Posted by LordOfBikes on Oct 16, 2019; 7:08am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/repositioning-dimensions-and-saving-individual-layers-tp5717826p5717833.html

Phil,

this is why I wrote works for most entities and not all.
There may be more entities which are still not fully implemented, like diametric dimensions.
Of course you can use explode, but this destroys any relation between the dimension entities.
There is only a bunch of unrelated lines and text after explode.
Another option would be to delete the label text with Tools/Modify/Properties tool.
Enter a blank for the label and the dimension label will be invisible without exploding the dimension.
Then you can place a MText with the diameter wherever you want.
But you have to care about the style and size yourself, it is not taken from drawing preferences for dimensions.

I had a look at closed issues, but it seems I mixed up some things.
There was an issue with dimensions and zoom, where erroneous rectangles were drawn from the origin.
And another issue with erroneous lines to the origin, but this was caused by splines.

So if it is possible, can you post a drawing in standard DXF 2007 format and same drawing in R12 format which shows the issue?
You can use the More button in your reply to upload files here.

Basically a circle or arc can be a polyline. It depends on the used tools.
Normally lines and circles are created with the corresponding tools from Lines or Circle menu.
And polylines are created with Polyline tools. They create a continuous contour with lines and circular arcs.
But there is also the tool Create Polyline from Existing Segmants which can convert single lines/arcs or multiple connected lines/arcs into a polyline.

Armin