Doug Gower Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Well, I've been here before but don't ever remember a solution that worked. Here's a drawing I started (zip attached). Every time I add a dimension I lose all of the other dimensions and have to reset all of them. It's not very fun and kills a lot of time. Any suggestions? dimensions.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKevin Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Can you share the Scene and Drawing and show or explain your process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Kevin, I sent it over, but I thought the problem was self explanitory if you look at the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhovatter Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I too have had problems with this type dimensioning system. You go back and add a dimension and they all go hay wire. Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 You can turn off the automatic stagger to avoid the issue. Go to the styles and layers and under the dimensions, click on the stagger tab. At the bottom, you will see an option to turn off the automatic stagger. So have it enabled when you first create the ordinate. Then turn it off when you want to insert date into the group later. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Another possible option is on the Dimension style, set the Text Format "Distance of text from line/leader" to a smaller value (Probably should create a new style first). This controls the spacing in the stagger. So when you insert, the jump may not be as big of a shift if there is room for the new inserted item. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 You can turn off the automatic stagger to avoid the issue. Go to the styles and layers and under the dimensions, click on the stagger tab. At the bottom, you will see an option to turn off the automatic stagger. So have it enabled when you first create the ordinate. Then turn it off when you want to insert date into the group later. Cary 27745[/snapback] Hi Cary, I can't find dimensions in styles and layers or the stagger tab. Are you talking XG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 They should be there in V11 as well. Click on the Styles&Layers button in the drawing environment from the toolbars. In the catagory list, you should see Dimensions. Select that and at the bottom Left, select the style and hit modify. In the resulting dialog, click on the Stagger Tab and you should see the option at the bottom of the page. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Oh, there it is. I'll try that when I get a chance. Maybe that'll help. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Cary, Finally getting back to this... but turning off the auto-stagger and controlling the spacing was a big help. Now if I can just get remember where they are next time Thanks - Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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