In a drawing, when the dimensions are inserted using the Annotation --> Model Object commands, it appears that the diameter dimensions are displayed as linear dimensions. SolidWorks therefore forces us to manually modify each dimension. Indeed, when you right-click on the dimension and choose Display option from the context menu, the command is hopelessly missing. On the other hand, access to the context menu is also lacking. The first attached file shows the drawing of a part that has a hole dimensioned in both ways. The second file presents the contextual toolbar that allows you to modify the dimension of a hole. SolidWorks, which claims to be so modern and at the forefront of CAD software, has omitted this feature? Can I appeal to the sagacity of the members of this site to ask for a solution?
It depends on how you rated your sketch. The MEP essentially takes the dimensions of the model sketches. If there is no dimension in the sketch, no dimension in the MEP, or if the dimension is marked as not to appear in the MEP. MEP does not generate the missing dimensions by itself, it would rather tend to put them in excess and in bulk.
For your rating of 15 if you had rated it from the end where you have the rating of 25 you would see that it values correctly: both the radius and the position of the hole.
If your hole of 8 has the same centering dimension, everyone understands that the hole is centered on the center of the Radius. Personally, I rate the overall and then the radius, knowing that this removes some of the ambiguity.
Kind regards
PS post an image of your sketch(es) please to see if I didn't say anything stupid ;-)
In the MEP, click on the dimension, and in the dimensioning propertiestab Tie lines and toggle the Diameter button?
Otherwise, the automatic smart dimension of the entire model in the MEP generates this type of dimensions below (I don't know why they remain gray but there is probably a way to change that))
When I formulated my problem, there was no question of the position of the 15 ray and in addition you change the dimensions (dimension of 30) of the part.
In the drawing, it was about how SolidWorks uses to dimension the hole of 8. That's why I deliberately added the linear dimension as well as the diametrical dimension of this hole. @Sylk answered well and above all addressed the subject but for the moment the problem remains.
