In cyan above, what I can get. In red, what I want to have (simulated with a leader).
Basically the radius dimensions are missing a control point. When you turn on points, they have a center “grip”, an arrow “grip” and a text “grip”. But moving the text grip only changes the position and/or length of the arrow section, it cannot change the tail of the leader and bring the text with it.
We really need that 4th control point to make them work more like a leader.
OK, I just tried in a default version of 7.3 - and it seems to work as you showed. So, it may be something with my dimension style that’s causing this ?
@lowell If you try it in the file below, do you see what I see or does it look normal? DimRadiusForLowell.3dm (316.2 KB)
on mac 7.3.2 something it actually works as shown by Lowell, or am i not getting it? you want to extend the last bar? also what kind of infinity cross have you got there?
Hey @lowell - I think I’ve got something for you… It has to do with the template file used to start my drawing. The file I posted above is based on a custom template - and it possibly came from a V6 custom template (which maybe even came from V5) that was opened and saved in V7 format. As the template file contains a dimension style inherited from V6 (or V5?), that may be the problem.
I any case if I open a new file with that template, I see the problem immediately. If I open a file with no template or with one of the default templates, it behaves as you show in your video.
Looks like maybe I need to create a new template from scratch.
Sorry for thinking this was a general problem. As I almost always start with that template, I didn’t know it worked any differently.
That’s good info and it sounds like you’re going to be ok now, but there’s still something strange if a different template and/or dimstyle can throw it off like that.
I tried changing a few dimstyle settings that I thought might have some bearing, but didn’t find anything. I’ll still see if I can figure out what causes it. Thanks