Annotation Style Dialog box gets ridiculously wide

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#1

Hello -
I’m on a 2021 16" M1 Macbook Pro, running the latest V7 and sometimes (I can’t yet make a correlation) The Annotation Style dialog box gets ridiculously wide - like thousands of pixels wide; wider than my 2560 x 1440 monitor. If I switch back to ‘Grid’ or ‘Scale’ it goes back to a sane size (although having a dialog box that keeps resizing is in itself annoying).

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I’ve seen this happen in V6 (and maybe even V5) back on an Intel Mac. I’m on a different machine, with a different architecture, running a different version (at a different company!). The only common ground would be my monitor setup: A 2,560 x 1,440 monitor that sits above my laptop screen.

Any way to make this stop?
Thanks!
Paul

#2

A little more insight:
It seems to be file-specific. I’ve got this file open, as well as a new file. The dialog box looks normal in the new file. Another dimension related issue that persists with this file and not a new one: SetDimensionLayer does not work; ie the command works, but new dimensions aren’t moved to the layer named in the command.

#3

Hi Paul -

Would you be able to post or upload that file? If you upload, please copy the URL of this thread into the comments field.
Thanks,
-wim

#4

Just uploaded it, thanks!

#6

Hi @Paul_Carbone ,

Thanks for the file and report of what you’re seeing. I can reproduce this here and have filed a bug as RH-67405 for the developers. It is indeed an issue with this specific file but I was unable to discover a workaround for you. We’ll need to see what the devs say next and if there is a fix in a service release or I discover a workaround in the file I’ll let you know.

#7

Thanks Brian! Did you notice by chance if SetDimensionLayer worked in that file for you?

#8

It does seem to work yes, the layer name I specify is created and new dimensions are stored there despite the active layer.

#9

@BrianJ I’ve had issues with SetDimensionLayer not sticking after you close and reopen a file, both on Windows & Mac, can you have a check to see if you can reproduce this ? cheers

#10

Hi Miles -

Can you provide some more details? Mac and Windows are a bit different here in that you can close all files but not exit Rhino on Mac but not so on Windows. So far, this command is just a command and not a document setting or so, so reopening a file will not necessarily throw dimensions on that layer.
-wim

#11

Hi @wim , ah ok that makes sense if its not a document setting. Saying that, it should be a document or template setting, I have a few custom templates, I have a preset layer for annotations, I would always want my dimensions on that specific layer, this would be much better than each time I oppen a project I have to again SetDimLayer :man_shrugging:
Custom Template

#12

Hi Miles -

Yes, this is on the list as RH-63122.

For the time being, you can add the command to your start-up commands.
-wim

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#13

good to see it being addressed :+1:. In the YT page it says for V8, any chance of it being ported into V7 ?

#14

Hi -

That’s very unlikely. Basically, only regression and crash fixes are allowed into Rhino 7 at this point.
-wim

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#15

RH-67405 is fixed in Rhino 7 Service Release 17 Release Candidate