Edward A. Falk wrote:
In article ,
Leon wrote:
Bill wrote:

Ah, so you have found out that dimension lines and their extensions are
associative. A very handy feature of many drawing programs.
I've known that for a long time, but it never ocurred to me to use it
as a measuring tool while editing. Thanks, Bill Nospam.

Me neither, but this seems to be much quicker than performing
subtraction as I have been doing. At worst, I leave myself with an
easier subtraction problem.

Cheers,
Bill


I use dimensions mostly to confirm sizes when creating a drawing,
especially on components that must remain a specific size. I am
immediately aware if I accidentally change that dimension when editing.
And as you are now aware this is handy to confirm resizing of a component.
I just use the tape measure to confirm sizes, but using dimensions to
detect unintended changes is also clever.