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I can't figure out how to get the dimension text to appear when I dimension in 3D. All that I get is an outline box. If one zooms way out there seems to be text that appears - but it is much too small to be legible.

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VW2011 Mac 10.5.8

thanks

Garth Norbraten

Toronto Canada

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Try changing the fill of the text to none this may help but the quality of the text isn't that great great.

There is a problem with rendering '3D' dimensions in OpenGL especially in viewports, hopefully SP3 will fix this.

When using viewports it is often best to place a viewport directly on top of the rendered one and put the dimensions in that rendered in wireframe, otherwise there are printing issues where the text wont print or export as a PDF.

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I've seen this issue when trying 3d dimensions on a file that was converted from VW2010. Try to copy-paste some geometry into a clean VW2011 and see if you can get the 3d dims to work.

Also - If I remember it doesn't work in perspective consistently.

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Hallo Garth,

I think the easiest way to get the 3d Dim's is

the "duplicate Viewports method" as it is described in several Threads and also

here.

http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=30412&Number=149252#Post149252

Then you have the dim's and the Text in a WIreframe Viewport and it is not rendered and pixeled. Below that you have yourViewport wiht your rendered Model.

regards Horst M.

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