sphere3d Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Chain dimensions are new in VW 12.5 and i like them. BUT, and that is off course the reason i write here, i experience some wierd artifacts. Sometimes i can not move any of the chani dimension objects, and when i succeed (grab this chain dim by the corner) the disappear (i only see the selections handles) sometimes when i want to ungroup them , so the be a normal dimension object, they are converted to lines and text.... (i do get the message: ungroup high level objects) anyone an idea what the issue is here?? VW 12.5.1 fundemantals, on a Mac G5 Robert Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 When the lines disappear, once the dimension is resized, do the dimension reappear - or are you suggesting they say gone? The problem with selecting the dimension - Make sure you are selecting them by click on one of the lines. If you are doing that - evaluate class and layer options and the active layer to see if the necessary criteria is being met for selecting across classes/layers. Try using force select Rather than using ungroup, use the Decompose command. That will break the chain into individual dimension objects rather than a network of lines. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 you don?t have the dimension class turned off do you? Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 If you zoom or pan do they reappear? Quote Link to comment
sphere3d Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Most of the time this happens is when the chain dims are copied (and or rotated) from one file to another (same scale layer). One can select the chain dim normally, but not moving as if the grid snap is on with a very large gridsize...they just will not move. And if one succeed to move the chain dim, the lines and text disappear, but selecion handles stay visible. So we hit undo couple of times, and tried to convert chain dims to normal dims. (also use option in mode bar) Checked class and layer status, also zooming and panning.... Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 why are you copying and rotating the dimensions? Quote Link to comment
sphere3d Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 well,that is due to different stages our drawings are drawn. Then when the scale is different in a new stage, we sometimes rotate the paper for plotting, and we rotate the building to be straight so drawing is easier.... Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Sorry, just arrived back from bashing my head against the wall outside. I think I feel better - not totally sure though. I really really hope UCS is in the next version so we no longer have to put up with this luddite issue! Apologies for the 'bad hair day'. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Sphere - send a file with a chain dim that you cannot move Quote Link to comment
sphere3d Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 ok, Katie, but that will be monday at least. Have a nice weekend! robert Quote Link to comment
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