diff --git a/src/app/command_driver.rs b/src/app/command_driver.rs
index 0e21a8e6e..453754747 100644
--- a/src/app/command_driver.rs
+++ b/src/app/command_driver.rs
@@ -3429,10 +3429,12 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         .scene
                         .parametric_constraint_set_mut(scope)
                         .add(ConstraintKind::Equal, vec![first, *follower], None);
+                    // A Multiple pick leaves its new bar unshown, as the
+                    // reference does; the single flow shows it at once.
                     self.tabs[i].scene.note_parametric_constraint_applied(
                         scope,
                         id,
-                        self.constraint_bar_display,
+                        if multiple { 0 } else { self.constraint_bar_display },
                     );
                 }
                 let changes = touched
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..ca2aea80f 100644
--- a/src/modules/parametric/horizontal.rs
+++ b/src/modules/parametric/horizontal.rs
@@ -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 0ab068550..4c9e87d34 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