Dimension/Leader arrowheads will not display

When I place a dimension or leader the arrowhead(s) will show until I accept the placement THEN the arrowhead(s) disappear. I thought that maybe the arrowheads might just be very small but when I dropped the dimension and select elements only the lines were found. The arrowhead is a cell. I changed it to a different cell, something weird just to see if it would work and it did work. I placed the cell into the drawing with no problem too. I even copied a dimension from  another drawing, imported the dim style but nothing seems to work.

Does anybody have an idea on why this is happening,

Thanks

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  • Hello,
    Could you check in :
    Element>Dimension Styles ->Advanced>Graphics>Fit Options
    Your Minimum Leader value may need to be changed.
    Could you post the file for testing?

    Regards
    Derval.



  • Derval, I posted DimensionProb.dgn already. Are you asking for some other file?
  • Do you need to use the cell for your terminators? Under the dimension settings dialog go to the Geometry Tab. Under terminators set the Arrowhead to Filled and under the Symbols drop down just set arrow to Default. You will get a solid arrowhead similar to your cell. THe only difference would be that the wide end of the arrowhead would be straight across rather than V shaped. I looked at your file and the cell. I thought maybe the cell being created as a Point Cell rather than a Graphic Cell was causing the issue. I changed it to a Graphic Cell with no change. Using the the Default Filled arrowhead works fine.

    By the way, I opened another file and set the dimension style to use your cell and everything works fine. That tells me it is file specific and the file you are working in has some sort of corruption. I would start a new file as I suggested prviously and not beat myself up trying to fix your current file.

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  • Do you need to use the cell for your terminators? Under the dimension settings dialog go to the Geometry Tab. Under terminators set the Arrowhead to Filled and under the Symbols drop down just set arrow to Default. You will get a solid arrowhead similar to your cell. THe only difference would be that the wide end of the arrowhead would be straight across rather than V shaped. I looked at your file and the cell. I thought maybe the cell being created as a Point Cell rather than a Graphic Cell was causing the issue. I changed it to a Graphic Cell with no change. Using the the Default Filled arrowhead works fine.

    By the way, I opened another file and set the dimension style to use your cell and everything works fine. That tells me it is file specific and the file you are working in has some sort of corruption. I would start a new file as I suggested prviously and not beat myself up trying to fix your current file.

    Microstation CONNECT 10.17.00.209

    ORD CONNECT 2021 R1 10.10.1.3

    Microstation v8i SS 10 08.11.09.919

    Power InRoads v8i 08.11.09.615

    ORD CONNECT 2021 R1 10.10.1.3

    ProjectWise 10.0.3.453

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  • Thank you mwlong, I would like to say that normally I would have done your suggestion about not using the cell. Unfortunately, we are using this cell from our DOT and it is a part of the standards. I will suggest that we create a new file.
    I'm happy to know that the things I have tried are some of the things that others would have recommended. I'm also glad that it seems to be an isolated problem.
    Thanks again to everyone that gave this their attention.