MHBrown Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 In VW 2016 I have a 3D model that I'm looking at in right side view. In Annotations mode, I go to dimension the pitch of the roof. I select the Angle Dimension tool, but it does not work. I have to draw a line along the roof pitch and another line that is horizontal, then it works fine between these two lines. I don't have to do this to take linear dimensions. Why do I have to do this for angular dimensions or any other non-linear dimensions? Do I have a preference turned off somewhere? It seems like this is so fundamental I must be doing something wrong. Thanks, MHBrown Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 MH, I don't think you are missing anything, I have the same problem. If someone has a solution I'd sure like to know what it is. Same problem often with arcs. Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 The Roof Edge should be recognized - I'd class that as a bug. In the meantime choose the 3rd mode (Reference Lines Mode) of the Angular Dimension tool and with 3 clicks draw your baseline and a point on your roof edge. The 4th click will place the dimension. Note, the Slope Tool (also in the dim/notes Palette is useful for specifying Rise/Run. Quote Link to comment
MHBrown Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks for the tip. By the way, it was a general question about 3D things, not specific to roofs. I was not trying to dimension a "VW roof." It was just a 3D object. Quote Link to comment
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