dimension display

I've looked around and can't find anywhere to get dimensions to display.

All I get is a empty box with nothing in it.

Anybody help me here?


Thanks

which version of LC do you use?

Anyway, check that you're not in draft mode - in draft, no text and hatch are displayed. The switch for draft mode is in menu and toolbar, near to grid button.

draft mode was the issue.

under view, then draft, toggled off.

Thanks, is this stuff documented somewhere?

I'd rather look it up and not bother others but finding documented info is tough.

Just how to use a function is non-existent.

Thanks for the help!!

Hello, nice to meet you.
You can find a brief description of Draft Mode in the manual here:
https://docs.librecad.org/en/latest/ref/menu.html#view

And FAQ
https://dokuwiki.librecad.org/doku.php/usage:faq#drawing_issues

I was not even born yet when you began using CAD in industrial settings for economic activity, but it seems that we joined this forum around the same time, and perhaps we share the common experience of encountering Draft Mode for the first time.

From this article:
https://forum.librecad.org/only-empty-boxes-frames-are-shown-for-image-text-no-line-thickness-td5706737.html#a5729359 
I learned that computers from the 1980s to the early 2000s had relatively low hardware performance compared to today’s machines, and that developers created Draft Mode because it was needed back then.

I myself have no direct or indirect experience with CAD programs or the hardware that could run them during that era. And now, when even elementary school students can run 3D games on the PCs they use at school or at home, I’m still unsure whether this Draft Mode function is truly necessary.

I’m curious whether, from your CAD work experience 30–40 years ago, you found Draft Mode necessary or had any experiences with it.