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Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

alyl603 — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:23:53 GMT

I'm not sure where this started since I had a hiatus from stuff to print.

But essentially whenever i start typing a dimension in a sketch, it will auto-highlight that text incredibly quickly. That is - unless I type really quickly, it will highlight while i'm inputting the numbers and thus replace them.

For example typing 2.9 could end up with me typing 2, a tiny pause during which the 2 gets highlighted, and then .9 which overwrites the 2. end result is just .9

Not that it matters that much, since as shown in the video, when I type 5 and hit enter, I for some reason get a circle with the diameter of 3.588mm.

I've tried restarting my computer, but nothing has changed about it in the past two weeks or so.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

MoshiurRashid — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:50:34 GMT

Hi @alyl603

Thanks for posting. That is not the way you create 3 point arc dimension. You have to select 3 points which will touch the arc. Not the dimension at the first place.

Select the 3 points to generate the arc. then apply linier and radial dimensions for the arc.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

alyl603 — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 11:20:20 GMT

I appreciate the reply but to be honest this is completely missing the point of the post. I didn't even have a problem with the arc in particular, was just using it to showcase how when typing it highlights the text way too quickly and right after I also used a circle to show that typing dimensions are simply ignored for some reason.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 04:41:54 GMT

I'm having the exact same problem. Have you found the solution? Very irritating...

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

g-andresen — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:24:03 GMT

Hi,

If your system is W 7 take a look here.
My tip:
Separate the process into
1. Create an element (arc, circle ..) > ok
2. dimension element > D > ok

günther

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:02:57 GMT

Thank you for the reply, your workaround does work. Everything is a bit different than in autocad 2d!

The link would be interesting, but it seems to be broken.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

adafirq16 — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:14:55 GMT

Hi,

I just had this issue fixed, thanks to some nice guys' help from this forum. My turn to help. I assume you're running Windows 7, right? It's said to be a common bug.

If so, here´s how to do it:

Before launching Fusion 360 (or save your project tabs and close Fusion 360), right click on your Fusion 360 icon, then >Properties>Compatibility> then select "compability mode for Windows Vista".

It should be fixed, it worked for me anyways. Some say it makes Fusion 360 running slower, but I guess it depends on your hardware. Since my computer is an old P.O.S. I can hardly tell the difference.

Let me know.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

adafirq16 — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:15:52 GMT

Hi,

I just had this issue fixed, thanks to some nice guys' help from this forum. My turn to help. I assume you're running Windows 7, right? It's said to be a common bug.

If so, here´s how to do it:

Before launching Fusion 360 (or save your project tabs and close Fusion 360), right click on your Fusion 360 icon, then >Properties>Compatibility> then select "compability mode for Windows Vista".

Let me know.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

g-andresen — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:32:58 GMT

Hi,

@adafirq16 wrote:
It should be fixed, it worked for me anyways.

it won´t !

Look here

This is not a problem because separated drawing and dimensioning (#5) is better anyway.

günther

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:58:33 GMT

That fixed it 100%, thanks a lot! It works like it should now, yaaay!

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

martinjlane — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:04:40 GMT

I'm running windows 10 on an i7 and had the same problem. Just set the compatibility mode to vista and it worked a treat, thanks.

Re: Typing sketch dimensions auto-highlights my text too quickly and also ignores the dimension entirely.

RChritz — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:31:02 GMT

I just started experiencing this issue since last week. Every time I go to start Screencast the line dimension has work correctly (of course) so I haven't been able to record it. You are telling me that the solution is to change the compatibility mode? Why is this software so buggy for me? It seriously ran with fewer issues 5 years ago.