Hello, I'm trying to get my secondary units on a dimension to have stacked fractions like the primary units have. The primary units are the actual dimension & the secondary units are just keyed in values. I managed to get the primary units correct by inserting a stacked fraction in the text editor box, but when I try the same thing with the secondary units the fractions don't stack, even though they display properly in the text editor box. Is this a bug or can't you edit the secondary units anymore to read what you need?
Thanks,
Kevin
Its never been possible and the lack of functionality has been discussed many times:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/97398/v8i-ss3-578-dimension---stacked-fractions-in-secondary-units
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/86183/dimension---edit-secondary-and-add-fraction/244587#244587
A Text element might be the only solution seeing as its not an accurate dimension anyway.
Well, then we have been doing the impossible for quite a while now. I opened the file in V8i SS10 and dimensioned the same objects, top value is actual dimension & bottom value is typed in manually. That is why I thought that it was just another Connect specific issue, since we weren't having an issue before.
As I live in the metric world, I don't use Stacked Fractions but I have just tested trying to set one manually on a Secondary Dimension, however, as reported in one of the linked threads, the dimension does not retain the stacked fraction. If I copy & paste the same values to the Primary Dimension, it works without issue.
If you believe you can do so, feel free to demonstrate it.
FWIW, this is my experience in V8i SS10:
I wanted to verify if this is still an issue for you in MicroStation CONNECT Edition. I have successfully been able to place a linear dimension with secondary units and able to modify the dimension and have stacked fractions in both the primary and secondary dimension. If you are still having a problem with this, could you provide a sample file?
Regards,
Regie