the height of it, but it disappears after drawing. If I go to Top view, there they are, scattered around at random, nowhere close to where I drew them.
This is similar to the problem of 2D objects not staying 2D. Often, I will draw a rectangle in front view, but in Top view it appears as a dimensionless plane on edge. If I go to a isometric view, sure enough, it is a 3D rectangle. If I wanted a 3D polygon I'd use the 3D polygon tool. I'm sure this is a feature, but I want my 2D objects to stay 2D and I want to pull dimensions on objects regardless of what orthographic view I am in.
There are a zoo of drawing settings now (Screen Plane, Screen Aligned, Screen plane only, Working Plane only, Screen plane OR working plane(?), and, my favorite, "Unified View." Then there are the Legacy Settings. What? None of these terms really mean anything to me and the whole thing begs for simplification. Which is what I'm looking for here. Can anyone give me some advice along these lines: 2D objects stay 2D and the ability to draw in 2D in any orthographic view. As I mentioned, this used to be possible..
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