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Hello all, new user to AutoCad. seem to be having problems adding dimensions to anything - dimension markers appear but no text, anything i change seems to make no difference.May just be that i don't know enough, but can't seem to work it out!

Any help would be appreciated.

Brad

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AustMech Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17.May.2012 Location: Australia Using: AutoCad 2013 LT Status: Offline Points: 3	Topic: AutoCad LT 2013 Posted: 17.May.2012 at 10:44
	Hello all, new user to AutoCad. seem to be having problems adding dimensions to anything - dimension markers appear but no text, anything i change seems to make no difference. May just be that i don't know enough, but can't seem to work it out! Any help would be appreciated. Brad

heinsite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 640	Posted: 17.May.2012 at 11:35
	I can think of any number of possible problems, but we can cut straight to the chase if you create a simple DWG file with the problem and upload it. I'm sure once we see it we'll be able to tell right away what's going on. Dave.
	Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 17.May.2012 at 12:10
	Maybe your text height is so small and the object you are dimensioning so large that the text, although there, is just not readable. Have you had any AutoCAD training? Have you gone through any AutoCAD tutorials online?
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

heinsite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 640	Posted: 17.May.2012 at 20:50
	That was the first thing that came to mind here too... that and probably using the "Standard" dimstyle. But rather than guess it would be nice to see an example and use it as a 'teaching moment'. Dave.
	Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite

AustMech Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17.May.2012 Location: Australia Using: AutoCad 2013 LT Status: Offline Points: 3	Posted: 17.May.2012 at 23:41
	Yes need a bit of teaching - only been using cad for 5 days. But i have finaly worked it out - looking in the wrong spot. It was the text height as you guessed.

heinsite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 640	Posted: 17.May.2012 at 23:54
	"5 days"... then you're still well within the, "OMG, this really is overwhelming!" phase. Hang in there. Read everything you can absorb here and elsewhere and start building a set of browser bookmarks for AutoCAD blogs and user forums. Aside from this one you should also join and monitor: Autodesk Discussion Groups: http://forums.autodesk.com/ AUGI (Autodesk User Group International) Forums: http://forums.augi.com/index.php AutoCAD Exchange: http://autocad.autodesk.com/?nd=home ... and from there begin building links to other blogs and forum sites. Too much info in this game is never enough. Even long time users continue to learn things. You will too. Dave.
	Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite

AustMech Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17.May.2012 Location: Australia Using: AutoCad 2013 LT Status: Offline Points: 3	Posted: 18.May.2012 at 00:21
	Many thanks, will 'keep on keeping on'

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 18.May.2012 at 17:01
	There are numerous static and video tutorials around so start by searching for them and going through them. I'd also recommend buying a good after-market AutoCAD book by Omura, Finkelstein or Grabowski.
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

CaddChat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21.May.2012 Location: United States Using: Autocad 2011 Status: Offline Points: 8	Posted: 21.May.2012 at 18:59
	http://caddchat.webs.com/ this website offeres instant autocad help!! its great check it out!

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 22.May.2012 at 12:12
	CaddChat = a waste of both time and money in my opinion. Edited by John Connor - 23.May.2012 at 18:13
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

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