Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
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swx 2010, sp 0.0
In drawings, when dimensioning to a mid point of an entity, why does it always come up as over defined?
Second, how do you get rid of that annoying box that pops up when you select a dimension in a drawing? I've "looked" unsuccessfully.
thanks.
In drawings, when dimensioning to a mid point of an entity, why does it always come up as over defined?
Second, how do you get rid of that annoying box that pops up when you select a dimension in a drawing? I've "looked" unsuccessfully.
thanks.






RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
Re-the Dimension Palette ... update to sp4.0
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
Thanks for the info. The mid point issue has been there since at least 2004.
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
In the registry, go to;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2010\Dimensions and RMB in the RH panel and add a DWORD key 14504
The end result should be;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2010\Dimensions\14504(DWORD)=1
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
Please post an example of what you are trying to do. Are you actually in a drawing or a sketch in a part file? I just tried adding a dimension to the midpoint of an entity in both a drawing and to a line element in a sketch and the dimension tool would not grab the midpoint in either.
- - -Updraft
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
I guess it'd be interesting to hear how others are dimensioning rectangles using ordinate dims.
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
RE: Over defined mid point and annoying dim shadow box
So I just did a small scale test with one square in a drawing. Apparently, when it drops a dim on the midpoint, it sets it to driving. Edges, vertices and everything else get set to driven by default.
CSI Solidworks. Case closed.