topic Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation in AutoCAD LT Forum

Trouble with Dimension Orientation

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:57:31 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to get my associative angular dimensions to display 56 degrees in this case (shown in picture) instead of the 34?

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

pendean — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:02:18 GMT

Can you post your actual DWG file? Your 34.4 sure looks very similar to the 30.1 you have right next to it, and we both know neither is close to 56.

TIA

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:11:28 GMT

Please see attached

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

RobDraw — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:29:57 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to get my associative angular dimensions to display 56 degrees in this case (shown in picture) instead of the 34?

Draw it at the correct angle?

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

pendean — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:33:04 GMT

Not seeing anything wrong in your posted file here

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:37:39 GMT

In that same drawing. Start a new horizontal line, from say.....the mid point of that line type in @6"<56 and see where it throws the line. Then do an angular dimension on the two lines and see what it says...............

It's almost like the 34 and 56 degrees are reversed when dimensoining

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

pendean — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:34:21 GMT

Set SNAPANG command to 34
Compare your cursor angle to your angled line.
It matches.

34+56=90

56 is the reverse of 34: see the 56 angle to the left of the 34 angle. Get it?

No idea what you selected when you did the original screenshot, but facts are in the CAD file. I cannot repeat here.

HTH

Re: Trouble with Dimension Orientation

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:39:38 GMT

I'll give it a try, thanks