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Deffe
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SOLVED : Dimensions and views end up in a mess

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Hi,

Created a multistory building using the BIM toolbox.
Then used the TechDraw toolbox to create technical 2D drawings and added measurements and text to these drawings.
Finally yesterday saved the whole project and quit FreeCad.

When opening the project today and loading the drawings with the TechDraw toolbox all the created schematics are a mess of measurements and views. Measurements lines and/or the values changed place. I had a normal view and a section view placed on top of each other, now they are placed randomly in the drawing.

It looks like I can start from zero.

Somebody having the same experience or have some hints?

My system and FreeCad install:

OS: Linux Mint 20 (X-Cinnamon/cinnamon)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.
Build type: Release
Branch: unknown
Hash: e8566f22bbeb0b7204e3c45519d0963e8881100b
Python version: 3.8.5
Qt version: 5.12.8
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.1
Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB)

Thanks
Last edited by Deffe on Sat May 08, 2021 8:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
Syres
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Re: Dimensions and views end up in a mess

Post by Syres »

Deffe wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 9:13 am I had a normal view and a section view placed on top of each other, now they are placed randomly in the drawing.
All you need to do is correctly arrange the views again but this time when in the correct location and the view selected use the Lock Position to True to get the red padlock appear:
TD_LockViewPosition.jpg
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OS: Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601: SP 1)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB)
Deffe
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Re: Dimensions and views end up in a mess

Post by Deffe »

Syres wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 9:53 am
Deffe wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 9:13 am I had a normal view and a section view placed on top of each other, now they are placed randomly in the drawing.
All you need to do is correctly arrange the views again but this time when in the correct location and the view selected use the Lock Position to True to get the red padlock appear:
Thanks for the hint!
I'll give it a try.
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