I have been able to move the text in these examples to where I want them (shown in red) but they won’t stay that way. Over the life of the file, they constantly return to the distances Rhino is displaying them. Stability is required here.
I would recommend a default of the text being justified one character’s distance from the nearest extension line. (This would satisfy most cases, in my opinion, as does centring the text on most dimensions.) The external text’s location node needs to be editable as customization for cases where there are elements which would interfere with this default condition; the extended dimension line automatically would move with that node, going only as far as required to underline the text.
The way it operates now is contrary to professional architectural drafting practice in two ways: 1) In pro practice, the text must be as close as possible to the dimension it cites without overlapping another element. 2) The persistently lengthy current external extended dimension line can create distracting meaningless intersections, which a professional keeps to a minimum on a document where the intersections of dimension and extension lines are the crucial components for easy legibility.
Unfortunately the current appearance looks sloppy and careless, and I’ve found no stable way to correct it.
