You are correct I am using ordinate dims. It took a couple tries but that
does work. Thank you very much for the info.
Glenn Freeman
"Kent Keller" wrote in message
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> You are doing ordinate dims right? They are a little different.
Regular linear
> powerdims work by just snapping to the middle but with ordinate you have
to run amautodim.
> Choose ordinate and place some ord dims, then after picking the origin,
you can snap to
> the middle of objects. I think it can also be done with ampowercopy.
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> Kent
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> "Glenn Freeman" wrote in message
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> > If I try to place a reference dimension in my 2d views using the mid of
snap
> > feature when the dimension is placed it moves to one of the corners. I
> > would like it to stay attached to the mid point of "line" in the
drawing. I
> > can do this using non reference dimensions but not as easily as desired.
> >
> > Glenn Freeman
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> >
> > "Kent Keller" wrote in message
> > news:01270F6EBB0BCA514EB2712C55AD6A3E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Give it a try...you will be pleasantly surprised.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kent
> > >
> > >
> > > "Glenn Freeman" wrote in message >
> > > > Actually now that I think of it, is there any way you can get a
> > reference
> > > > dimension to snap to the mid point of a feature? This would make a
lot
> > of
> > > > things easier for us. I have not tried to do this with any other
> > package
> > > > before but it would definitely be a nice feature for dimensioning
the
> > center
> > > > of non circular openings. Instead of having to use dimordinate and
then
> > > > change the dimension if you are not using a 1:1 scale and then using
> > > > amannote to attaching the dimension to the view in case you decided
to
> > > > change the view location.
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