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How to turn off this "feature"?

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I am annoyed with this when I am placing a dimension:
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Can someone please tell me how to disable this? I have not found what/where it is controlled.
(Yes, I know, it is probably something that is supposed to be good for me, but I'm tired of it.)

I also searched this forum for a list that named all of the SWX symbols, but could not find it. I thought I had seen one here before. Can anyone point to a link where that might be available? I've searched a bit on the internet and have not yet found an exhaustive list.

Thanks in advance!
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That was fast! MANY THANKS!!
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For the searches: Rapid Dimensioning

https://help.solidworks.com/2021/englis ... ulator.htm
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bnemec wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:27 pm For the searches: Rapid Dimensioning

https://help.solidworks.com/2021/englis ... ulator.htm
Thank you, Ben. That is helpful.
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@Glenn Schroeder had a post on the old forums that listed all of the icons. Hopefully he can provide a link if it still exists somewhere.
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SPerman wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:28 pm @Glenn Schroeder had a post on the old forums that listed all of the icons. Hopefully he can provide a link if it still exists somewhere.
Jim Wilkinson put that together when he worked for SW, but unfortunately the link to it that I posted no longer works.
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SPerman wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:28 pm @Glenn Schroeder had a post on the old forums that listed all of the icons. Hopefully he can provide a link if it still exists somewhere.
Try this?

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... hkFtYIMF7Q
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DennisD wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:25 pm I am annoyed with this when I am placing a dimension: image.png

Can someone please tell me how to disable this? I have not found what/where it is controlled.
(Yes, I know, it is probably something that is supposed to be good for me, but I'm tired of it.)
I'll admit I hated this thing at first but once I learned it, found that it's extreme quick to place dimensions once you commit to muscle memory. Kind of like the right click to ok a command. Both would be hard to live without now.
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Glenn Schroeder wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:09 am Jim Wilkinson put that together when he worked for SW, but unfortunately the link to it that I posted no longer works.
I found it on the wayback machine, but all of the pictures are missing. :(

https://web.archive.org/web/20201129021 ... -icon-post
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