when I hit the enter key while editing a dimension (or the dimensions text) solidworks takes the liberty of moving the dimension. I want this stopped but there doesn't seem to be an off button.
this has been a problem since solidworks 2015. I would have expected, considering the massive expense (I predict that in the next years solidworks will be so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will use it), that solidworks 2018 would have fixed this shameful blunder
Thank you for your reply, but this did not seem to fix the problem.
I perhaps have to mention that most of the drawings I grapple with in solidworks use "model items", only a few cases use dimensions. If this additional information is useful I do not know.
What context? Sketching or drawings? I have never seen this behavior myself.
at the drawing file.
sketches are generally well behaved.
Look in the system options to see if this setting is checked:
I thought it sounded like a good idea at one point, so I turned it on - I quickly realized that it lead to nothing but frustration...
This looks to have fixed the problem. Thank you.
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Reuben,
This was a issue in the past, not sure if this will fix your problem or about 2018?
turn off rapid dim.