Posted by grippygecko on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Can-t-select-horizontal-and-vertical-dimension-tabs-tp5712276p5712648.html

I have the same problem as the OP. I was trying to follow the instructions in the user manual. When it came to the section on dimensioning it mentions selecting horizontal. I can try to do this from the buttons, from the drop down menu or by using the command line and typing dimhorizontal. None of these actions results in any change, the dimension button dimension:linear remains highlighted, the horizontal option does not highlight. Furthermore, if I try to continue to follow the manual instructions anyway and just use linear dimensions, I don't actually get a dimension mark, I get an additional rectangle with no numbers, drawn on the outside of the rectangle I was trying to mark with dimensions. I set my preferences to make dimensions yellow, and the lines are still white. In other words it doesn't look like it is doing what it should be doing (drawing dimensions with a line between two marker points and a number in yellow), it's just drawing an additional rectangle.