Problems with mating parts.

I am having a heck of a bad time selecting surfaces to mate parts. I have
all filters off and half the time it wont let me pick specific surfaces.
What the heck is going on here. Never had this problem with 2004 or 2003. I
am working with models that were created in 2004 and translated. All of a
sudden Im having these really idiotic problems that I havnt had in years.
Another bug????....Jake Barron

 

Another thing I just noticed. If I clear all my filters, as soon as I hit
the mate command, certain filters come on automatically. And one is face.
Now how do they expect you to mate a face to face if the filter comes on
like this?? Jake Barron

 

Jake,
When you try to select a face, are you picking up edges instead? Just a shot
in the dark, but do you have the option to allow selection of edges in HLR
and shaded modes?

I don't know why your filters would be acting the way they are??

Richard

 

I did a fresh reload after cleaning out registry and all folders. Seems to
be doing much better now. Knock on wood Jake Barron

 

Jake,

Seems to be 2005 is subject to flaky installs. I had a problem where editing
an existing explode step would send me to the desktop instantly. It didn't
matter what assembly or part, Pooof ! every time.

This may have something to do with 2005 picking up all the settings of an
existing 2004 installation, and applying them during installation.

Anyway, I just deleted the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Solidworks\Solidworks 2005"
key and that fixed it.

Regards

Mark

 

Jake,

I have a SPR on this very issue in SW2004. I don't know if it was fixed in
SW2005.

A workaround on this issue is to NOT use the "clear filters" button to clear
your filters. Instead, manually de-select each of the filters from the
filter toolbar and the filters should not turn themselves back on.