In RH6 I used to be able to rotate a diameter or radial dimension around its center point by selecting and dragging the text grip. In RH7, dragging the text grip has the effect of repositioning the text but not the arrow direction. Dragging the arrow grip doesn’t seem to work right in either RH6 o…

hi @Interstellar_Vagabon thanks for reporting. I just tested this in both V6 and V7 and found the behavior to be the same. Repositioning of the arrow can be done by dragging the arrow handle, repositioning the text by dragging the text handle. Indeed in Layout Space this is not possible, I logged t…

Thanks, Gijs. With the workaround I have to issue a rotate command and specify a center point rather than just clicking and dragging with the mouse. A bit of a pain, but should work for now.

Rotating diameter dimension in RH7 vs RH6

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RH-71653 is fixed in Rhino BETA

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Rotating diameter dimension in RH7 vs RH6

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