Improved Functionality for Editing Evaluation of Dimension Text - *12​.1​.SP4*

Description

When editing a text in a persisted dimensioning, the change will be persisted when using the "persisting" functions Modify/Dimension/Text Value or the Edit/Text (or Right Mouse Button/Edit) when the Drafting default keyword DENY_UPDATE_OF_NON_PERSISTED_GEOM set to "Yes". The problem here is that the "intelligent" text will initially be presented in the Edit Text dialog; there is no way for the user to say that he wants to edit the evaluation of the text instead.

To get the evaluation of the text initially presented in the dialog, the "non-persisting" function Edit/Text (or Right Mouse Button/Edit) can be used together with the Drafting default keyword DENY_UPDATE_OF_NON_PERSISTED_GEOM set to "No". However, since the modified text is not persisted, a subsequent evaluation of the dimensioning will overwrite the modification, something that might irritate the user.

Marine Drafting 12.1 SP4, the functionality has been improved in two ways:

Using the "persisting" functions to edit the dimensioning text

When editing a dimension text, it is possible to flip between the "intelligent" (original) text and the evaluated text as predefined value in the Edit Text dialog by pressing the Options button. Note that Options button will be enabled only if a) the modification is done on "part level" and b) the evaluated text differs from the "intelligent" text. For consistency reasons, the choice "Text value" in the Modify/Dimension dialog has been changed to "Edit Dimension text".

Using the "non-persisting" function to edit the dimensioning text

To prevent the modified dimension text to be overwritten after a subsequent evaluation of the dimensioning, it is now possible to remove the dimensioning from PADD before modifying it. This is done by invoking the "Remove Dimensioning from PADD" subfunction in the Tools/Inspect Drawing dialog (the corresponding MarApi and Vitesse functions were introduced in 12.SP3.1).

Removing the dimensioning from PADD makes it possible for the user to "freely" modify the dimensioning component without losing the changes when later using the Drafting Modify/Dimension functions 'Move Dimension Line' and 'Slant Witness Line'.

There are two drawbacks with de-persisting:

1. The dimensioning loses its associativity.

2. The Drafting Modify/Dimension functions "Text Properties" and "Edit Dimension Text" cannot be used.

   Note:
   That de-persisting a dimensioning component is NOT reversible.

Benefits

Improved functionality to modify dimension text evaluation.

Compatibility Constraints

None.

For More Information

Refer to User Guide Draft / Marine Drafting / Operator’s Instructions / Tools / Inspect Drawing.

Affected Programs

Hull Design, Marine Drafting