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Setting Dimension Palette Options

You can turn the use of the dimension palette on and off and set the path where dimension text favorite files (*.dimfvt) are saved.

To set dimension palette options:

Click Tools > Options to open the Options dialog box.
Expand User Preferences > Drafting Options > Dimension Palette.
Do one of the following:
- Click Enable Dimension palette to display the dimension palette automatically when you create a dimension or click a dimension to edit it.
- Clear Enable Dimension palette to prevent the display of the dimension palette.
In Favorites library path, set the path where dimension text favorites files (*.dimfvt files) are saved.
You can click Browse to browse for the folder.
Click OK.

Search 'Setting Dimension Palette Options' in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base.

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