When dimension entered the distance appears on screen it disappears

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1

This may have something to do with settings in styles styles but cannot find why the values (measurement in metres disappears) when I click to indicate where I want it to be

2

Are you referring to using the Dimension tool or the Tape Measure tool or something else? Could you at least post a screen shot that shows what you are attempting to do? The SKP file would be even better.

3

After typing you should hit [Enter] instead of moving the pointer/cursor to a specific desired location on screen. Else the input will be overruled again as you noticed.
The desired direction needs to be chosen in advance! with your mouse.

4

Am using the Dimension Tool.
You can see on the uploaded file that the

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However if I rotate the model the dimensions appear.
Hope that explains it clearly. I am having difficulty making the file samll enough to upload

5

Check under Window>Preferences>OpenGL. Turn off Hardware Acceleration and see if that has any effect on the dimension text appearance.

6

Something fishy on the graphics as you described.
I have not seen dash/dotted line that thick for awhile.

*Could be wrong though :smiley:

Another possible explanation is font/text size set for the dimension compared to model scale?