GearHeads Forum

Stephen:

Np, Ill make a change so medium is the default....

Art

Nope, I'm just using the default fonts, BUT I had them at large.  When I moved to medium, then the dimension shows below the escapement in my design. 

Sorry to have bugged you on this

Stephen:

  Im not sure whats happening to your fonts.. My measurment shows up about 1/2 down the page.. Ive raised it quite a bit
and your not seeing it.. Im thinking it may not be printing on your system.  If you select a gear is all the other data showing up?

Art

I got back into my project, but I still don't see any measurement.  I can make the white line, which disappears as soon as I let go of the mouse button, but nowhere on the screen is any kind of measurement.  I can see the coordinates changing but that's it.

No problem at all, it is easy to work around it.
Thanks Art for a great program and super support.

Hi Bertho:

  Sorry about that one, its a bug caused by recent additions to the base. Ive made the measurement text stick as of next update. (likely around 2-3rd week of October..)

Art

Thanks Art for a very fast reply to my questions.
When I click and drag the distance is properly displayed in the project window as long as I keep the mouse button pressed.
When I release it both the measured line and the text disappears.  Moving the center bar down does not help.

Unrelated: I tried to attached a screen capture.  I am probably missing something obvious but it looks like it requires having the image on website and then insert its URL.
There got to be a simpler way but that is what is shown in the help file for inserting a picture.

Bertho:

  You cant make the measurement snap ( but thats a good idea, I may have to steal it..)
, if you wish to see the center distance bwteen two gears, just hold down your
crtl key and select each of them in the project tree. When G2 see's you have two gears
selected it will then give you the actual distance between them.

Art

In my case I can see the line and the displayed distance but as soon as I release the mouse button it disappear.

I saw a tutorial where the measurements were shown like on a mechanical drawing but I can not find that option.

How can I make the measurements snap to shaft centers?

Steve:

  Thx, Ill do a check for low resolutions and move it up if detected, that may be the best way to handle it..

Art