Re: Inside-horizontal dimensions
Posted by sankey on Apr 04, 2018; 5:07pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Inside-horizontal-dimensions-tp5715827p5715868.html
This first iteration change has now been merged into LibreCAD master (thanks lordofbikes!). Next I may attempt to implement built-in leaders for inside-horizontal linear dimensions. Here are a few examples of how AutoCAD implements inside-horizontal with outside arrows:
It is not specific to AutoCAD; I have found this in several style reference guides for manual drafting too.
I don't think this style has an existing name, so I'm dubbing it "built-in leaders" for the sake of discussion. This feature in LibreCAD should allow the designer to manually position the text, and the built-in leader will automatically follow the text. The last line segment (adjacent to the text) should always be horizontal, and the first line segment (adjacent to the arrow) should be parallel to the existing extension line which was already there.
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Inside-horizontal-dimensions-tp5715827p5715868.html
This first iteration change has now been merged into LibreCAD master (thanks lordofbikes!). Next I may attempt to implement built-in leaders for inside-horizontal linear dimensions. Here are a few examples of how AutoCAD implements inside-horizontal with outside arrows:
It is not specific to AutoCAD; I have found this in several style reference guides for manual drafting too.
I don't think this style has an existing name, so I'm dubbing it "built-in leaders" for the sake of discussion. This feature in LibreCAD should allow the designer to manually position the text, and the built-in leader will automatically follow the text. The last line segment (adjacent to the text) should always be horizontal, and the first line segment (adjacent to the arrow) should be parallel to the existing extension line which was already there.
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