dh240 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Quick question: when I try to do a Radial Dimension on an extruded circle in Vectorworks 2011 I get this error: "Diametral dimensions can only be on circles" I imagine I'm doing something fundamentally wrong; but I'm also left to wonder how I produce a radial dimension with a cylindrical solid. Help would be appreciated! Thanks Dan Quote Link to comment
Farookey Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Hi... If it is just the dimension you want, then you can duplicate a radial dimension from a circle and move the handles to the cylinder snapping to the certain points top, bottom and sides. You can then rotate the dim with the appropriate handles to satisfy your need! Let us know if this is what you were looking for Quote Link to comment
GWS Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I'm afraid VW doesn't really have proper 3D dimensioning yet. But if you set the working plane to the top of the cylinder, and the layer selection to working plane, you can use the linear dimension tool to dimension the cylinder. I would consider this to be a work around but it does give what you want. Unfortunately this type of dimension is not associative, so it will not update if you change the design. Quote Link to comment
dh240 Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Cool, thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
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