Today I discovered two issues with chain dimensions:
when creating vertical or horizontal chain dimensions their dimension lines aren't prefectly aligned. The effect is more visible for the vertical dimensions than for the horizontal dimensions. Maybe a cause for this problem is that some dimensions have a comma symbol and other not.
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the command Techdraw_ToggleFrame messes up some dimension position. This is very annoying, because you have to do the same work over and over again.
Shalmeneser wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:56 pm
Except for 190 and 120, the other dimensions mean nothing.
You should use the same dimensions as in the master sketch.
Thank you @Shalmeneser for your response.
You're right that my dimensions don't make sense for this test object.
Nevertheless, in my opinion, the observed behavior remains undesirable, regardless of whether the dimensions makes sense or not.
Cheers
Edit: misspelling
It looks like it is aligning on the centre of the dimension text, which will not align the arrows unless the texts are exactly the same size. Aligning to the right edge would be better, but even that wouldn't work if the format was different.
Moreover, it's sad that after creating Chain dimension, you need to reselect all the dimensions to position them.
wandererfan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:41 am
It looks like it is aligning on the centre of the dimension text, which will not align the arrows unless the texts are exactly the same size. Aligning to the right edge would be better, but even that wouldn't work if the format was different.
Yes it seems like the alignmemt reffers to the center of the dimension texts.
For horizontal dimensions this causes only minor problems if there are numbers with and without decimal places.
For vertical dimensions this leads to major problems as shown by Shalmenser.
IMO the alignment should reffer to the dimension line below the dimension text.
Cheers
Last edited by balrobs on Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
balrobs wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:43 am
[*] only the dimension used for the drag operation in step 3 retains its correct position
[*] all other dimensions are reset to their original positions