constraint icon display

[mlstalter]

Hi All,

 I'm new to Autocad (2014) and have a nagging problem I'd like to fix. I'm creating a simple schematic in 2d and every time I copy items from one location to another, the constraint icons for the new copy appear. I rmb over one of them and I get a menu which includes the option to hide all constraints. I select it and all of the new ones disappear. Is there a way to disable this?

Many thanks in advance,

mlstalter

[nestly2]

AFAIK, there is no way to copy objects (and their contraints) and have the constraint icons automatically hidden.  I believe you must manually hide them with RMB or "Hide All" on the Parametric ribbon tab

[pendean]

DELCONSTRAINTS command perhaps http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-E47B6F79-C7DA-45ED-AFA6-6C0945DB6375

[JoAnn_Hogan · Accepted solution]

Hi Mlstalter,

Yes, since 2014 the feature "infer constraint" became available. Those constraints also makes your drawing extremely big.

What you can do, at the bottom of your screen, turn "Infer Constraint" off. You can also delete all these constraints through the parametric tab, Select delete constraints, highlight the whole model and press "enter". You will see your drawing will be less lagging and it will not create contraints everytime you draw.

Please let me know if this helps