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"Measure" just stopped working

"Measure" just stopped working

"Measure" just stopped working

(OP)
I'm trying to measure the distance between two things in an assy, (2005 SP 5)

I'm doing what I normally do, but all of a sudden, if I click on entities, nothing shows up in the "measure" window. If I then click on the measure window, it will give me info on the last thing I highlighted. But it won't let be measure the distnace between things.

Did I accidentally turn something off?

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

That's strange.

Not quite a solution for that problem, but may help meanwhile:
Use the dimension tool in the sketcher to measure between a face and an edge (or two parallel faces or angled faces, etc.).


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

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

Try shutting SW down rebooting hte computer and see if hte Measure still doesn't work. If it doesn't then do a Repair on your SW.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

One of my users ran into the problem recently.  Restarting did the trick.  He had quite a few parts and assemblies open, and I think it caused a memory leak.

Measure worked again after the restart.

TJ McDermott
Formost Packaging Machines

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

(OP)
Yup it worked. It happened again though...so I shut it down for the week.  Pretty annoying little problem I must say...

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

I have seen the same thing happen at my workplace.  What fixed it was a repair on the install, as Scott suggested.

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

(OP)
What is this "repair" of which you speak? I just did a search in SWx help, and nothing came up.

RE: "Measure" just stopped working

How do I Repair or Modify of a SW Installation?  FAQ559-908


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

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