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AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:59:52 GMT

I used the "dimension opaque" in AC 13, but in new version there is a problem. The text opaque covers the line.

Can I adjust the distance or opaque offset ?

In Layout it looks like the line was broken.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:22:11 GMT

it looks bad in layout too

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:14:03 GMT

Does seem wrong, but you should be able to select the text part and move it I believe.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:25:40 GMT

Yes, you are right, but...
In this case, there are no difference if I draw fill without outlines behind the numbers. Too much work

The opaque function is good, then working in front off background image ( using topographical image or so )

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. SOLVED

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:36:41 GMT

Maybe it is Graphisoft mistake ?
No answers = no way to solve this problem?
Is there a possibility to regulate the distance?

ordinary text tool have opaque regulation, it would help as working with dimensions too.

Now it looks like "wishes section", but it can't be there. Because there were no trouble in AC 13

I hope there is a solution.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Gerald Hoffman — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:44:25 GMT

PukisArch,

I do not seem to have the same problem as you are having in AC 14. Attached shows dimension string with masking turned on and the lines are still visible.

Cheers,

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Barry Kelly — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:39:06 GMT

Have you tried using a different font?
It could have something to do with the line spacing built into the font.
Barry.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:44:53 GMT

I tried all possible fonts.
Actually, if font size is bigger than 2, the gap appears.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:52:53 GMT

Could it be your localization? Have you tried non-cyrillic fonts? Or perhaps the international version of AC? It does seem to be a bug in need of reporting.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:20:29 GMT

We don't use Cyrillic fonts in Lithuania.
we prefer international version of AC.

I tried to start a new project with standard AC14 template settings.

You said "it does seem to be a bug in need of reporting", I think so too
Lately I have a lot of bother with it. All my projects coming from AC13 files now need a lot of corrections

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Barry Kelly — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:21:41 GMT

I just tried with Arial as the text.
It seems the smaller the text size the more it overlaps the line.

Definitely different in 13.
There the box around the text rescales proportionally with the text.
In 14 it remains a set distance around the text regardless of the font size.

Barry.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:12 GMT

Sad, it wasn't fixed in 3269 INT
Is there any hope in future?

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:50:43 GMT

ArchiCAD 15 Hotfix-2 (Build 3602) still that problem persist.
Please, fix it. It's a big trouble in daily work. Please

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Leire Bilbao — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:34:28 GMT

Is there a "wish" already for this issue to be addresed?

We now have Archicad 25 and this keeps happening always (not even sometimes, but always). Also would like to set the default distance for the offset (always goes too far)

Waste too much time adjusting dismal the time...

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Barry Kelly — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:16:44 GMT

I am not seeing this problem in 25 with default offsets for dimension (i.e I have not moved it).

The box/fill around the text is always clear of the dimension line.

Using Arial Narrow as the font.

Can you show an image of the problem you are having?

Barry.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Leire Bilbao — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:33:18 GMT

Hello Barry,

Attached an image as an example (but it really happens a lot).

My text is Arial, size 2mm.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Erwin Edel — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:23:53 GMT

This happens when you move the text, usually.

If you revert the text back to the default position, the bounding box around it shrinks.

It is very annoying. I've worked around this problem for so long, you almost forget how stupid it is!

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Leire Bilbao — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:33:10 GMT

Yes, it happens when you have moved the text previously and for some reason it goes back... (still don't know why it goes back sometimes...

I got used to it and move the text again but it is super annoying... I would really love to have dims that I don't need to move again. I really wastes my time because unfortunately I do need to adjust the text for dims when they step on things and that happens very often.

Also the offset option brings the numbers too far by default so I need to adjust them too. It would be nice if you can set the default from the beginning

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Barry Kelly — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:35:44 GMT

Ah, I see the problem.

I have never noticed it before, but I rarely need fills behind my text.

As soon as you move the text, the surrounding frame/fill increases in size.

I have no idea why it would need to do this - I say bug.

I have no solution other than to move your text slightly away from the dimension line rather than just horizontally.

In this case the Arial 2mm text is fine in the default location - fits inside the dimension lines just fine.

I had no need to move the '300' text at a scale of 1:50.

If you find this is not the case with you then maybe look at the placement method you are using for the dimensions.

Barry.

Re: AC 14 Dimension opaque owerlaps the line. Help

Leire Bilbao — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 06:38:08 GMT

Yes, I know all these options and I end up moving all text manually but it wastes my time tremendously.

I will like to vote for a wish for it to get fixed. I don't understand how the wishes work in the new forum

Also the placement method you are showing there, I struggle with the "offset" one, I use it often but it always too far. Can't we set the distance by default?