Dimensions (Show/Erase v's Manually Added)

[prohammy]

Hopefully this is a simple one, but is there a congig option (or drawing.dtl) that would allow dimensions that are Show/Erase in origin to be a different colour from manually added dims in drawing mode?

Cheers

Kevin Hammond

Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK

 

[Hora]

no

-Hora

 

[prohammy]

Simple

Kevin Hammond

Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK

 

[mjcole]

I usually create two layers one for model dims and one for drafting dims so that I know which ones I can change to modify the model. You can then hide one layer and select all the other dimensions and change the Text Style color in the Properties dialog box.

I also usually create a layer called dims_current for the dimensions that I want to keep on the drawing which is a mix of model and drawing dims which helps if you accidentally show a bunch of dimensions and undo doesn't work. It's also usefull when you show dimensions using the model tree which won't give you a preview before throwing all dimensions on to your drawing.

DIMS_MODEL Layer Rule Name = d*
DIMS_DRW Layer Rule Name ~= d*

Michael