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JDJoe Dunfee23/10/2008
Most of the time, when I am dimensioning, edges do not highlight. At times this can be a significant problem. For example, when dimensioning a drawing that has fillets, it is often difficult to select the tangent edge (the face that is on edge). So, when selecting the 2nd line (of 2 parallel lines) that I want to dimension to, instead of selecting that 2nd line line, SW ends up placing a dimension for the 1st line I selected. Then I must erase that useless dimension, and try again. As an occasional work around, sometimes I create a new sketch, and manually draw extension lines, and then dimension to those.

Also, when dimensioning to center marks, SW often wants to dimension it as an angle. So, I avoid dimensioning to center marks, and always select the circle. But, again, this can be difficult to determine because the circle won't highlight.

Any way to fix these problems?

Joe Dunfee