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Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

toddTH8G4 — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:37:31 GMT

When I copy and paste a GD&T callout, the GD&T feature control frame is not attached to the dimension I place it next to. (So when a view is dragged, the GD&T does not come along).

Is there a way to group these items to keep them positioned relative to each other?

Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

Yijiang.Cai — Tue, 19 May 2026 02:19:40 GMT

@toddTH8G4 I am not sure which Inventor release you are using now. If you are using Inventor 2027, you could try the 3D GD&T, and it can be retrieved in 2D drawing. As to 2D GD&T, we could attach the feature control frame to the dimension. Please see the details below. Many thanks!

Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

toddTH8G4 — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:50:35 GMT

Attaching GD&T to a dimension is only a problem when trying to copy and paste.

Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

obulesub — Thu, 21 May 2026 13:13:56 GMT

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Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

toddTH8G4 — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:50 GMT

No successful solution has been proposed yet. Hopefully someday

Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

dan_inv09 — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:59:55 GMT

If you try to move it, it should get a leader to where you pasted it - you then have to drag the arrow of that leader over to where you need it to attach, then you can drag the GD&T to get it to snap to where the leader attached.

Or if you are careful while pasting then it should attach (then reposition it if you really need to).

Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

obulesub — Mon, 25 May 2026 09:14:27 GMT

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Re: Grouping GD&T and Dimensions

obulesub — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:08:56 GMT

Hi @toddTH8G4 ,

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