When markers overlap
On busy drawings, several markers can end up on top of each other:
- A Detection marker and a Unit marker on the same fitting.
- Two Detection groups that both think a symbol belongs to them.
- A Linear marker passing through a point where a Unit marker sits.
A plain click selects the topmost marker, which isn't always the one you want. The overlap context menu lets you reach the one underneath.
How to use it
- 1
Right-click on the spot where multiple markers overlap.
- 2
A context menu appears listing every marker at that position, grouped by type. Each entry shows the marker's group label and a tiny preview.
- 3
Click the marker you want. It's selected on the canvas; the menu closes.
From there you can move, delete, or re-group the selected marker as normal.
What's in the menu
Each entry typically shows:
- Marker type icon — Detection , Unit , Linear , Area , Annotation .
- Group label — which group the marker belongs to.
- Position indicator — sometimes shown if positions differ subtly.
If only one marker sits at the right-click position, no overlap menu appears — you get the normal right-click context menu instead.
When this is most useful
- Cleaning up duplicate detections — if both Stage 1 and a later Auto Count Symbol have produced a marker for the same fitting, the overlap menu lets you delete one without disturbing the other.
- Distinguishing scale calibrations — when a calibration's Linear marker overlaps a real Linear measurement, right-click to pick the right one.
- Crowded annotation areas — overlapping text and arrows around a callout.