section callout gap

[Anonymous]

I modified the section callout head slightly, and now I have a gap between
the section line and section head (the gap is the same radius/distance that
I reduced the radius of the head by). I've tried just about everything but
can't seem to eliminate this. (see image)
Any ideas?

TIA

Mike

[Anonymous]

That's funny I was trying to do the same thing the other day and got the
same results. I never could figure it out. I concluded that you can't
change it. Hopefully someone knows the answer to this.

"Mike Sinclair" wrote in message
news:5314672@discussion.autodesk.com...
I modified the section callout head slightly, and now I have a gap between
the section line and section head (the gap is the same radius/distance that
I reduced the radius of the head by). I've tried just about everything but
can't seem to eliminate this. (see image)
Any ideas?

TIA

Mike

[Anonymous]

While editing your section head family make sure that
a) reference planes are visible
b) circle touches 2 vertical reference planes on its left and right and is
centered on horizontal ref-plane.

"Mike Sinclair" wrote in message
news:5314672@discussion.autodesk.com...
I modified the section callout head slightly, and now I have a gap between
the section line and section head (the gap is the same radius/distance that
I reduced the radius of the head by). I've tried just about everything but
can't seem to eliminate this. (see image)
Any ideas?

TIA

Mike

[Anonymous]

Well, that didn't seem to do the trick, but thanks anyway.

"Leonid Raiz" wrote in message
news:5314716@discussion.autodesk.com...
While editing your section head family make sure that
a) reference planes are visible
b) circle touches 2 vertical reference planes on its left and right and is
centered on horizontal ref-plane.

"Mike Sinclair" wrote in message
news:5314672@discussion.autodesk.com...
I modified the section callout head slightly, and now I have a gap between
the section line and section head (the gap is the same radius/distance that
I reduced the radius of the head by). I've tried just about everything but
can't seem to eliminate this. (see image)
Any ideas?

TIA

Mike

[Anonymous]

The radius of the section head is fixed. The note in the family template says to not move the reference planes defining the cut distance. In the metric template the radius is fixed at 6mm (~1/4"). You can make a smaller head, but there will be a... gap 🙂

DW

[Anonymous]

Actually, as the head rotates with the section line, you can fill in the gap with a line drawn along the centreline ref plane, terminating at the right vertical ref plane. I have confirmed the head mirrors correctly if placed at the tail, so the line is always on the correct side.

DW

[stephen]

In fact, the line will also rotate correctly for non-right angle sections.

[damo3]

I don't even know what to say. My jaw just hit the floor. How.... why... 2019... I just...

Ok, so I can't believe I have never come across this before, but in changing a callout to a rectangle, this issue has raised its ugly head. (We are trying to accomodate a large sheet number) So what fancy workarounds have people cleverer than me come up with to fix this leader not reaching the callout head?? 

[ToanDN]

Care to share your family?

[damo3]

I don't have it with me, as I am at another office, but I literally just opened a default OTB callout, and created a rectangle instead of a circle... Been playing with it for an hr here. It's simply appears to happen because the side of the rectangle is the furthest point from the centre than the top and bottom... so it snaps to the side just fine, but not the top and bottom as you move the callout...

[ToanDN]

No issues with gaps except for angled sections.

[damo3]

Yeah sorry I wasn't being specific enough... try an actual view callout not a section callout. ill be in front of a compiter later and ill post an image.

[damo3]

This is what I get when I create it for callouts... Am I doing something wrong?

[danyeliglesias]

Hello guys, I could not solve this problem, but I found out why this happen and I will show my conclusions:

If you creat a Detail Head family with no anotation line on it, the Datail Line on the project will go until the cross reference line no metter with direction is the Head

If you chose to use the annotation line on the family, you have to make sure that the Line have the same distance to every side, like a circle.

If you chose to make a not square like frame, this will happen:

Now we see the Gap.

My conclusion is:

You have to use frames with the same distance to every side

I tryed to load a Annotation family but the result was the same.

Hope I could help yout guys at least to understand the way the family works.

Sorry for my poor english, not my native language.