The usual reason for that is that whatever you are dimensioning is
constrained so that adding the dim is meaninless. Check your
constraints. Also check whether the dimension is locked or not.
melissa stevens wrote:
> Hello and apologies.
> First time here.
>
> Apologies 'cause I am now using/learning Solid Edge.
> Seems there is no newsgroup for 'it'.
>
> Over my objections the big guys decided to go with Solid Edge, because
> that's what the parent Co uses. (German)
>
> Still the two seem similiar.
>
> My ? is;
>
> Somehow I've got stuck in the mode where I can't modify a Dim without it
> going to the 'not to scale' thing. The part will not change, just the text
> of the Dim, with a line under it. As a long time drafter, I understand that
> notation.
>
> All the settings seem right.
> All the right boxes are cheched.
>
> Any help, but find a new job?
>
> .