Ordinate Dimension Origin Will not Snap to Point

[el_jefe_de_steak]

Hi, I cannot select an origin point for ordinate dimensions. I don't know what is causing this... I have change my selection options (part priority, edge and feature priority, etc) but that doesn't change anything. Normally, this works fine, but in this case I cannot make it work. Any ideas of how to fix this?

Screencast - Cannot Snap Origin

[jhackney1972]

One guess, start any dimensioning command, then right click anywhere on a blank area of the screen.  Select Snap Settings and make sure the Endpoint one is on.

[el_jefe_de_steak]

@jhackney1972 

Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried this out, but those settings have seemingly no bearing on Ordinate dimensions.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

When I do an ordinate dimension, my Origin symbol is directly below the cursor, yours is not.  This indicates to me that your have an offset entered into your Origin location.  You are trying to place the Origin symbol directly over the snap location, have you tired to very careful hover your cursor crosshairs over the snap point? 

[el_jefe_de_steak]

You are right about that.... Interesting point.

I tried to do ordinate dimensions on a different drawing and it worked fine! Perhaps this was the issue.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The behavior does not look right to me. It should work. Try this. Open the assembly and go to Manage -> Rebuild all. Go back to the drawing and try to add the origin indicator. Does it work now?

Many thanks!

[el_jefe_de_steak]

@johnsonshiue 

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried to do that, but was still unable to make it work in this drawing. I'll attach the model so you can see for yourself if you'd like. I'm personally just moving on with some simplified normal dimensions just to get the drawing "out the door". 

The parts in question are the channel members shown on page 10 of the drawing.

The ordinate dimensions work as they are supposed to for all other drawings.