I have previously been using MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4), version 08.11.09.829.
I typically use font "3 General Text". When I use dimensions, the stacked fractions box is checked to be enabled, and the "type" is "From Font".
Everything works perfectly. The fractions are stacked when I place dimensions. They stay that way when I edit the dimension text, and when I place text (using the same font) the dimensions are stacked and look exactly like the text shown in dimensions. It has been that way for the past 15+ years for me.
BUT .... now I am trying to get acclimated with MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 13, version 10.13.01.01.
This is not my first rodeo, so I have pulled across some of my old RSC files which I have been using for years, including my font files. Some of them are a bit finicky, so I make sure the configurations are set to mimic my older version set up, down to the order the RSC files are listed (last file overwrites any common font types in previous files).
Now, when I place a dimension in the CONNECT Edition, everything looks exactly the same as the old version. Same font, fractions stacked as before. But if I edit the dimension text, any new fractions I input are not stacked. Also, if I place text, no fractions are stacked. I am inputting everything exactly the same as before. As best I can tell, all the configurations and settings match my old version (I have both open at the same time and go back and forth to compare). I can open a DGN file in the old version and everything works as always. If I open the same file in the new CONNECT version,
If I enter a stacked fraction in text in the old version, then open that file in the new version, it looks great. But if I edit that fraction in the new version, it doesn't stack.
I have found the "right click / stacked fraction" tool, but sheesh, that is awful cumbersome and the resulting stacked fraction does not look the same as those shown automatically when placing a dimension.
Am I missing something here, or is this what MicroStation has become?
This is the exact same problem I am now having, about 14 months after your post. As info, I "upgraded" to CONNECT in June 2020, but--curiously--did not experience this issue until just recently. When I auto dimension I get stacked fractions in accordance with the level of accuracy that I've set for my units (typically 1/16, and sometimes 1/32). On occasions when I need to overwrite the auto dimension, the fractions only stack if they're in increments of 1/4 inch...anything smaller displays as a "?". This is intensely aggravating.
I've read through this entire discussion, by the way. My settings are correct and it's not a font issue (I typically use Bentley "Working" font, but it doesn't matter). This appears to be a major bug in the CONNECT version. Given that it's now February 2021 and I'm running the most current update, it seems that Bentley still has not fixed the problem. I assume they know about it...but maybe not?
Folks do have variable opinion on just how to use a forum. The OP was about Stacked Fractions when using Dimensioning, so the "hijack" was almost related. Ideally we would have one thread on dimensioning settings.
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Mark Galicki said:It's all relevant, Dimensions
Sure, and this Forum is about MicroStation, so it's all relevant. Should we have one giant thread dedicated to MicroStation?
Jason Hatcher said:Problem with stacked fractions
The original post is about stacked fractions. Your question is about dimension lines. Help those of us who try to help you: post one question per thread and follow the Forum guidelines.
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It's all relevant, Dimensions.