use dimension value from solid command also for sketch dimension

[cekuhnen]

would be great to make the sketch distance use the thickness value for a thicken command.

[HughesTooling]

Can't you just enter d16 in the dimension or +(d16) like this, or am I missing something? 

Mark

[cekuhnen]

Yep this works already - because D16  -3mm  I have to write d921= -(d16)  to turn -3 into +3 mm.

While this makes sense it would be nice to use -3 as well so a line can be left (negative y) or right (positive y)

that doesnt work.

So maybe this idea should be changed into how values are used.

[HughesTooling]

I see what you mean now, I suppose one option would be a function that would return an unsigned number, something like unsign(d16). Or just make dimensions ignore the sign but that would be a bit ambiguous.

Mark

Edit Just remembered there's a function already, you can enter abs(d16) and you will always have a positive number returned.

[keqingsong]

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