Stacked Dims

[CanonShooter]

What do you have to change to get stacked dimensions to be above and below the dimension line, with the dimension line not broken? Primary on top of the line, and secondary below it.

 

[TerraSouth]

Try the command: ddim

click modify
you will see tabs at the top
hit the fit tab.

hope this helps

 

[CanonShooter]

There isn't anything on the Fit tab that helps my issue, that I can see.

 

[CDH]

Usually when this happens, the text is not in it's home postion. Use the command _dimedit and then select the home option and pick the dimension. It will send it back to the default location and should get rid of the break.

 

[IFRs]

What version AutoCAD?
In the DDIm dialog, on the Alternad Units tab, there should be a bullet for dimension Below primary units. Is there?

 

[OkieDokie]

Try "\X" with out the "". Or you can go to:

http://home.pacifier.com/~nemi/

This is a web site by Leonid Nemirovsky. He has a lisp routine add 2nd line to Dim (#53 at this time) that can split the text for you.

 

[CDH]

All of these suggestion are fine for putting in two lines of text. However, I believe what the problem is, is that once you have two lines of text, if you grip edit that text location, and say move it over a bit, it creates a break in the dimension line. By sending it back to the home position, as I mentioned in my other post, it resets this. I don't think the issue is making two lines of text, but rather to make the line not break when you have two lines. I know of no way to prevent this from happening, other than leaving the text at the default home position.

 

[IFRs]

\X or \P within the dimension text string puts a hard line break between text strings. This will not go away.

 

[QuincyFox]

ddim -> modify -> Fit Tab -> Under "Text Placement", Select "over the dimension line, with a leader"

Be warned: this will move all of your text that is not in the home position, but then you can grip the text and make slight adjustments and keep the dim line. If you move it too far a leader line will appear, which is undesirable.

 

[CanonShooter]

Sorry for being gone for a day. Anyway, CDH is correct, the problem is NOT getting two lines in there. The problem is the dimension line being broken in between the two dimension text lines.

I tried these suggestions, and they don't work. The dimedit - home idea still breaks the line. I tried adjusting the text offset from the dimension line, and it had no effect. When doing alternate units, putting the \X in the dimension string (ddedit) it just adds a \X after the alternate unit.

Using Acad 2004 by the way.

 

[IFRs]

CannonShooter - this is a known issue with AutoCAD, I don't think you will find a way around it short of (gasp) exploding the dimension and making it look like you want. Sometimes the dimension geometry simply does not let you have multiline text within the extension lines with a line between them.

 

[loosestring]

I don't believe there is a way around it. Since the text of a dimension is mtext it reads the extents of the text box and breaks the line at those extents if I'm not mistaken.
Is it really necessary that the line be there?
If not then I wouldn't worry about it. If so then you may just want to either explode the dimension or set the dimaso to 0 before creating the dimension and then modify the line to suit your needs OR you could just do the dimension and draw a line in the area where it breaks the dim line. That way you keep your dimension intact with associativity.

 

[Exxit]

Hi,
I work with stacked dims, too. For Openings e.g.. ADT can do that. Without I would take a "text" or "mtext" and move it under the dimline...

Search for a third party tool, which can do that. I know one, but it's not aviable in Your language, and it costs ~200US$. Maybe You find freeware. If yes, post the link.

Lothar

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

 

[CDH]

If you put the text in as follows: First line\XSecond line, it should go in above and below, with no break in the line. Make sure to use a capitol "X". If you just do a hard return when using ddedit, it won't put the second line of text below the line, it just keeps stacking them up on top.
I can't really think of any other suggestions without actually looking at the drawing to really dig into it.

 

[cfee]

The only thing I've found is to set "always draw line inside dimension" in dims setup dialog, and then set dims to "over line WITH leader". This gets what it sounds like you're saking for, about 85% of the time, with a little grip-editing for the other 15%. I've reduced it a bit more by stacking fractions (non-diagonal) for a little less "spread", but your standards may not permit that. Then, for those last few stubborn dimensions, I place the dim (grip-drag it into position), and just draw the line, NEVER willingly exploding dimensions.

Good luck-
C. Fee