Adding notes to dimensions keep vanishing
Is there a special way to add notes next to a dimension in Bricscad? Every time I move the dimension it looses the note.
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NM I figured it out. I have to put <> in the text override area and \p if I want an enter. Is this required in V21 too? I prefer the more natural way of just adding it to the dimension.
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Double click the dimension text, put the cursor after the dimension text and type away.
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Na that vanishes if I move the dim. Maybe its fixed in V21
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Note: I mean double click the text in the drawing window. I am using V18.
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Yea I have done that added text but then if I move the Dim the text vanishes. Or if I regen the drawing that all vanish...painfull
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@betazero, I don't know how you are adding the text but if I do as Roy suggested, I don't have any trouble stretching or moving the dimension.
Attached is a screengrab, using V21, but it works the same on V20 & V19.
Hope that helps.
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Hmm ok so then there lies my next problem...I cant double click on dimensions most of the time. I have been using the edit command which doesn't leave the dimension as a field and vanishes. I did get it to work when double clicking works though. By the way I am on Bricscad v20 for Mac so maybe it works differently ? Restarting Bricscad makes it work again until it doesn't...
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@betazero said:
I have been using the edit command which doesn't leave the dimension as a field and vanishes.What command have you been using? To edit dimension text you use
DDEDIT. Actually this is the command that is invoked when you double click on a dimension.You can also do basic edits of dimension text from the
PROPERTIESBar. Look for Text override at the bottom of the Text property group.Regards,
Jason Bourhill
BricsCAD V21 Ultimate
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Changed my lisp routine for 'ed' from textedit to ddedit. Seems to be a nice workaround if double click stops working.
Thank you!
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