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Hi,
i am asking for some support to my idea for the preferred for manual dimension snap point Osnap setting to be improved, as the point of actually setting in the System when you edit drawings, in my view should stay turned on.
I think that a lot of dimension issues seen when users add manual dimensions is that the this settings has become unset and the user does not notice that the preferred for manual dimension Snap (PFMD) setting has revert back, They then add dimensions and it will pick up points in the element it cannot track via the PFMD, which lead so frustration in the dimension of the drawings if they are updated, with points being removed, add strings not correct.
There are some MT options, but turning of the track or erase dimensions is not the real solution, you need it set to use the model to drive the outputs.
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John Bennett
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Hi,
i am asking for some support to my idea for the preferred for manual dimension snap point Osnap setting to be improved, as the point of actually setting in the System when you edit drawings, in my view should stay turned on.
I think that a lot of dimension issues seen when users add manual dimensions is that the this settings has become unset and the user does not notice that the preferred for manual dimension Snap (PFMD) setting has revert back, They then add dimensions and it will pick up points in the element it cannot track via the PFMD, which lead so frustration in the dimension of the drawings if they are updated, with points being removed, add strings not correct.
There are some MT options, but turning of the track or erase dimensions is not the real solution, you need it set to use the model to drive the outputs.
cheers
John Bennett
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just an idea:
I think it could be possible to create a lisp which turn on the snap points you want and then start the command for dimension. After this the snap point should be deactivate as before.
I'm really not firm in lisp, but maybe someone other...I could imagine this could be realized
Sebastian Eiche
Application Engineer @Mensch und Maschine acadGraph
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just an idea:
I think it could be possible to create a lisp which turn on the snap points you want and then start the command for dimension. After this the snap point should be deactivate as before.
I'm really not firm in lisp, but maybe someone other...I could imagine this could be realized
Sebastian Eiche
Application Engineer @Mensch und Maschine acadGraph
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Hi All,
Further to other comments. The PFMD snap is a custom snap in AutoCAD and AutoCAD seems to get a bit confused with these. So it needs a bit of gentle persuasion. I find the following works reliably.
Never alter snap settings within a command if you want to keep them. Altering settings within a command only lasts to the end of the command and reverts back to previous settings. This is "as designed" in AutoCAD. So set the PFMD snap with no commands active.
Don't trust the pop up list for running snaps on the status line for the custom AS snaps. Always open the OSnap Settings dialog box and turn on the PFMD snap in there. I have often seen the pop up list state differently to the dialog and the dialog is the truth.
If the ONLY running snap you have active is PFMD (a custom snap) then AutoCAD seems to get confused and think there are no running snaps so disables snaps altogether. Therefore I cheat and turn on Parallel from the standard snaps too. This never interferes with dimensioning but convinces AutoCAD to keep the Osnaps on.
Finally PFMD has no effect on the modelling so it can be left on all the time. Then you can get away with just turning Node on and off as required in the pop-up list.
Aleck Giles, Structures Consultant, Graitec
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Hi All,
Further to other comments. The PFMD snap is a custom snap in AutoCAD and AutoCAD seems to get a bit confused with these. So it needs a bit of gentle persuasion. I find the following works reliably.
Never alter snap settings within a command if you want to keep them. Altering settings within a command only lasts to the end of the command and reverts back to previous settings. This is "as designed" in AutoCAD. So set the PFMD snap with no commands active.
Don't trust the pop up list for running snaps on the status line for the custom AS snaps. Always open the OSnap Settings dialog box and turn on the PFMD snap in there. I have often seen the pop up list state differently to the dialog and the dialog is the truth.
If the ONLY running snap you have active is PFMD (a custom snap) then AutoCAD seems to get confused and think there are no running snaps so disables snaps altogether. Therefore I cheat and turn on Parallel from the standard snaps too. This never interferes with dimensioning but convinces AutoCAD to keep the Osnaps on.
Finally PFMD has no effect on the modelling so it can be left on all the time. Then you can get away with just turning Node on and off as required in the pop-up list.
Aleck Giles, Structures Consultant, Graitec
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