diff --git a/src/app/command_driver.rs b/src/app/command_driver.rs
index 0e21a8e6e..017600e12 100644
--- a/src/app/command_driver.rs
+++ b/src/app/command_driver.rs
@@ -3357,8 +3357,13 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         || equal_size_follower(&self.tabs[i].scene.document, first, other)
                             .is_none()
                     {
-                        self.command_line
-                            .push_error(EqualConstraintCommand::INVALID_OBJECT);
+                        // The reference names the kind the first object
+                        // asks for.
+                        let message = match equal_size(&self.tabs[i].scene.document, first) {
+                            Some(EqualSize::Radius(_)) => EqualConstraintCommand::INVALID_RADIUS_OBJECT,
+                            _ => EqualConstraintCommand::INVALID_LENGTH_OBJECT,
+                        };
+                        self.command_line.push_error(message);
                         continue;
                     }
                     let exists = self.tabs[i]
@@ -3378,7 +3383,10 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     }
                     followers.push(other);
                 }
-                if multiple && !finishing {
+                // A refused second object is asked for again, as in the
+                // reference; Multiple keeps asking anyway.
+                let keep = (multiple && !finishing) || (!multiple && followers.is_empty());
+                if keep {
                     if let Some(prompt) =
                         self.tabs[i].active_cmd.as_ref().map(|command| command.prompt())
                     {
@@ -3599,7 +3607,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                                     ("No valid constraint point found.", Some(first))
                                 } else {
                                     (
-                                        "The object or point is already selected. Select a different object or constraint point.",
+                                        "The object or point is already selected.  Select a different object or constraint point.",
                                         Some(first),
                                     )
                                 };
diff --git a/src/modules/parametric/equal.rs b/src/modules/parametric/equal.rs
index fde973082..023487e55 100644
--- a/src/modules/parametric/equal.rs
+++ b/src/modules/parametric/equal.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ impl EqualConstraintCommand {
     pub const NO_OBJECT: &'static str = "No object found.";
     pub const INVALID_OBJECT: &'static str =
         "Invalid selection for Equal. Select a line, polyline segment, circle or arc.";
+    pub const INVALID_LENGTH_OBJECT: &'static str =
+        "Invalid selection for Equal. Select a line segment, polyline segment, text, MText, major or minor axis of ellipse or elliptical arc.";
+    pub const INVALID_RADIUS_OBJECT: &'static str =
+        "Invalid selection for Equal. Select a circle or arc.";
     pub const SAME_OBJECT: &'static str =
-        "The object or point is already selected. Select a different object or constraint point.";
+        "The object or point is already selected.  Select a different object or constraint point.";
 
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
diff --git a/src/modules/parametric/fixed.rs b/src/modules/parametric/fixed.rs
index c4c641500..2860ac772 100644
--- a/src/modules/parametric/fixed.rs
+++ b/src/modules/parametric/fixed.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ impl CadCommand for FixConstraintCommand {
         true
     }
 
+    fn typed_point_picks_entity(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self.step, Step::Object)
+    }
+
     fn entity_pick_highlights_hover(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
diff --git a/src/modules/parametric/horizontal.rs b/src/modules/parametric/horizontal.rs
index b4b98911b..26de8718f 100644
--- a/src/modules/parametric/horizontal.rs
+++ b/src/modules/parametric/horizontal.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl HorizontalConstraintCommand {
         if first.handle == second.handle && (first.point - second.point).length() <= 1.0e-9 {
             self.step = Step::SecondPoint(first);
             return CmdResult::ReportError(
-                "The object or point is already selected. Select a different object or constraint point."
+                "The object or point is already selected.  Select a different object or constraint point."
                     .to_string(),
             );
         }
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ impl CadCommand for HorizontalConstraintCommand {
         true
     }
 
+    fn typed_point_picks_entity(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self.step, Step::ObjectOrTwoPoints)
+    }
+
     fn entity_pick_highlights_hover(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
diff --git a/src/scene/parametric_constraints.rs b/src/scene/parametric_constraints.rs
index f9c7f4aa8..97371774b 100644
--- a/src/scene/parametric_constraints.rs
+++ b/src/scene/parametric_constraints.rs
@@ -1859,7 +1859,8 @@ impl super::Scene {
             let cam = self.camera.borrow();
             (cam.view_proj_rte(bounds), cam.eye())
         };
-        set.constraints
+        let mut placements = set
+            .constraints
             .iter()
             .filter(|c| c.enabled)
             .filter(|c| {
@@ -1952,7 +1953,25 @@ impl super::Scene {
                     })
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             })
-            .collect()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        // The reference marks an object once for Equal however many
+        // relations of that kind it carries; the stacked duplicates only
+        // repeated the same badge.
+        let mut equal_anchors: Vec<iced::Point> = Vec::new();
+        placements.retain(|(_, point, _, label, _, _)| {
+            if label != "=" {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if equal_anchors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|seen| (seen.x - point.x).abs() < 0.5 && (seen.y - point.y).abs() < 0.5)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            equal_anchors.push(*point);
+            true
+        });
+        placements
     }
 
     /// Hit-tests screen point `p` (same coordinate space as `p_full` in the