Dimensions incorrect, placed as italic??

[Zach571]

I am very new to Inventor and ran into a problem that I cannot find an answer to. I've created several drawings when I was using the trial version, now I have LT and I just keep running into little issues that were not present with the trial version. I realize LT does not have all the features but in this case my dimensions are incorrect and placed italic/angled. Other dimensions are correct. When I go back to my sketch the dimension there is what I want but not what is displayed in my drawing. Please see the attached pic. .638 should be .556, .476 should be .374 and the 6.997 should be 6.890. Is this a scale issue?

 

Thanks,

 

Zach

[Zach571]

I saved, closed, and opened and now its just peachy. The old wonky dims were still there but so far all newly placed dims are correct. I'd still like to hear some input/theories as to the cause though.

 

Thanks,

 

Zach

[ecshclark]

There was probably a different style and standard active on the trial version. Under Annotate you can select the Style before placing a dimension. You can also RMB on an existing dimension and edit the style or make a new style. Under Manage you will also find the Styles Editor where you create or edit Styles and Standards. Under Tools > Document Settings you can set the Active Standard. You can set up drawing templates with a style and standard active so new drawings have that as default.

[JD Mather]

You can place True Dimensions or Projected Dimensions - this is relevant to isometric or skewed views. My guess is that your part is slightly skewed.

Attach the files here and end all doubt.

[spiderdian]

i agree with JD, i think the point you snapped at belongs to a different plane, in this case - it is skewed. Try to pull the dimension and put it again to the point where you want to place it.