How Do I change the Label Direction / Text Direction of Dimension Tools

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schrodinger
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How Do I change the Label Direction / Text Direction of Dimension Tools

Post by schrodinger » Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:40 am

By default, the label direction /text direction of dimension tool is horizontal.
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How do I change the direction, so it is vertical (or more general, any other angle desired), like this:
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Thanks!

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Re: How Do I change the Label Direction / Text Direction of Dimension Tools

Post by TSG » Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:03 pm

There is no easy way to change the text direction of a dimension.
The only way I know is to explode (xp) the dimension and then manipulate the text separately.
But attention: you loose the relation between dimension and text. That means changing the dimension will not change the text anymore.

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Re: How Do I change the Label Direction / Text Direction of Dimension Tools

Post by schrodinger » Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:06 am

Thanks, Tohmas. Your suggestion is a feasible workaround. Hope this can be included in furture updates.

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Re: How Do I change the Label Direction / Text Direction of Dimension Tools

Post by Husky » Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:57 am

schrodinger wrote:
Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:06 am
Hope this can be included in furture updates.
Your best chance to get something like that in a future QCAD Version would be to file a "Feature Request". The developer will then decide to implement it or not. :wink:

http://www.ribbonsoft.com/bugtracker

Don't be confused by the link - that forum is used for bug reports and feature requests.
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