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B89
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Dimension text

Post by B89 » Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:21 am

Using Windows 10/QCAD Pro trial

How do I make dimension text annotative? Thanks for your time.

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Re: Dimension text

Post by Husky » Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:46 am

B89 wrote:
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:21 am
How do I make dimension text annotative?
What kind of annotation? Please provide an example. Thanks.
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Re: Dimension text

Post by CVH » Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:52 am

B89 wrote:
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:21 am
How do I make dimension text annotative?
Hi, I think you mean how to keep the dimension to look the same in:
Viewport 1 at 1:100
Viewport 2 at 1:50
Viewport 3 at 1:20
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Sorry, but I don't see a solution except with drawing dimensions directly in Paper_Space.

Maybe you could add a feature request in QCAD Bugtracker:
https://qcad.org/bugtracker/

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Re: Dimension text

Post by CVH » Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:54 am

Kinda existing feature request:
https://qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?d ... sk_id=1999

But in a way it should be feasible for normal text and hatches too.
Already implemented for Linetypes.

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Re: Dimension text

Post by petevick » Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:44 pm

If you mean how do you add text to a dimension then select the dimension, in the top of the Specific Properties list is Label, the field will probably display 'Auto', to add text after a dimension type '<> text here', the <> indicates the auto dimension, you can obviously add the text before the dimension with 'text here <>'
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