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Can't even take a short break from 3D designing stuff. Glad I'm switching over to FreeCAD. All I wanted was to grab some dimensions from an old model.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Doesn’t that create wonky geometry if you try and alter the parameters?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

On the contrary, because they are not connected they don't affect other parts. So you can just freely move things around.

And if things move, you can always just eyeball it again.

For many parts of a drawing, exact measurements aren't important.