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polymer8  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, April 3, 2018 11:48:49 PM(UTC)
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Hi forum,

I'm having a very odd time tweaking my defined styles and, layers and views. Once I think I've solved one issue, another one pops up! So confusing!

Now, for some reason - all text and dimensions appear vertical - despite being designated at horizontal?

Any thoughts why this is happening?

Miles

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#2 Posted : Wednesday, April 4, 2018 3:21:20 AM(UTC)
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Hello Polymer,

Many forum members are complaining about the dimensions setting and interface.
There are so many points to solve, or improve in the palette...

In your case, the dimensions seem to follow a specific workplane you have set.

Go to the workplane menu and put it back to global...

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polymer8  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:54:43 PM(UTC)
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Thanks Jim,

I'm also playing around with the startup.dat file to set up pen properties for each layer. Can't make much sense of it as not much sticks when I reopen a new file. My newly created pen styles remain (as I can't edit the existing ones), but they are non-associated with each layer!

I've tried using the 'override pen styles' in the layers palate, but the startup.dat doesn't keep these settings either.

So a basic, basic question. How can I create a default file with pen styles associated with layers?

Miles
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#4 Posted : Thursday, April 5, 2018 12:08:17 PM(UTC)
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>>all text and dimensions appear vertical - despite being designated at horizontal?

Hello Miles

Can you post the ViaCAD file where the text is vertical and you've specified horizontal?

Thanks

Tim
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Tim Olson  
#5 Posted : Thursday, April 5, 2018 12:09:26 PM(UTC)
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>>I've tried using the 'override pen styles' in the layers palate, but the startup.dat doesn't keep these settings either.
Can you post your startup.dat file?
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Tim
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#6 Posted : Thursday, April 5, 2018 3:02:16 PM(UTC)
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Here is Startup.dat, all the custom pen types and layers are saved but not the pen style applied to the layers

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Jason

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polymer8  
#7 Posted : Thursday, April 5, 2018 8:08:01 PM(UTC)
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Here is Startup.dat, all the custom pen types and layers are saved but not the pen style applied to the layers

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Jason


Hi Jason, tim

I loaded Jason's startup.dat file into my Shark LT 9 resources folder and did a relaunch.

This is a screen shot of what I've got. Again. pen styles are not associated with layers.

miles

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#8 Posted : Thursday, April 5, 2018 8:12:23 PM(UTC)
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>>I've tried using the 'override pen styles' in the layers palate, but the startup.dat doesn't keep these settings either.
Can you post your startup.dat file?
Thanks
Tim


Hi Tim,
Thanks for attending to my dilemma. Attached is the startup.dat file.

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#9 Posted : Thursday, April 5, 2018 9:54:03 PM(UTC)
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>>all text and dimensions appear vertical - despite being designated at horizontal?

Hello Miles

Can you post the ViaCAD file where the text is vertical and you've specified horizontal?

Thanks

Tim



Hi Tim,

Jim, responded to this matter and offered a remedy.

But I'm still not sure why the workplane needs to be reset to global solves the problem?

Miles
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Tim Olson  
#10 Posted : Friday, April 6, 2018 9:03:54 AM(UTC)
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>>But I'm still not sure why the workplane needs to be reset to global solves the problem?

Dimensions are defined in a 2D coordinate system where x defines the horizontal direction. When creating dimensions, this 2D coordinate system is the WorkPlane. Resetting the workplane put it back aligned with the global coordinate system.

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#11 Posted : Wednesday, April 11, 2018 2:34:45 AM(UTC)
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There are so many points to solve, or improve in the palette...


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Tim Olson  
#12 Posted : Thursday, April 12, 2018 2:28:48 PM(UTC)
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>>Here is Startup.dat, all the custom pen types and layers are saved but not the pen style applied to the layers

Repeated, found, and fixed in 1370.

Thanks for the heads up all!

Tim
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