Leader and Trailer Fields Should Respect Dimension Unit Standards

[PeterT]

Please make it such that the leader and trailer field for dimensions respect the "Fractional Display for Dimensions" setting in Document Settings/Units.

We sometimes enter a fraction in the leader or trailer field, and the fraction displays differently than another dimension right next to it that has no leader or trailer.

For example, the fraction 1/2" entered in a leader field looks completely different than the fraction in 1'-4 1/2" if your Fractional Display for Dimensions is set to "Diagonally Stacked". One of them displays a Diagonally Stacked Fraction Style and the other displays as a Standard Fraction Style. It looks inconsistent.

Shouldn't anything written in a dimension leader or trailer field use the same preferences as any other dimension?

[Benson Shaw]

+1

Or at least have a pulldown or other place to pick the fraction style option for the leader and trailer text.

-B

[Art V]

Yes that would be nice indeed. Fortunately I don't need to use fractions that often and ever less as a pre- or suffix text but when used it should be possible to have a consistent display of fraction styles.

AutoCAD automatically recognizes stacked text when using the forward slash for a fraction and then stacks it in the predefined way with the possibility to override/undo the stacking. Vectorworks could implement something similar.

Edited July 25, 2015 by Art V

[PVA - Admin]

Agreed, I think most useful would be an option that let you choose whether you wanted the leader/trailer to adhere to the fractional display standard, as I have seen users put strange things in the lead/trail fields on occasion and having it always FORCE a certain type of fractional display would also be problematic.

Submitting request now.