create drafting dimension angular

[kkominiarek]

create drafting dimension angular

 

it only lets me choose points.....lines won't

highlite....help was no help

 

what am i missing?

 

i closed then reopened mcam....nothing works.

[Guest]

try using the smart dimension and hit the hot key a

[Guest]

ken, you can also hit the n key to enter the number of decimal places for your angular dimension.

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Ken,

 

This is a wierd one. The only way this will happen for me is if the "point" "AutoCursor override" is enabled. I am wondering if the rest of the install is working correctly, mainly the other dimensioning tools.

 

Mike

[Guest]

hit L key to select lines.

[kkominiarek]

smart dimension with hot key "a" does not work either

[kkominiarek]

i can analyze angle.....lines are highlited

[1 master]

just checking are you sure they are lines. maybe your view is off?

[kkominiarek]

2 lines at Z0

 

top view

top cplane

top wcs

[3rdstring]

I never have a problem using smart dimension. Pick one line (it dims the line length) pick the second line the dimension changes to an angular dimension.

 

You can also create an angular dimension by picking points. Pick the intersection first, then the line endpoints.

 

HTH

[kkominiarek]

for smart dimensioning line won't highlite

 

i hit L.....line still doesn't highlite

 

 

how do i disable auto cursor?

[Guest]

right click on screen select auto cursor disable all

[Guest]

do you have auto highlite on in you srceen configure.

[3rdstring]

You can also hold down the ctrl key while making a selection to temporarily disable auto cursor.

[kkominiarek]

thanks del.....disable autocursor works. now i can create angle dims.

 

is this how it should work?

this is a pia....imo.

 

if i hit/hold the "ctrl" key....this also disables auto cursor....still a pia, but tolerable

 

i liked it better the way it was.

to create an angle dimension the default was lines...as it should be.

[Guest]

ken, try doing it like you was but just get close to the line until it highlites(if it will).make sure auto highlite is on.

[kkominiarek]

auto highlite = on

 

still can't select line (the autocursor stays active) unless i hold "ctrl" down

[3rdstring]

You wouldn't happen to have geometry stacked on top of each other. The same line at a different Z?

[Guest]

you have just entered the twilite zone meh thinks.

[kkominiarek]

3rd.....i thought that earlier....but no, i have single lines (no stack)

[cobra95kev]

I just spent 15 minutes jacking with this issue also before I found this thread. The way I got it to work was with auto highlight on but if I got right up on the line it wouldn't work. I had to stay just off of the line then it would auto highlight the line then it would work right.