Hide extension for diameter dimension in drawings

[cidhelp]

I can hide the extension lines for linear dimensions, why not for diameter dimensions?

[-Eivind-]

Hi,

As far as i know there is no way to edit the dimension itself, but there is a way around I use.

Create a sketch, project the geometry you would like to annotate, draw a circle, exit sketch, insert your dimension.

It should now look something like this.

Go into the sketch again and click the circle and then select "Sketch Only"

Finish sketch.

You should now have a dimension that looks as you want and it will update if the dimension of the part changes.

Enjoy!

[Curtis_Waguespack]

related links & more pictures of use case examples:

from 2012

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/turn-off-visibility-of-diameter-dimension-extension-li...

from 2018

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/inventor-cannot-hide-delete-diameter-dimension-referen...

[dan_szymanski]

Idea added to backlog for future consideration [58101]. Thanks!

[Yijiang.Cai]

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