11 Replies Latest reply on Jun 15, 2015 2:59 AM by Christopher Thorn

Aligning note with dimension

Christopher Thorn Jun 15, 2015 2:54 AM

How can I get the underlined leader of the note to align with the underlined leader of the hole callout?

When I try and position the note, the baseline of the note text snaps to the underlined leader of the hole callout.

The same behaviour is true when I select both annotations then right-click > Align > Align Bottom.

It's super annoying!

I'm using SolidWorks Premium 2014 x64 Edition SP 5.0.

Chris

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Re: Aligning note with dimension

Shaodun Lin Jun 12, 2015 4:47 AM (in response to Christopher Thorn)

Hi Chris:

It seems like a undesired behavior.
When I am trying to align the text to the dimension, it seems it is aligning the bottom of text to the leader line,
I think which is incorrect behavior.

Regards
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  Christopher Thorn Jun 12, 2015 4:26 AM (in response to Shaodun Lin)
  
  It's been like it for as long as I can remember, through multiple versions of the software - I've just lived with it.
  
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  Christopher Thorn Jun 12, 2015 4:31 AM (in response to Shaodun Lin)
  
  I'll report the issue to my VAR and link to this discussion thread.
  
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    Shaodun Lin Jun 12, 2015 4:36 AM (in response to Christopher Thorn)
    
    Hi Chris:
    
    It seems what you ask is an Enhancement request:
    Someone have already file a SPR, so you are not alone.
    
    SPR 843185: Ability to have dimensions and notes only snap align to the same portion of the text area (ie baseline to baseline, center to center, and top to top)
    
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      Christopher Thorn Jun 12, 2015 4:36 AM (in response to Shaodun Lin)
      
      Ah, thanks for finding that!
      
      However, I don't really see how it could be considered an "enhancement" - who would want neighbouring notes and dimensions slightly misaligned? I would have said that this is clearly a bug that requires fixing, not an enhancement that requires implementing.
      
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        Shaodun Lin Jun 12, 2015 4:49 AM (in response to Christopher Thorn)
        
        Hi Chris:
        
        Well, somehow it is classified as an "Enhancement" in our system.
        If you do not agree about the Severity Level, please file an SR via VAR and request SOLIDWORKS to change the Severity Level.
        You need to back up your stand with concrete evidence that this SPR has significant impact to your quality of work.
        
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        Christopher Thorn Jun 12, 2015 4:50 AM (in response to Shaodun Lin)
        
        OK, thanks very much for the advice - I will have a discussion with my VAR about the issue.
        
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Re: Aligning note with dimension

Glenn Schroeder Jun 12, 2015 7:55 AM (in response to Christopher Thorn)

Christopher,

I see you tried to align them by choosing "Align Bottom". Did you also try "Align Horizontal"? You may very well get the same result, but it's worth a try.
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  Christopher Thorn Jun 15, 2015 2:58 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Hi Glenn
  
  Choosing Align Horizontal does what I expect - it aligns the vertical centre of each annotation along a horizontal line, which for annotations of different heights means that the baselines won't be horizontally aligned.
  
  Chris
  
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Re: Aligning note with dimension

Greg Jankowski Jun 12, 2015 8:17 AM (in response to Christopher Thorn)

We are looking into this.
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  Christopher Thorn Jun 15, 2015 2:59 AM (in response to Greg Jankowski)
  
  Hi Greg
  
  Thanks for looking into it.
  
  Chris
  
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