A question to all fellow SW 2005 plodders

Hello All,

Using SW 2005, please do me a favor. Take a part and make a cut that results
in two separate bodies.
When the dialog box comes up that asks for "Bodies to keep" does anyone else
get a graphical indication of which body you are selecting???
So when clicking between the two bodies does it show on the screen which is
which, because I do not?

TIA,
Muggs

 

I just tried it here and definitely no response. It appears that the
selection does work, but there is no graphical indication of which body is
which. I even tried it in 2004 to make sure that I was doing it properly.
BTW, the Help also doesn't appear to be correct, so turn that in also.

WT

 

Thank you both for the conformation.

I'll send it in today.
Muggs

 

Wayne,

In what way, and where?

Muggs

 

Muggs,

Yep,, no indicator with a simple block.

I did pull up a mold I did in 2004, and did an edit on the cavity. In this
case, the select body highlight worked correctly.


Mark

 

Ok, here is what I have found.

I started a new part (basic block part) and drove a circular cut through it
from the end such that I would be left with 2 separate bodies. When I
clicked on the check mark to accept it, up popped a box labeled Bodies to
Keep. Great, I picked Selected bodies rather than All bodies, and proceeded
to check which ones I wanted to keep, with no graphical indication of which
was which.

I also clicked on the Help button to access the SW help for this area. The
first paragraph says"The Bodies to Keep dialog box appears with the any cut
feature that includes multibody parts. It allows you to select which bodies
to keep and which bodies to eliminate as a result of the cut operation."
The next paragraph says "You can choose All bodies or Selected bodies. If
the model has configurations, you can select the configurations to affect."
Still fine - probably applies.

Then it has a section of bulleted points that start with "All bodies. Cuts
all bodies every time the feature rebuilds. If you add new bodies to the
model that are intersected by the cutting tool, these new bodies are also
rebuilt to include the cut." This definitely does not apply to this Bodies
to Keep box. It then goes on a few entries down "If you choose Selected
bodies, you can also choose Auto-select under Feature Scope in the
PropertyManager." Ok, this is talking about a Feature Scope tab - don't
have one. Hmmm.

So, to move on, click the two boxes to keep both parts. Then repeat the
sketch on the RH side so you will end up with 4 separate parts. If you
click on the check mark, you get all the same stuff as above. However,
before you hit the check mark, look down in the FM and you will now see a
Feature Scope tab, which is what all the rest of that help page was
describing. If you pick Selected bodies, and uncheck Auto-select, then you
have the opportunity to pick your bodies *that will be affected by the cut.*
You have to pick the bodies in the graphics area, rather than the check
boxes, and then when you hit the check mark, the Bodies to Keep box comes up
and you have the option to pick 4 bodies, again with no visual indication.

Now RMB Cut-Extrude2, or whatever, and Edit Feature. If you then hit the
checkmark, the Bodies to Keep box comes up as before. But if you first go
to the Feature Scope tab..............now I can't make it do it. At some
point, by trying different things, I did get some visual feedback, but now I
can't repeat it. Oh well, I guess this is enough for now - someone else try
it also.

WT

 

Yes jk,

I found the same thing. When going back to edit, the "selected body" is
definitely highlighted.
My VAR confirmed that this is a bug and sent it up to SW, so I imagine that
an SPR will be forth coming.
I'll keep you informed.

Muggs

 

As I said before - make sure that they also mention that the help on
that area is not very clear in that it doesn't point out the different
situations. Maybe send them my message also.

WT

 

Muggs, did you ever get a number on this one?

WT

 

Yes, Wayne, JK,

I was also told that it was logged as SPR 236762 and that I would get an
email from SW when it was fixed.
No email yet.

Muggs