Extension lines Can't turn off 1 of 2?

[Gigatt]

Hello, I am dimensioning an arc in SW2005 sp2.0 and want to show it as a dia. dimension. It throws out two extension lines and I want to turn the second one off.

I open dimesion display dialogue box and
"extension lines" "
"dispay first" is checked
"dislay second" is checked

but this part of the box is grayed out I can't pick anything? any suggestion?

Thanks in advance, Jeff

 

[Theophilus]

Have you right-clicked the dimension (Properties) and selected the "show as Diameter" option? If it's an arc, it should be a radius right now.


Jeff Mowry

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[ctopher]

After Theophilus's suggestion, try: uncheck "display first" and leave "display second" checked. You may have to play with checked boxes to get desired dim.

Chris
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[Gigatt]

Jeff, I want to show it as a diameter. (which produces 2 extension lines)

Chris, I can't pick em (grayed out) meaning un-selectable.
Can you pick them on your screen?

 

[ctopher]

I can. It also depends on the type of arc you have. How was it created? You may have to create a note with leader.

Chris
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[Theophilus]

Yeah, I was thinking of a single arrow with a leader going to the radius dimension initially. I've seen the double leader going to the tangent edges of a circle before in dimensioning a diameter, but that seems a tad kludgey. Is that really what you prefer? If you can use a single leader/arrow, I think you can convert the radius dimension to a diameter dimension as I mentioned above. If you need the second leader, I'm not sure how to do it.

If you can do the single leader, but already have a double leader, the only way I know to get the single leader is to snap the dimension again and place the dimension in a different area (diagonal from center) and then move it where you want it. Then convert to a diameter dimension.


Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reality is no respecter of good intentions.