Posted by dellus on Apr 21, 2018; 6:09pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Inside-horizontal-dimensions-tp5715827p5715933.html

Tested now, works. Wondered how existing drawings with fixed extension lines made in the old version would open. I had a faint hope the values would somehow be automatically adapted to the new system, but nope. So old drawings will have to be adapted manually, no biggie, but users will have to know it. The cleanness of the new handling is well worth this inconvenience.
But while testing old drawings I ran into a problem: In an architectural drawing with scale 1:100 and units set to m (standard in Germany) I couldn't set the fixed extension line small enough, as the input mask only accepts two digits after the decimal point. So it's a problem of the user interface. Maybe this is not within your expertise, sankey. Somebody else able and willing?
While testing an idea flashed up: wouldn't it make sense to submit normal text also to general scale? This of course would require a much greater effort, adapting the user interface. I'm not asking you to do this, just a thought, maybe for a future release.

dellus