It's easy to accidentally cause dimensions in LO (and AutoCAD) to display erroneous results. This happens when you go back over previous dimension objects and fiddle with them, for whatever reason, and cause their extension lines to overlap. I doubt there is a solution, other than just being vigilant. But such a mistake could be costly in the field or fab shop. Sample attached.

dimension overlap.pdf

to answer my own question in a topic now locked......tap the ctrl key when you stretch the tape measure across a group or component to avoid having to erase the guideline that remains after you resize.

You are correct sir. Tahoma is the better way to go.

I wish the hyphen and chevron characters would line-up in LayOut's text like in Sketchup's 3D text. I use them as flow arrows. --->

Wish for fully functional native editable 3D text. I use 3d text to make notes that I later refer to when generating the shop drawing on LayOut. I then erase them to cut down on memory usage. A plugin / extension exists, but it lacks text wrap and the dialogue box always pops up on a different monitor. Also, its text strings exist as a components rather than groups, which are perhaps beneficial to some users, does not work well for me.

Wish for a search utility in the tray's components panel. (like the search box found in window's file explorer)

Wish to nudge objects - like in LayOut.

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Unlike Box' GIF, I always get an infinite guideline when i stretch my tape measure tool across a cylinder's end. what am i doing wrong? As for erasing unwanted guidelines and guidepoints with a SHORTCUT KEY - i actually use them as permanent column lines and other points of reference - and so, a global erasure would not serve me well.

Thanks! And it seems to be permanent....vs. lasting only for one session.

BOX suggests a guide need not be left as a remnant when resizing. I can understand that when the object is rectangular. Just drag the tape measure along an edge from a corner - but what if you wanted to resize a cylinder's diameter?

When re-scaling (re-sizing) a group or component, the tape measure tool is used. However, more often than not, one needs to go thru the extra step of erasing the resultant guideline before closing the group or component. let's fix that.

thanks to Eneroth, i learned that the axis origin of a group can be moved to wherever you need it by right-clicking one of the axis lines in the edit mode and choosing ''place''. you then close, re-open and scale. but to be clear, i am talking about re-sizing - not scaling. although re-sizing can also be construed as re-scaling. clear as mud?

If a scene is created that contains hidden layers, and then a new scene is created as a copy, the hidden layers need to be re-activated. Is there a way to avoid this? The hidden layers were generated by a plugin.

to Dave's point...I will watch for the next time the edit warning pops up so i can screen-grab it.

Sometimes, when you launch LayOut - or already have it running, but decide to open an additional drawing, you wait and wait until you happen to notice the Windows taskbar icon turned blue, at which point you click it. Let's get that fixed.

Solve minor issue where you are being notified that you are about to modify a component ("do want to make this unique?"), when in fact, it's really a group. Other times when you attempt to modify a component, the warning does not appear.

The toolbar that displays iso, left, right, front and back views should have the graphics replaced by the verbiage. Getting tired of mousing over some of these icons to seee what they represent.

The sticky nature of LayOut's labels is a source of frustration. Wish we could copy and paste them where the cursor is set (like in SKP) rather than zoom way in to be able to grab it by the neck and hopscotch it over with the Ctrl key. I say 'hopscotch' vs.'drag' since the canvas doesn't scroll when you get near its edge.
NOTE - the issue is especially problematic when labels have short leaders.

Temporary glitch I suppose.