Just wondering if there is away around this. So i have a part that is not straight from the top view [image] when i use a view port in the layout mode i cant get it to select the edges to give me a dim angle. [image] At the moment i have to draw a line either in layout or on the cp as a diffe…

Hi William - I can’t tell from those images what I’m looking at. Please post the 3dm file. -wim

part.1.3dm (4.0 MB) Here is the part, so basicly the part has a slight curve from the top veiw [image] so when i try to select that edge to do a dim angle from a side view it is unable to select that line. [image] im trying to get this angle in paperspace through a viewport.

Hi William, You need to do a little extra work to get this: [image] Draw two helper lines on a separate layer: [image] Then draw the angle dimension between those lines on another layer and change the visibility of the helper lines layer so they are hidden and the dimension layer so it only a…

Hi William - Thanks for that file! [image] William Mason: so when i try to select that edge to do a dim angle from a side view it is unable to select that line. Yes, those edges aren’t lines, and thus the command doesn’t let you select those. You can use the DimCreaseAngle command to creat…

Thanks for the reply Jeremy, helpful tips. cheers

Thanks for the reply’s and for going further and trying to solve the problem :+1: cheers

RH-87736 is fixed in Rhino 8 Service Release 22

Dim angle doesn’t work on a curved surface

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brian (Brian Gillespie) June 11, 2025, 2:25am 8

RH-87737 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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