Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
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We recently upgraded from 2004 to 2006, and since then on a few occasions my cursor has gotten "stuck" looking like the rotate about entity icon (rotate icon with a vertical line through it).
I can still function as normal, only I'm selecting things with the very center of the cursor instead of with the tip of my standard little arrow I've grown so fond of.
A couple of times it's gone back to the normal arrow after pounding my escape key repeatedly and clicking in and out of every menu I can find. But there has been a couple of times I've had to close SolidWorks completely to get it to revert back to normal. Closing all the files I'm working on isn't enough.
Has anyone else seen this, or does anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks.
I can still function as normal, only I'm selecting things with the very center of the cursor instead of with the tip of my standard little arrow I've grown so fond of.
A couple of times it's gone back to the normal arrow after pounding my escape key repeatedly and clicking in and out of every menu I can find. But there has been a couple of times I've had to close SolidWorks completely to get it to revert back to normal. Closing all the files I'm working on isn't enough.
Has anyone else seen this, or does anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks.






RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
You will probably here it is a video-card issue, or something or other, even though everything worked on a previous install of SW. It seems that 2006 is a little "pickier" with your hardware and drivers.
Flores
SW 2005 SP 4.
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
I have found SW06 to be one of the best SP0.0 releases in many years. I have plenty of stability in my systems, including my new machine at home. It's uses a video card that is not supported and I expected to have problems with, but have yet to have any.
I just hope those of you that are waiting for SP1 to come out doesn't get screwed if there was be a major bug in it... Doesn't happen often, but it has happened. - You must still test your files when you before full production os met.
Best regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
I just installed the latest supported version of my video card. I will let you know if my issues continue.
Windows 2000
P4 2.40 GHz
Video Card -
Manufacturer: NVIDIA Corporation
Card: Quadro4 900 XGL/PCI/SSE2
Driver: 6.14.10.7184
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
my specs are as follows:
P4-3.2ghz
2 gb ram
WinXP Pro, sp2
SW2006-sp1
ATI FireGL X1-128 (driver 8.103) (sw certified card)
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
It's very odd when it happens. I'm assuming it's some sort of glitch, along with numerous other glitches I been having, particularly in sketch mode recently.
Windows 2000
P4 2.40 GHz
Video Card -
Manufacturer: NVIDIA Corporation
Card: Quadro4 900 XGL/PCI/SSE2
Driver: 6.14.10.7184
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Most mouse drivers come with a nifty properties menu that can diagnose problems with the mouse to work with a certain program.(My Microsoft Intellipoint did at least)
Go into your Mouse properties to the wheel section, and find the wheel troubleshooter, you can pick which program that the center mousekey is not working with and will automatically fix it.
W.Y.T.D.N.T.Y Manual coming soon :)
"if you can't make it work...Cheat"
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Flores
SW 2006 SP1.0
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Seems to be a bug in SP1 for solidworks 06. I didnt have this problem before I upgraded last week.
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Flores
SW06 SP1.0
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
thread559-136513
I installed the SP and upgraded my video card driver, but occasionaly the cursor problems would come back.
When I followed SBaugh's advice (thanks!) of deleting the old driver, reboot, installing the new driver and then reboot again, did the problem go completely away.
It has been two weeks since I've had any problems (with SW!)
Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe. F.Z.
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
Example:
You are in an assembly and you use the Rotate command. Then you switch to a part (Without exiting the command) now your mouse cursor is still showing Rotate and you can RMB and click "Select", but the cursor stays and maintains the rotate icon. The fix is to flip back the that assembly you were just in and RMB and click "Select".
I hope this helps!
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
In my case however, nothing seems to be able to correct the cursor. I will try that specifically next time I see the issue, and report back.
It's not all that big of an issue really. Only happens about once a week. I'm figuring it's just some sort of silly glitch.
Windows 2000
P4 2.40 GHz
Video Card -
Manufacturer: NVIDIA Corporation
Card: Quadro4 900 XGL/PCI/SSE2
Driver: 6.14.10.7184
RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
But on the bright side, since installing sp1 to my sw2006 a couple weeks ago, i have not crashed at all! And usually im crashing sw about 3-4 times a week. (knock on wood!)...SP1 seems to be very stable.
pj
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RE: Cursor gets stuck in 'rotate about entity' mode
I think that the mystery cursor that we are seeing is related to "Highliting an entity" as compared to "Selecting an entity". Because before the cursor appears atleast one entity (face, edge,etc ) turns dark pink in color ( default color for Highlight in Solidworks).
Also the cursor only appears when you hover over the graphics region. If you go the featuremanager region it will turn back to arrow.
Regards,