7 Replies Latest reply on Feb 8, 2018 8:36 PM by Rick McDonald

how to i get solidworks to stop moving my dimensions

Reuben Lafrance Feb 8, 2018 1:18 PM

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

Re: how to i get solidworks to stop moving my dimensions

Frank Krockenberger Feb 8, 2018 1:33 PM (in response to Reuben Lafrance)

Reuben,

This was a issue in the past, not sure if this will fix your problem or about 2018?
turn off rapid dim.
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  Reuben Lafrance Feb 8, 2018 7:59 PM (in response to Frank Krockenberger)
  
  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.
  
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Re: how to i get solidworks to stop moving my dimensions

Josh Brady Feb 8, 2018 2:03 PM (in response to Reuben Lafrance)

What context? Sketching or drawings? I have never seen this behavior myself.
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  Reuben Lafrance Feb 8, 2018 7:59 PM (in response to Josh Brady)
  
  at the drawing file.
  
  sketches are generally well behaved.
  
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Re: how to i get solidworks to stop moving my dimensions

Austin Broeker Feb 8, 2018 2:15 PM (in response to Reuben Lafrance)

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...
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  Reuben Lafrance Feb 8, 2018 7:59 PM (in response to Austin Broeker)
  
  This looks to have fixed the problem. Thank you.
  
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    Rick McDonald Feb 8, 2018 8:36 PM (in response to Reuben Lafrance)
    
    Reuben,
    Welcome to the Forum. Please mark Austin Broekers response as the "Correct Answer" to your problem.
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