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    • dereiD Offline
      derei
      last edited by

      Placed dimensions inside group don't preserve position when I close the group.
      Below you can see print-screen, also sketchup model.


      this is how dimensions should look-like


      this is how dimensions look after closing the group


      sketchup model

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      • M Offline
        mwm5053
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        That's strange to say the least. Maybe the group wasn't open for edit I don't know but I did figure out how to fix it.
        I exploded group and went to edit- select all and regrouped it now their were you want. You may have your own reason for putting dim. in group but I would add a layer for dim. to show or hide them. You could group dim. if you wanted. On more complex models that would be they to do best. In layering I learned to name dim. with a z- in layer name so they showed up in layers list at bottom good reasoning behind that also.


        fixed

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        • dereiD Offline
          derei
          last edited by

          @mwm5053 said:

          That's strange to say the least.
          I exploded group and went to edit- select all and regrouped it now their were you want.

          ...so, it might be a SketchUp bug? Hmm...
          Anyway, the reason for grouping all together is not important, as it was a temporary action. The fact itself is. If it's a bug, it should be fixed.

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          • TIGT Online
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            last edited by

            I guess the group's axes' directions and the model's axes' directions differ ?
            Try exploding the group in place and immediately regrouping it so the axes reset, re-dimension and see if the dims are then fixed...
            If it's a component then you can try resetting the component's axes to mimic the model's axes directions etc.
            😕

            TIG

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            • dereiD Offline
              derei
              last edited by

              @tig said:

              I guess the group's axes' directions and the model's axes' directions differ ?
              Try exploding the group in place and immediately regrouping it so the axes reset, re-dimension and see if the dims are then fixed...
              If it's a component then you can try resetting the component's axes to mimic the model's axes directions etc.
              😕

              indeed, the axis were different. But I'm thinking now that the cause was a earlier mirroring, because after exploding/regrouping I changed the axis again, and everything stayed in place.

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