Linear Dimensions with figure near end...how?

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hi.
V5
Plans I am following have many linear dimensions stacked one on top of the other, you see one arrow head at one end of them and a number of arrow heads travelling out to the right, with a number between each arrow head

<------10------>------20------>------30------>------40------>

If I do this with Linear Dim I get, as one would expect:-

<------10------20–>-30----->-40------------>---------------->

Is there a way of avoiding having to have loads of linear dim lines one above the other and doing it this stacked way ?

The palns can feature 20 or so stacked, I have to do 20 one above the other.

I have adopted d/click the number, then use space bar but its guess work and if one chooses a different dim style , they all then clash again.

Steve

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You can turn control points on for a dimension and then drag the center point, near the number to where you want it.

3

Hi Steve- Set the Continue command line option to ‘Yes’.

-Pascal

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It’s not quite the same as what Steve is asking for as these are all measuring distances back to the first point on the left.

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Just stack the dimensions in-line like you want and then edit the control points. STACKED DIMS.3dm (75.6 KB)

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Grasshopper has a version of this called Serial Dimension but it will be useless too you as you cannot Bake it and there is no way yet to customise its layout.

fromDistances.png726×632 123 KB

Dimensions in GH so far

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Hi James,
I see that works now in V5.
in V4 it used to create a gap in the line.

I can now do that.

Thanks
Steve