DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
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Very often, after I pick the 1st point for my Smart Dimension... the dimension text is stuck to my cursor, making it impossible to pick my 2nd point. By now, there MUST be a work-around for this. I can't find any SYSTEM OPTION or DOCUMENT PROPERTY to control this. Please advise...
Jack L Tate - Xtreme Tower Products - SolidWorks 2011 - Windows XP Pro - RocketFish Mouse - SpaceNavigator - Slacker Radio - Swingline Stapler - Pop Tarts - C8H10N4O2 - Rental Bowling Shoes - Titanuim Spork - And that's all I need!






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SW 2011 SP 5.0 x64
Core i7-2600@3.40GHz
Quadro 4000 DUAL DISPLAY
Windows 7 PRO x64 16 Meg
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SW Premium 2011
64 bit SP4.0
Intel Xenon X5650 @2.67GHz
2.66 GHz 11.9 GB of RAM
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Jack L Tate - Xtreme Tower Products - SolidWorks 2011 - Windows XP Pro - RocketFish Mouse - SpaceNavigator - Slacker Radio - Swingline Stapler - Pop Tarts - C8H10N4O2 - Rental Bowling Shoes - Titanuim Spork - And that's all I need!
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Jack L Tate - Xtreme Tower Products - SolidWorks 2011 - Windows XP Pro - RocketFish Mouse - SpaceNavigator - Slacker Radio - Swingline Stapler - Pop Tarts - C8H10N4O2 - Rental Bowling Shoes - Titanuim Spork - And that's all I need!
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Have you tried using the Magnifying Glass (G key) when selecting the 2nd entity? If the glass is placed so that the entity is off centre, the dimension text is offset and should allow easier selection.
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Reference Number: 183681
Date and Time: 8/5/2007 3:00:00 PM
Problem: "Selecting geometry is obstructed"
Solution Ideas: "I would like to submit an ER to the dimension function. It is very difficult to manually dimension from SW part when inserted into a drawing. When selecting the first piece of geometry, the dimension is automatically generated and follows the cursor when the cursor is move. This obstructs the cursor when selecting the second piece of geometry. This happens quite often in section and detail views. I would like to propose moving the dimension value from the cursor pointer area. This would allow the SW user access geometry when dimensioning."
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
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-Kirby
Kirby Wilkerson
Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.
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RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Jack L Tate - Xtreme Tower Products - SolidWorks 2011 - Windows XP Pro - RocketFish Mouse - SpaceNavigator - Slacker Radio - Swingline Stapler - Pop Tarts - C8H10N4O2 - Rental Bowling Shoes - Titanuim Spork - And that's all I need!
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
But whatever it's called, it needs to be fixed, and an ER would be the simplest method. The SPR could then be posted here for others to add their vote.
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Usually works for me. In fact, I often have to do this even when everything is visible. On large assemblies (physically, not a bunch of parts), the thing will usually snap to nothing or the wrong thing in the drawing. In either case, when this happens, you have to start the whole dimension process over again. A real pain.
John
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RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: DIMENSION TEXT IS IN MY WAY