I'm a new convert from AutoCAD, and one of the things I'm already missing greatly is the ability to place dimension text manually by just dragging it directly to another location, while leaving the dimension lines in the same place. Having to manually enter an offset in the Object Info pallette is quite cumbersome. Also you should be able to use a leader that's not just an extension of the dimension line. Together with the ability to stack fractional numbers and reduce the font size for fractions, this would make it much easier to dimension a dense floor plan (or any drawing with limited space and lots of dimensions). As it is, dimensioning in VectorWorks feels much clumsier than it did in AutoCAD.
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Markus Barrera-Kolb
I'm a new convert from AutoCAD, and one of the things I'm already missing greatly is the ability to place dimension text manually by just dragging it directly to another location, while leaving the dimension lines in the same place. Having to manually enter an offset in the Object Info pallette is quite cumbersome. Also you should be able to use a leader that's not just an extension of the dimension line. Together with the ability to stack fractional numbers and reduce the font size for fractions, this would make it much easier to dimension a dense floor plan (or any drawing with limited space and lots of dimensions). As it is, dimensioning in VectorWorks feels much clumsier than it did in AutoCAD.
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