michaelpaul
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if I want to dim between two entities, I just pick each entity then pick where I want the dimension to go and it gets done.
when dimensioning between an entity and an intersection, I simply pick an entity, then I change the selector to intersection where I must pick one entity first, then CTRL click the second entity to determine the intersection. then business as usual.
when dimensioning between two intersections, just click CTRL click to get first point, repeat for second point and done. no issues
my issue is when I want to dimension two entities but I'm stuck in intersection mode. if I just go pick pick why can't the software infer I want to go entity to entity and if I go click, CTRL click why can't it infer I want in intersection? I don't know how much time I waste picking my freaking entities only to realize later that I was stuck in intersection mode when I wanted regular entity mode.
same thing for a radius or diameter dimension when stuck in intersection mode. if I click a circle then click the field of the drawing, the only possible thing I could want is a radius dimension. yet if in intersection mode, creo just says Eff You and you then have to go to entity select, click the circle, then the field of the drawing to create the dimension. if double clicking to pick a circle, there's only one possible thing you want to do with that curve yet if your selector is on intersection then you can't create the dimension until you go pick entity then do it all over again.
it's been 7 years since I used SW but i don't recall dimensioning being that painful back then and I'm sure it's only been improved since.
when dimensioning between an entity and an intersection, I simply pick an entity, then I change the selector to intersection where I must pick one entity first, then CTRL click the second entity to determine the intersection. then business as usual.
when dimensioning between two intersections, just click CTRL click to get first point, repeat for second point and done. no issues
my issue is when I want to dimension two entities but I'm stuck in intersection mode. if I just go pick pick why can't the software infer I want to go entity to entity and if I go click, CTRL click why can't it infer I want in intersection? I don't know how much time I waste picking my freaking entities only to realize later that I was stuck in intersection mode when I wanted regular entity mode.
same thing for a radius or diameter dimension when stuck in intersection mode. if I click a circle then click the field of the drawing, the only possible thing I could want is a radius dimension. yet if in intersection mode, creo just says Eff You and you then have to go to entity select, click the circle, then the field of the drawing to create the dimension. if double clicking to pick a circle, there's only one possible thing you want to do with that curve yet if your selector is on intersection then you can't create the dimension until you go pick entity then do it all over again.
it's been 7 years since I used SW but i don't recall dimensioning being that painful back then and I'm sure it's only been improved since.
