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.
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".
Did you try #Task
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
I had this problem and it is now fixed in SP5
I just had this problem with SW 2019 SP0.0. I guess the above mentioned SPR didn't stick. I was able to delete mine with the hover method.
It pops up from time to time but its been a while for me. Just right click on it and hit delete. But make sure its just the dimension and not a part. Most times it will not highlight but try delete anyway. Then rebuild, it should be gone after that. As was said last resort is to hid it but I do not like doing that.
This was really annoying, but I found that if I right-click near the dimension and pick Select Other, I could select the dimension and then delete it (used the Delete key on keyboard).
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.