9 replies to this topic

[Dennis Hilborn]

I like how when you have a floor plan finished and all dimensioned up then you open up the plan a month later to make the final edits and 30% of the dimensions have disappeared.

So you put them all back and make a few final edits and on every wall that you edit the dimensions DISAPPEAR AGAIN.  So you put them all back in again.

One of the reasons I changed to this software was it was supposed to make editing SO EASY.  No one mentioned that I would have to be recreating so much that would just vanish into thin air.

[Kevin Rabenaldt]

I have had dimensions disappear on a rare occasion.  I encourage you use cleanup often and before you exit the project or exit the software.  I do not know if this is a particular solution to your problem but cleanup does seem to correct a lot of ills or strange things that happens from time to time.  So before exiting, I do a cleanup in the drawing I have been working in and do a save all before I exit.

[Mark Petri]

Also, if you are using dimension point instead of the main dimension tool it will tend to disappear once something that it is attached to has changed or cleaned up. Sometimes using dimension points is necessary, but use it sparingly.

[Dennis Hilborn]

I have had dimensions disappear on a rare occasion.  I encourage you use cleanup often and before you exit the project or exit the software.  I do not know if this is a particular solution to your problem but cleanup does seem to correct a lot of ills or strange things that happens from time to time.  So before exiting, I do a cleanup in the drawing I have been working in and do a save all before I exit.

That's a good suggestion, I'll try that and see.

[Brian Berzinskis]

I have not seen issues with dimensions disappearing on my end. I typically use Auto Dimension for all my exterior ones. So that would be easy to redo if they did go away. And then I just use normal Dimension to make strings on the interiors mixed in with some extensions lines but have not seen those go missing either. I don't really use Dimension Point that much except for my plot plans.

[Mark Petri]

Brian,

 

How often do your auto dimensions miss extensions/dimensions on angled or recessed walls? I find it missed quite a few and then also will occasionally run an extension from the opposite end of a wall for some reason. So, I don't use that feature often.

[Brian Berzinskis]

I definitely find that it misses sometimes on the angled features. Not so much on the recessed walls.

 

What is weird is sometimes if I actually do a clean up and then close the drawing file and open it again it will sometimes do a better job with the angled walls. I also find that Auto Dimension Side versus full Auto Dimension works better with the angled walls as well.

 

Curved walls though you can sometimes forget about it all together. Haha.

 

But I would say that I try and keep my of my designs to a 90 degree angle and seldom use a different angle unless the site design specifically calls for it. I always find interior angular spaces to be funny to lay out and are something I tend to avoid for that reason.

 

Brian,

 

How often do your auto dimensions miss extensions/dimensions on angled or recessed walls? I find it missed quite a few and then also will occasionally run an extension from the opposite end of a wall for some reason. So, I don't use that feature often.

[Kevin Rabenaldt]

One way to dimension angled walls is to not provide the angled dimension at all, but the dimensions at the 90 degree intersection.  This eliminates the odd dimension numbers on your plans.  The framer can layout from the 90 degree intersections.  If the framer wants they can calculate their own angled dimensions as they all have the construction calculators these days.  There may be times you need the angled dimension but I have eliminated them and have not had negative feedback from the builders and their subs.

[Mark Petri]

That is most often what I do. But, we have a lot of drawings that are fitting into mountain sites and some angle dimensions are necessary at times. I just round to the nearest 1/8".

[Tom Rogers]

Also, if you are using dimension point instead of the main dimension tool it will tend to disappear once something that it is attached to has changed or cleaned up. Sometimes using dimension points is necessary, but use it sparingly.

I am having the same problem and most likely because of what Mark describes