ignoring Dimension leaders...

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by hatchmar, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. hatchmar

    hatchmar Guest

    Hi- I'm sure i'm missing something very simple but I have a thing that
    annoys me a little. is there a setting somewhere that makes
    dimensions "un snappable"? ex- when placing my dimensions, there are
    times when it gets pretty crowded and I accidentally will begin a
    dimension on what looks like the endpoint of a line, but in fact it
    snaps on the endpoint of a dimension leader instead, which then gives
    me the wrong dimension. and to look at it, it does not look like
    anything is wrong because the leaders appear to be coming off of the
    endpoint or whatever. I know i could increase the gap from where the
    leaders/arrows are placed but sometimes it does not matter. I just
    wonder why autocad allows dimensions to be, well, dimensioned? that
    would be like doing a project and dimensioning from the edge of the
    paper to the center of the widget, as if it mattered....
     
    hatchmar, Oct 10, 2007
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  2. hatchmar

    S. Smith Guest

    This may be a simplistic answer. I think it is related to Snap options.
    When snapping to an object, the program looks for the largest object. I
    have had this same thing happen to me too. Windowing in a little closer
    will make it easier to select the object to snap to.
    S.S.
     
    S. Smith, Oct 10, 2007
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  3. Patrick Hughes, Oct 10, 2007
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