Angular Dimension not always working

[Chris26953238qfn0]

Something stange happening here. I'm working on a diagram in which I need to dimension three angles. I can get two to work but not the third. The other strange thing is that all three had worked previously but I needed to reset the line weight of the dimension line so I deleted the dimensions to redo. Now, one of them won't dimension.

I'm using Illustrator 28.5 on MacOs 14.4.1.

Any insight is much appreciated.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Chris26953238qfn0,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind sharing a public link to a sample file you're having trouble with after uploading it to Dropbox/Google Drive/etc., and a screen recording of the problem (https://adobe.ly/44KZn3b), so we can investigate this further?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Chris26953238qfn0]

The attached screen recording shows the three angled lines with one [60°] dimensioned angle set. I then proceed to set the second [30°] angle. When I attempt to set the third [45°] angle, it fails to work.

[Chris26953238qfn0 · Accepted solution]

I rebuilt the diagram and now it works. Don't know what went wrong with the previous one.

[Laura Coyle.]

I've had the same issue with angles, but when I zoom in and look in outline mode, I can see it doesn't work if the paths are not touching or intersecting. So that could be why rebuilding worked for you.

[Chris26953238qfn0]

Laura, thanks for chiming in. That was one of the first things that I checked and it was not the issue. Also checked that the lines were on the same layer. Still a mystery. The rebuild was renamed so I just opened the precedent version to confirm.

[hekselsior]

agree on this, the angular dimension does not always detect the angle. Even redraw the angle/shape does not always work as well.