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Problems with a drawing linear dimension

sergiolordelo342V2 — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:03:43 GMT

Hi there,

I am trying to put a dimension in a drawing, selecting "Dimension" menu, and then choosing "linear". However, instead of appearing the arrows and numeric value, it appears a too larg number and lines, as you can see attached.

I can't find the way, in properties box, to choose the arrow size and the scale of numeric measure in order to shape in my drawing.

So, can you help me pease saying how can i select a way to find the arrow dimensions and the size of the numbers of measure?

Thank you for your attention.

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

chriscowgill7373 — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:30:55 GMT

Your dimension looks like you selected the same point twice for what you are dimensioning between. would it be possible to provide the actual drawing so we can see what it is that you are actually doing, or record a screencast of your current workflow? The lines and arrows section is where you can modify settings after the fact, but it is better to setup the dimension style and use it.

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:29:20 GMT

Hi,

>> how can i select a way to find the arrow dimensions and the size of the numbers of measure?

It depends if you have annotative objects or not, if you have created dimensions in modelspace or layout/paperspace. We can't see that in the PDF.

Let's start with the most probably setting: change DIMSCALE (>>>details<<<) to a smaller value and create a new dimension ... better?

If that does not help please upload the dwg-file, not screenshots.

- alfred -

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

sergiolordelo342V2 — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:16:24 GMT

Thank you Alfred,

DIMSCALE command helped me to decrease the size of my linear dimmension. However, how can i make so that it can appear the shape of an arrow?

The measure should appear aitomatically, but the value is allways zero and i have to edit and write the correct value... it is strange!

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

sergiolordelo342V2 — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:19:47 GMT

Thank you chriscowgill7373 for your help.

As i wrote to Alfred, i solved part of my problem with DIMSCALE comand. However, the measure should appear automatically, but the value is allways zero and i have to edit and write the correct value...

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

WarrenGeissler — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:46:23 GMT

@sergiolordelo342V2

As @chriscowgill7373 said - it appears you are picking the same point twice to add a dimension. That yields a dimension length of "0". If you want the ORDINATE (location) dimension, then you need to use that command. See the screencast below:

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:47:02 GMT

Hi,

>> but the value is allways zero

That means that you have shown 2 points for the dimension which have the same X/Y coordinate.

Start with a line that is 10 units long, then run command _DIMLINEAR and show the two endpoints of the line (using endpoint object snap) ... does that work?

- alfred -

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

sergiolordelo342V2 — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:15:05 GMT

Hi there,

I made a screencast so that you can understand.

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:21:10 GMT

Hi,

>> I made a screencast so that you can understand

Can you please upload the drawing so we can look into it, I see two possibilities why it shows 0.00

The distance is smaller then 0.00, e.g. 0.0005
The UCS is not parallel to the display, so the dimension is not parallel to XY plane ...

- alfred -

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

WarrenGeissler — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:24:41 GMT

If your dimension style has a round-off option set this can happen. Check this setting:

If that is still not the case I recommend posting your drawing here so we can all look it over.

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

sergiolordelo342V2 — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:37:35 GMT

Warren,

In your opinion i should change the round-off value to 1.0000. Is that correct?

In my box that value is 0.0000

Re: Problems with a drawing linear dimension

WarrenGeissler — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:40:52 GMT

No - it SHOULD be set to zero (0). In this case I agree with @Alfred.NESWADBA, it would seem we have a UCS issue and we need to see the drawing. Your dimension SHOULD read somewhere near 0.5 (according to your screencast).