Edited Dimension Values

[Gary L.]

When making a stackup drawing I edit dimension values to a letter designator such as "S". If I make a model change that effect gap "S" Annotator changes "S" to "S" (++edited++) during update. Is there any way to keep this from happening?

[May Kung]

I don't know of a way to keep it from happening, short of not editing the dimension. Actually, we tell users here to avoid editing values, as this destroys the association of the dimension to the geometry. Instead, I normally draw a bit of geometry and/or use the Create Leader goodie to "simulate" a dimension. While this will not move with the geometry after an update, it also doesn't suffer the problem you describe.

[John Scheffel]

We just submitted this question to CoCreate support. This is a new "feature" which was added to flag updated dimensions which were edited. There is currently no standard way to stop this behavior, or easily remove the added "(++edited++)" text. You must edit each dimension and remove it. Several customers have already submitted complaints and requests to either remove this new feature or provide an easy way to turn it off.

This is a clear case where CoCreate should have polled their customers before making a change like this. I suspect most of them would have voted against it, or at least required a way to turn it off or easily remove the added text.

Added June 9, 2003
See the post below for a LISP function which makes removing the "(++edited++)" text easier.

[gmatelich]

In ME10 we've added customization that converts all edited dimensions to cyan on load, and plot transformation so it prints as if they were yellow.

[John Scheffel]

I have written a LISP function which should help with this problem. It is in the attached LISP file. You can just load this file or add the code into an existing startup file.

It will add a new button in your Toolbox named Remove (++edited++). Click it, then select each dimension you want to remove this text from. You can also use a select list to remove from multiple dimensions.

If you just want to remove them all in one shot, when prompted to click a dimension click Select, in the Select dialog check Dimension, then click In Drawing.

[Gary L.]

Thanks John for the lisp code. The code doesn't like the " I have placed on each side of the letter designator, but I can leave them out.

I also added :UNDERLINE :OFF to the AM_DIM_EDIT_VALUE command to keep the underline from appearing.