Reply To: Dimensions in SpaceClaim 2024 R1

[Alex Chiella]

Thank you a lot Atharv, that was driving me crazy!

I did check the "detail-dimensions" tutorial, but I have one big issue: I can select and dimension the given geometrical element (let's say, the edge of a parallelepiped), the annotation segment is fine, but the actual digit size is extremely small.
I guess that's got to do with having two Components in the project, one much smaller (~ centrimetres) than the other (~ hundreds of metres).
I modelled the small one first, and I guess the detail-dimensions size is bound to that one. There's no way I could even tell the detail-dimensions of the bigger body have any numbers on them, because I need to zoom in to the small body scale for them to be noticeable.

On the other hand, sketch-dimensions number size adjusts dinamically as I zoom in or out. Of course, the small body sketch-dimensions will overlap into a congested mess of numbers when zooming out having a look from afar at the bigger body; but that's not really the kind of view where I need them, so I will just toggle them off.

This is a workaround I came up with, which kinda works because the bigger body is actually a mere CFD domain box, enclosing the smaller body (which is the system).

But if there's a way to get the detail-dimensions right with its number size, then I'm 100% going to check it out! I'd like to know if there's a way to swap between Components for size reference.

P.S. I tried another workaround setting the detail-dimensions size to a silly high number (100), but it's not ideal. I can deal with the lack of dynamic scaling, but reverting to the regular size is a pain when the clickable screen is filled by giant characters. 
No problem with detail-dimensions in conventional engineering drawing, which I guess is its intended use after all. The tutorial is brilliant and so is the feature!