cbd Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I was just starting to dimension a job and I found that the Linear dimension and the chain dimension do not add up. They are both snapped to exactly the same location but the chain dimension in this one location is 1/8" longer than all of the rest. Any idea why? I wanted to post a JPG of it but don't know how to do that when starting a new topic. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Could you post the file here? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Just a thought... The default grid snap is 1/8". If you have the grid snap constraint on with the default snap distance is it easy to snap something exactly 1/8" from where you intended to snap it. michaelk Quote Link to comment
cbd Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Where are the directions for adding the file? I have tried with the file manager on the full reply screen but it appears to be one of those days that absolutely nothing works right. I know this was discussed a while ago but I cannot recall where. I do not use the grid snap and I attached both ends of the chain dimension line to the ends of the linear dimension to make sure they were identical lengths. I will try a seperate e-mail to Ray and see if that works. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Click on the Switch to Full Reply Screen button below. Quote Link to comment
cbd Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 This file is too big and I cannot make it small enough to send. Is there some way I can shrink it that the forum will accept. I tried to zip it but that isn't acceptable. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Zip it and change the extension to .txt. Add a note in your post to change it back to .zip. Quote Link to comment
cbd Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Vista is not user friendly when you are trying to change extensions. I have posted as a txt and it needs to be changed back to a zip file. The problem that I had was on the lower level with the telepost dimensioning. It's only 1/8" extra but then I don't know what else might be wrong later in the project. It happened both in the Mod file and the viewport annotation. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 It's rounding the dimensions in the chain dimension. Select the chain dimension and in the OIP (Object Info Palette) set Prec: to 1/64. You will see it is closer to adding up but still not exact. Whatever you snapped to when setting the chain dimension it not precise. If you set your units to decimal it will add up exactly. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Sorry, I should have mentioned this originally, but it you copied just that part of the drawing and pasted it into a new file it would have decrease the file size enough to post the .vwx file. Quote Link to comment
cbd Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Thanks Ray. I have never had this happen before. I can't use decimals or my contractors will lynch me. I just found it strange that I attached the chain dimension to the ends of the linear dimension and they still came up different. I will try the paste and new file next time I need help. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 You could set your dimension precision to a lower value and it would alert you if this happens. Quote Link to comment
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