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Little funnel looking dealie....

Little funnel looking dealie....

Little funnel looking dealie....

(OP)
Ok...forgive me...I'm new...

It's happened a few times now. I'm not sure what I do to make this happen, but all of a sudden, there's what looks like a little funnel attached to my arrow pointer. And then I lose some functionality. The only way I am able to get rid of it is to shut solidworks down completely and reopen my model.

And for some reason, when I type "Funnel looking dealie that screws me up", in Solidworks Help, it yields nothing!

What am I doing to make this happen, and how do I turn it off??

Thanks!

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

It's sounds like a video card issue.  What are your computer specs?

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
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RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

That's a selection filter.  Hit F6 to turn it off.

Type "selection filter" in the Help files to see how this can actually be a useful thing.


Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

That icon shows that you have activated the filter option.  I used to accidently do this on occassion as well.  If you goto the funnel icon and a lightning bolt under it you can turn on and off your filters.  Or you can goto View - Toolbars - Selection Filter.

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

(OP)
Ahhh....F6.... thenk yo...

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

(OP)
Ahaa....Trogdor... excellent handle... STRONG BAD RULES!

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

Keyboard commands can activate your Selection filter without tunring the Selection filter Toolbar on. So which out what keyboard strokes you make.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

www.3dvisiontech.com
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
FAQ559-716 - SW Fora Users

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

If you set a filter in one mode, say assembly, and then switch to a part or drawing - the filter is still set even though the toolbar may not be on.

RE: Little funnel looking dealie....

F6--off and on.  (I never use it.)


Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

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