I’m looking for a way to make dimensions automatically update when I move or modify geometry — for example, if I extrude or move an object, the dimension should follow or adjust accordingly. Is this possible in Rhino natively, or is there any workaround or plugin that enables this behavior without costing too much time?
Hi Gustavo -
That’s how that is supposed to work. If you have an example where that is not the case, please provide the 3dm file, instructions, and the output of the Rhino SystemInfo command.
-wim
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Oh, now that you told me, I realized that my problem was on where these dimensions were associated (I found one association with the door dim, but not the others). So it comes to a new problem: How can I make rhino understand the right object association? Here’s the sample file. You may notice that only the upper door point is associated from all dims.
dimensionsplacing.3dm (5.3 MB)
Another doubt: sometimes I’m going to place the dimensions on the front side section and it is placed behind the section.. so I started to Ctrl + Shift at any face I see on the section for moving the Cplane, is this the right way to do it, or theres another way that the dim understands i’m on a section?
@wim please see also: Dimension / Annotation - History is not working
best regards,
sebowim
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Hi Gustavo -
That’s correct. Actually, only the points on objects that is being snapped to when placing the dimensions is “associated”. During the Rhino 8 WIP development phase, there was some experimentations with “constraints” that somewhat linked objects. That project was abandoned. For the time being, if you need constraints, you’ll have to use Grasshopper.
Expanding on what I wrote, when you place a dimension, you will see a feature of an object “light up” - that is, become slightly thicker. That’s how you see which object snap will be associated with the dimension.
Currently, dimensions that are placed on sections through objects won’t have any history. The points that exist during snapping are simply not recorded in the database of the model. The request to change this is on the pile as RH-86322 History: Feature Request: Support for Annotation on ClippingPlane Section
Hi Sebastian -
I briefly looked at that thread when it came in and put it on my personal “for a sunny day in the future” list. That’s not to say that other tech support people did the same. When you put a list of separate points in a single thread, I know I’m going to need to allocate a lot of time to go through it. With more than 3000 other threads on my personal list, that’ll be a while…
-wim
hi @wim , fair enough!
but still, I think the video alone - has something to do with @Gustavo_Soares_Silva problems.
Because I needed a lot of time to get it why the dimensions would not stick.
Best regards,
sebowim