If you sketch an object in 2016 and then start to dimension it, let's say you highlight the wrong entity, in 2015 you would simply click it again and it would de-select.
Say for instance, draw a rectangle, hit dimension and select one of the sides. Then you realize that's not the side you want, you would have in the past just selected it again and it would un-highlight and you could go on and select the correct one.
In 2016 this is NOT the case. You have to hit escape or ctrl or something like that. PITA!
Is there a setting to correct this back to the way it has been for TWENTY years?
Also, I was trying to remember if you are not dimensioning, but only are using the select cursor, didn't it used to be the same way, where you could select entities over and over and they would select/deselect??
It's weird little stuff like this that is really irratating
TIA!
Hello Chris,
I tried with both SW2015 and SW2016. I wasn't able to de-select a line by clicking on it with Smart Dimension active in either. I'm not doubting what you said, but that's what I'm seeing here. Do you use Mouse Gestures? I have one set to Escape in every situation (Sketch, Assembly, Part, and Drawing). That does let me escape from a selection, but keep the Smart Dimension tool active.
For the second issue you mentioned, I assume you're referring to sketch entities? Again, I tried with 2015 and 2016. I didn't see any difference. In both, with no command active I can click on a sketch entity to select it. Clicking on it again does nothing. It stays selected, but I can click somewhere else to de-select it. However, if I Ctrl+select multiple entities (or even just one), as long as I'm holding down Ctrl I can go back to click on any of them to de-select.
I know you've been using the software for a lot longer than I have, so maybe I misunderstood something?