Linear Dimensions On Materials With Angled Ends

[ashscott]

Linear dimensions on a piece of material that has angled ends - this works well in Sketchup provided you create the dimension in line with the axes see this example that is not inline with the axes and a similar problem to layout occurs:

or within the component in line with the component axes (which works in SU):

but it is not so easy within Layout, perhaps because LO doesn't recognize components and their respective axes?

See this example of LO's dimension tool showing the overall length of the material incorrectly:

see this thread for a clear explanation: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12%26amp;t=56101

[Dave R]

+1

[pbacot]

I agree. Layout needs more powerful dimensioning (and text) to really become a documentation software.

[Dave R]

Peter, are you still using LO3?

[pbacot]