Hi All,
2016 SP3. I have an assembly drawing that I placed an overall dimension on. The design changed and now the dimension is dangling, it cannot be reattached or deleted. When I select the 12.18 dimension to reattach or delete I get a cannot delete dangling dimension message.
I have not seen this situation in a long time. If you can undo the changes you made, you will be able to delete the dimension. You also may be able to hide the dimension. Unless you have done a lot with the drawing, I would recommend deleting the view and starting over.
Maybe the dimension was moved to a different Layer due to errors. Check if it is on the same Layer as other dimensions..
I think all you can do in this case is go to Options / Document Properties / Detailing and click "Hide dangling dimensions and annotations".
I had the same issue after replacing a model in a drawing.
I had luck with another post, https://forum.solidworks.com/message/679959#comment-679959
Apparently the dimensions can be deleted, but they don't highlight when you click on them so you would never know you could.
Hi Bob. One of the reported top SPR hits for October was this one- solved in SP5, so it may be the one affecting you.
| 944664 | Unable to delete dangling reference dimension in an assembly, after the part it was attached to is deleted | SOLIDWORKS | Implemented | 2016SP05 |
I appreciate the example is a drawing view, but I am guessing it is a reference (SMART) dimension, so the same bug could be filtering to the drawing. Try updating to SP5 to see if it can be removed.
Kind Regards
Adam
