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Hogmodo

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When I zoom in and click on a line the orange dimension always occurs on the other end of the line.  I zoom out, zoom in to see the dimension to change it to what I want, do so, stay there and click on it again, and the orange dimension does not occur there, it shows up on the end that I started on.  Does Revit just dislike me and likes to irritate me or is there some setting that I am too ignorant to know about?

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Sorry - Temporary dimension locations are dependent on the orginal objects start location (I think).   

I tell users here to quit zooming in!  In most cases, you can pick the correct dimension by tabbing if multiple dimensions are very close.  

You can also scroll in at the dimension location end while having the object selected.

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Any idea why, after you zoom in to the orange dimension, set it at what you want then select that line again in the same view and the temporary dimension isn't there anymore, it is now at the other end of that selected line?  Why do they do that?  I know Autodesk doesn't really care about the actual user's needs, only really caring about getting more ways to force more people to use their software, but this borders on outright hostility.

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I don't believe it is as simple as you think it is.   Revit keeps some internal data about object locations based on proximity and what is there when the object is placed.   I think that Revit's temporary dimensions use this easily available data rather than finding and selecting from all the other potential dimensions.  << It would be very hard for Revit to guess at what dimension you want.  

BUT THERE IS A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM BUILT INTO REVIT.   Drag the temporary dimension node to where you want it.  The next time you pick that object, that temporary dimension will be where you want it.  In other words, you have now told Revit what you want rather than it's guessing.

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...........it really is appreciated.

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