From 09aa816394c9615297e1d8cd09dccf7c65b73a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dotCooCoo Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 19:56:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: dimensions state when the menus dim Expand and when a dimension stays live --- docs/dimensions.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/dimensions.md b/docs/dimensions.md index 129800319..e55e698f2 100644 --- a/docs/dimensions.md +++ b/docs/dimensions.md @@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ ordinary paths and text, so exported dimensions look the same. Ungrouping a dime paths and text as ordinary art. Object › Expand, Object › Expand Appearance, Type › Create Outlines and Object › Path › Outline Stroke turn a dimension whose art they change into a plain group of that art, also when they reach only a part of it: moving or scaling the group does not redraw it, it does -not follow the art it measured, and undoing the command gives the live dimension back. A dimension -selected with the art it measures also becomes a plain group when Object › Expand, Object › Expand -Appearance or Object › Path › Outline Stroke replaces only that art. Pasted +not follow the art it measured, and undoing the command gives the live dimension back. The menus dim +Object › Expand… while a whole dimension is selected, because its label has appearance items; +Object › Expand Appearance and the `object.expand` command still reach it. A dimension selected with +the art it measures also becomes a plain group when Object › Expand, Object › Expand Appearance or +Object › Path › Outline Stroke changes only that art and the art no longer fits the dimension's link, +for example because its number of anchors changed. When the art keeps its id and anchor count and the +dimension's own art does not change, the dimension stays live and its label shows the new length. Pasted dimensions keep their geometry and drop their links, so they never bind to unrelated art in another document.