Draft - dimension between lines is stale

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MauiWarrior
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Draft - dimension between lines is stale

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Hi All,

I drew two lines in Draft workbench and measured distance between two endpoints using dimension. I later changed length of both lines and was expecting dimension to change, but it remained as originally measured. Is this expected behaviour? Can I change it? I tried property "Linked Geomety" in Dimension feature/object, but it did not work.


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Re: Draft - dimension between lines is stale

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MauiWarrior wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:59 pm
in my opinion that is correct. i use it with assembly drawings to decouple the parts
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Re: Draft - dimension between lines is stale

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MauiWarrior wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:59 pm Is this expected behaviour?
You may consider to use a TechDraw page for your dimensioning. It has the additional advantage that you can print it with a defined scale.
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