I can't believe that someone didn't try to take a dimension of an extruded square in a Design layer before this version was released. It the same sense, a CAD program's number one requirement is that it show the size of things. It is a fundamental feature of the car that it stop on command. This, however, is more akin to putting a car into production, but forgetting to put rotors on the disc brakes. You can't check every possible combination of moves. I don't really see this as a 'bug.' A 'bug' is something that was simply too odd to notice. I have Screen Aligned only, all the other necessary boxes are checked and I STILL cannot draw a dimension lineВ without it disappearing. I'm just looking at an object in front elevation. I'm not even in a symbol or editing window now.

I know I need to pass this along to the VW folk, not here. If that is not the case, the application is fundamentally broken. Previous versions of MC and VW allowed dimensioning anywhere on any orthographic view. I want it available wherever I am in the drawing. But that's not what I want in my drawings. If I want to be a fine artist I'll get some paints, canvasesВ and brushes and slop around shapes and forms. VW has become a rat's nest of workarounds for things that are fundamental to drafting: such as knowing how big something is.

I'm just wanting to see how big something is (in the latest case, I wanted to see if I was in compliance with the ADA for wheelchair clearance.) Don't tell me to use the tape measure tool, draw a line and look in the OIP, or some other workaround. I'm not putting a dimension on it as part of a presentation drawing. The whole point of symbols is to only have to edit the master file instead of all the instances scattered around the drawing. That's like saying 'well, the volume works except when you are on even numbered channels' and thinking that's OK. To respond to markdd, I appreciate the explanation so I won't bang my head against the wall anymore. My definition of 'working' does not allow for random failures, but it is always something to try when I'm stuck. Thanks, Matt, but that doesn't work either.at least not all the time. What is happening here with VW? By the way, 'Screen view only' does not 'stick.' what is up with that? If I just wanted to slap together a massing model I'd use SketchUp or some other consumer CAD-lite system. Doing anything in a 3D view results in imprecise changes at best and pieces and parts slung to the far reaches of the desktop at worst. I'm editing a symbol, remember? I want to be able to dimension, alter, or otherwise edit in orthographic views. Do NOT tell me to put it in a viewport and use the annotation tool. Why are my dimensions either 1.) distorted 2.) invisible (just the blue handles) or 3.) visible, but no longer anywhere near my drawing. If that is the case I should be able to pull a dimension between two points parallel to the paper/screen. If I'm in an orthographic view-whether it's 1919 on a drafting board or 2019 on a computer-I am looking at true size projections. There is no reason for this and I'm sure it is an accidental change due to some addend 'feature.' I do NOT want to work in any mode other than screen plane due to the instability of the program. This happens all the time in all sorts of views, not just in symbol edit. I know that for over 25 years I have been able to do this very, very simple action. I change from '3D' to 'working plane' in the OIP.

I switch to 'Screen orientation only.' Still it disappears. I want to check a dimension, so I go to a right elevation.

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