Can't Dimension to Circle Edge

[Anonymous]

I'm having a dimensioning problem, and it doesn't seem to matter if it something I have created or something a customer has sent to me.

When I attempt to dimension a circle, I get the following error message:

Select arc or circle:

Object selected is not an arc, circle or polyline arc segment.

A few days back, I got this error message, and when I came in the next morning, I was able to dimension the circle.

Has anyone else experienced this problem, and what was the fix?

Thank you so much for your help.

[pendean]

Can you post a sample DWG with a circle that is not a circle?
And what dimension command did you use with it.

[Anonymous]

I've attached the latest part that gives me that message. Since it doesn't matter where it was created, I would think it's a setting issue, but I have no idea what setting to change.

As far as how I dimension, I go to the hole diameter icon in the Dimension section of Annotate.

[pendean]

Your sample seems just fine here: R2013 (plain), DWG file attached with dimensions.

[Anonymous]

I was pretty sure there was nothing wrong with the file I attached, which is why I'm asking if there is some sort of setting I need to change so it will dimension correctly the first time.

[pendean]

AFAIK there is no 'setting' to make DIMRADIUS or DIMDIAMETER commands stop working on Arc or Circle objects in a file.
Perhaps is a missed selection click, or the objects are not what they appear to be?

[Steve_Bessette]

From opening your .dxf file, I noticed that it is in the 2000 format.  Do you experience the same behavior whe the .dxf file is in the 2013 format?

[Anonymous]

Thank you.

It doesn't matter what format the part is in, nor does it matter if it's a .DXF or .DWG.

[nestly2]

This happens when using AutoCAD Mechanical, or vanilla AutoCAD.... or both?

[Anonymous]

I have autocad mechanical 2013. I have no idea what the files from customers have been created in.

Like I have in an earlier post, I can come back a day or two later, and it will dimension just fine.