topic Re: Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines in Documentation

Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines

Anonymous — Mon, 22 May 2023 21:54:46 GMT

I'd like to change the style of multiple dimension lines in one of my projects.

I've put a marquee around them, used the find and select tool to highlight the required dimensions but...

...if I go into settings to change the witness lines/marker styles, nothing happens!

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong/ missing a simple step and I'd appreciate some assistance.

Re: Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:09:51 GMT

Could you post some screenshots so we can see exactly what you are doing and what you are trying to achieve?

Re: Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:05:31 GMT

Thank you for your reply Lazlo, I've only just seen it!

I've just gone to post some screen shots for clarity rather than a quickly typed question in haste and found where I was going wrong. I didn't have the dimension(s) selected correctly.

When I used the find tool, pipette to select all, this was the display on the toolbar:

Re: Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:09:46 GMT

Whereas to get it to work, the attached was the display in the toolbar.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I think my mistake was using the find and select tool, then the pipette, followed by selecting the dimension.

When I selected the dimension, then used the find and select tool to add all other dimensions I wanted to change, it worked.

Re: Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines

Barry Kelly — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:54:14 GMT

Your first image shows the dimension selected and the second show the dimension text as selected.
Whatever you select last will be what shows in the info box so that is what you will be amending.

You can select just the node of a dimension and all you will edit is that node.
Select exactly half way between two node and you will select just that one dimension segment and all you will edit is just that one dimension segment.
If you select anywhere else on the line (not the node or centre between nodes) you will select the entire dimension line and any editing will affect all dimensions and nodes on that line.
Or you can select just the text and all you will edit is the style of that text.

Barry.

Re: Changing the style of multiple dimensions lines

Anonymous — Fri, 04 May 2018 08:03:46 GMT

Thanks for the summary Barry