Hello
When I create a (3D) sketch that I dimension, by dint of manipulating my sketch, it often happens that the dimensions stay in their place while my sketch moves. Often, it's not annoying but if I completely shift the sketch, the linked ribs end up in perpet' and it's a bit disconcerting...
Is there an effective way to put all the ribs in their place?
Cdt
Joss
Apart from a macro, and even then it would be complicated, I don't think there is a solution in 3D!
Maybe in the drawings...
Is it the text that moves away or the lines of attachment that lengthen?
if it's the text, maybe by centering it in the middle of the hill it will stay there...
What happens when you validate your sketch? Are the odds still to be maintained?
What could be better than a screenshot rather than a long explanation...
Here's what it looks like, I've surrounded the sketch segments that are dimensioned and the arrow indicates the position of their sides.
And yes, @pascal, even when I validate, they stay in their place... I can save the file, repair it, do a Ctrl+Q... They remain in the same place... Before, I used to remove the ribs to recreate them, but today, I have decided to react ^^
Which version of SW are you on?
I do a bit of 3D sketching and I've never noticed that! (SW13)
Is it following what manipulations that the odds "stall" graphically?
Indeed it looks like a bug!
Are the graphics drivers up to date?
Check here:
http://www.solidworks.fr/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
I've never had the problem either since SW2008.
Which features are the dimensions attached to ?
Ha? I was convinced that everyone had this type of problem:(
I'm on SW2014 and my graphics card driver is up to date (I just checked)...
The ribs come off when I change other ribs in my sketch... But not all the time! All I can say is that I never edit my sketches directly in my assemblies, the pb is specific to each piece...
Edit: the dimensions are attached directly to my line segments (not to the ends).
Ha, I just noticed something else, the ends of my sidecuts are square and not circular (when I select them) like most of my ribs... I don't know what it means... (Maybe I was wrong when I said that my ribs are attached to the lines and not to the ends?)
"The ends of my sidecuts are square and not circular"
A small picture?
It's the first time I've seen that!!
We learn more every day.
I have the impression, from the comments, that it's specific to your config or your pc. To see if any options have not been checked by mistake.
Dimensions not attached to a plane?
(I can't test it at the moment, I'm not on my station).
- I don't know if we can know a posteriori what the dimensions are attached to but it's the creation that determines it: for example, for a line either we click on each end and we put the dimension, or we click on the line and we put the dimension.
- For the extremities, I have never been careful.
I just did a test on SW2012, the square points appear when I select an element of the sketch (line, arc, ...), I don't have any points that appear when I select a dimension (regardless of how it was created).
If you can post an example file, it will allow you to do a few tries
Hello
If you move your sketch and the dimensions have not moved: save as is and close SW, then reopen your plan, have the dimensions recovered correctly?
If not, no other idea.
Sorry.
Hello
To see if it's not coming from your workstation settings, you can try resetting them like this:
1. Close SolidWorks
2. Go to Regedit (start, run Regedit) and then rename the folder (with _old at the end for example):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Solidworks\SolidWorks .... depending on the version
3. Re-open the room, do you have the same problem?
4. To restore the settings, go back to the Regedit delete the new folder created and renamed the old one by removing _old at the end
Yes, here's the part, tell me if it's specific to my config or not, a colleague told me "it's normal, SW has a lot of graphical bugs, it can't keep up, don't worry... "But hey, it bothers me, I get a little lost when everything shifts...
PS: here is a screen that shows which odds are offset (the 7000 odds should not be in this place and the 4000 odds are slightly offset).
http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=524832Coteballadeuse.png
And when your colleague opens it up to his workstation, does it react in the same way?
Have you recently recharged your SW poarameters in your company?
Well actually, my colleague is "new", he knows SW well but didn't know where the problem came from...
The problem is that I'm the only cartoonist, he's in charge of the project and as a result, he doesn't have SW on his job... We may be considering buying another license but for the moment, we only have one active position.
