RGyori Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just came across this today and have been unable to find reference to it in previous posts: Draw to an arc on a design layer. Now create a sheet layer viewport containing the arc. The radial dimension tool will work on both the design and sheet layers (viewport annotation mode of course). Return to the design layer and draw a straight line from one of the arc end points and extend it an arbitrary distance. Select both objects and compose to form a polyline. The radial dimension tool works on the design layer but now fails in the viewport. Am I being unusually dense this morning or is this a bug? Bob Quote Link to comment
RGyori Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Sorry I forgot to update my signature... the above post is with VW2009 and OS 10.5.6. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Not really a bug, more of a shortcoming. Radial dimension tool will only work on a primitive object (circle, arc). It won't work on a group, symbol, viewport, composed object, etc. Quote Link to comment
RGyori Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks Ray. What you say makes perfect sense thought VW's behavior seems to be less clear. Based on limited investigation the radial dimension tool will work on composed objects and on primitives in viewports, AND upon occasion, on composed objects in viewports. I guess it's the inconsistency that bothers me. Oh well, back to work. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Maybe it will work sometimes, I guess I gave up trying a long time ago. Quote Link to comment
Bengt Nilsson Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) I second this request, although very late (9 years later). I think it is a really, really annoying bug not to be able to take radial dimensions from symbols. You spend a lot of effort making a structured design using 3D symbols, and the you have to break it all to make proper drawings in the viewports. I have to use a clumsy workaround adding overlaid circles in Add Annotations in the viewport. Considering the price of this product (VW2018), I am very surprised that this is not yet fixed. Edited February 25, 2018 by Bengt Nilsson Clarity Quote Link to comment
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