regression in 1.1?

I have just installed 1.1 and find that double clicking on a feature
does not pull up the dimensions for editing. anyone else have this?
This happend before in 2004 but was fixed... but now...?

Daniel

 

Works fine here.

WT

 

weird.

I just restarted in case that was the problem. opened the same part - a
rectangle extruded in one direction. double click on the FM extrude -
no joy.

then I made a new part, rectangle sketch, extrude. double click on the
part (not FM) showed the extrude dimension. then I tried the FM - no
joy. Then I tried the part again, and no joy! so it seems flakey at
best.

Ideas? have you tried several parts, times?

 

Yes, this is weird. I installed SP01.1 just yesterday and experienced
the exact same lack of dynamic highlighting.

I was about to revert to the previous service pack (SP0.1) when I
thought to check the System Options settings under "Display/Selection".

It turns out that my previous setting with "Dynamic highlight from
graphics view" turned ON had apparently been switched to OFF by the
installation of SP01.1

I can't tell you how often I have wished that SolidWorks would simply
adopt my pre-existing settings, especially when a major version UPGRADE
is installed. (Why, for example, is it assumed that I want to use dirty
dishwater grey as the color for my drawing sheets? There are many other
forced defaults that I don't care for.)

A service pack application should certainly respect my pre-existing
settings; however, it seems that SP01.1 did NOT... (I can't understand
why anyone at SolidWorks would want the Dynamic highlight capability to
be turned OFF by "default".)

Per O. Hoel
____________

 

Per,

THANK YOU! I had really forgotten that there would even be the option
to turn it on or off. I thought that is just one of those "it just
works" behaviors. So thank you... I was about to do the un-install! So
thanks for saving my evening!

Did you notice other settings that were changed?

Thanks for posting

Daniel

 

it's possible to save this settings via an excel macro
http://swtools.cad.de/macros.htm
(mac_copydoc.zip)

 

Per - you have a great memory - I had forgotten that this even
existed. One really has to keep ones wits about one when installing
new SPs. Its a bit like playing 'twister' with Solidworks Corp , but
I'm getting older and less flexible !!


Regards


jonathan

 

Daniel,

I haven't used SP01.1 long enough to notice many other unexpected
changes; however, the lack of Dynamic highlights was also making entity
selection for the creation of sketch relations an arduous task. I'd
cursor select a line's endpoint, for example, and then NOT see it
displayed grapically. Simply trying to make the mid-point of a line
coincident to the viewport's origin was unnecessarily awkward and
uncertain without the highlights!

The display of the Reference Triad (X,Y,Z axes) in the lower left of
the view port was also turned off without my "authorization".

The list may grow...

Again I must wonder why SolidWorks wouldn't force the default to be ON
for "Dynamic highlight from graphics view". The program loses so much
without it and, as you stated, the highlighting seems to be the way the
program "just works". IMO - It certainly is the way the program should
work.

Per O. Hoel
____________

 

Jonathan,

Could it be that you applied the service pack under Windows XP? I am
running Windows 2000 Pro.

Could it be that you applied SP01.1 as a single patch instead of doing
it incrementally, as I did, by going from 0.0 to 0.1 to 01.1?

Do you have 2005 installed alongside 2004 as I do?

I assume (based upon your UK email address) that you applied the
English language version, as I did, but who knows what happens with
German, Chinese, etc., etc.

Ah, yes the variables. I'm glad you were immune...

Per O. Hoel
_________________________

 

win 2000 Pro as well

sp0.1 -sp1.1

I did the 0.0 -0.1 the last time .

No sw2004 - it went with my last hard disk !!

English language

Just lucky I think - and I always wear my luck pants ( on my head
for best effect) when doing these updates.


Regards


Jonathan

 

Think about this. Here is what the help says about this.
Dynamic highlight from graphics view. Model faces, edges, and vertices are
highlighted when you move the pointer over a sketch, model, or drawing.

Ok, so where is the connection to the dimensions popping up and allowing
changes? I have verified that it is so in SW2005 SP1.1, but I don't
understand why it affects the dimensions.

WT

 

I agree. Off the top of my head, I cannot imagine why one would not
want that set to on always. To me it seems like a basic default,
without any need for a setting.

Like buying a car, and sometimes the wheels are optional... when you
least expect.

Daniel

 

Although, not related to this sp, I can tell you that I've seen this
happen with SW off/on for years!
It usually happens when working on a part for a long time and somehow
the graphic calls to the graphics engine are responding?
btw, it's not just my system, I've seen it happen on other systems.
Anyhow, the easy fix is to shutdown SW and restart, all is back to
normal?

...

 

btw, I think there was a problem with this and other options being
turned off/on in the beta, if I'm not mistaken?

...

 

Tried to sort this one out.

SW2004
Turn on Dynamic highlight from graphics view (DH)
Cursor moving over the edges of a block highlight the edges.
Double-click the feature and the dimensions are modifiable.

Turn off DH, edges do not highlight
Dims are still available by double-clicking on either the model or the FT

All as you would expect.



SW2005
Turn on Dynamic highlight from graphics view (DH)
Cursor moving over the edges of a block highlight the edges.
Double-click the feature and the dimensions are modifiable.

Turn off DH, edges do not highlight
Dims are NOT available by double-clicking on either the model or the FT
Sketch dims ARE available, but only by double-clicking the sketch in the FT

Not quite the way you would expect - I sent this in.

WT

 

Thanks for testing and posting. I guess it is a bug then.

 

Thanks Wayne, I thought it was just me.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that sometimes I need to
Double-click the + in my assemblies to get them to open up. This only
happens after working for a while, and is intermittent.

Muggs

 

I have seen that also, but have not been able to nail it to the floor yet.
Observations are the key when chasing something like that.

WT

 

Ohhhh ...thank you, thank you.
This has been driving me spare.
One of those blasted service packs has obviously changed a few settings in
options.

I sometimes think SWX programmers sometimes do this sort of shit just to
play with our minds