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    ⚠️ Important | Libfredo 15.6b introduces important bugfixes for Fredo's Extensions Update

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    • K Offline
      KeeneAnderson
      last edited by

      That works perfect! Saved me from a catastrophe. πŸ˜† Thanks again!

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        If I had put a space alone without the '' you wouldn't have seen it, and if I typed it as 'space' you'd have typed it πŸ˜’
        BTW IF you want to revert to the actual dimension add <>
        If you want to add text AND the actual dimension use TEXT <> and the <> part is auto-replaced with the dimension in current units.
        πŸ˜•

        TIG

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        • jgbJ Offline
          jgb
          last edited by

          Simpler yet, just put all your text/dimension objects on a separate Documentation layer. That way you can turn them on or off at will.


          jgb

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            @jgb said:

            Simpler yet, just put all your text/dimension objects on a separate Documentation layer. That way you can turn them on or off at will.

            How do you separate the dimension text from the arrows?

            Etaoin Shrdlu

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            • jgbJ Offline
              jgb
              last edited by

              @dave r said:

              @jgb said:

              Simpler yet, just put all your text/dimension objects on a separate Documentation layer. That way you can turn them on or off at will.

              How do you separate the dimension text from the arrows?

              Good point; I thought he meant all of the dim.

              I will slink off now.... 😳


              jgb

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                You can't layer a dim's geometry and text separately.
                However, layering dims/text IS a very useful tool...
                To 'hide' a dim's text, but leave its line/arrows you have to replace the dim's text with a space ' '...
                OR make/find/install a custom ttf font where all the characters are 'blank' and then use that font for your [selected] dims [temporarily], so they are not visible [but retain their text, with not further editing needed].
                Later on you can swap back to a standard font - say 'Arial' - which makes the dim's text visible again...

                TIG

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                • jgbJ Offline
                  jgb
                  last edited by

                  I started to play with this, however limited that is.

                  One partial solution (sort of!) is to make the text 1 point or .001 in high. That effectively makes the text almost invisible (looks like a small line) πŸ‘ but, and a big but... the arrowheads also disappear. πŸ‘Ž πŸ˜’


                  jgb

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Get a 'blank ttf' Font... This 'Invisble.ttf' is OK. The 'infinity' symbol is its visible character [tiny dot]...Invisible.zipCapture.PNG

                    TIG

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                      jgb
                      last edited by

                      This would be ideal to hide copyright notices within the model.

                      See topic.....

                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42399&p=379799#p379799


                      jgb

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        @jgb said:

                        This would be ideal to hide copyright notices within the model.

                        See topic.....

                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42399&p=379799#p379799

                        πŸ‘

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

                        %

                        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                        G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                        M30

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