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Two horizontal breaks

Two horizontal breaks

Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
I have a model that is over 2m long. I want to put 2 horizontal breats in it for a 2D diagram. I only seem to be able to put one in......am I missing something or can I not put 2 or more breaks into the view of the model?

RE: Two horizontal breaks

What version do you have?
Not 100% sure, but I think up to 2005 you can only insert 1 break.
I don't remember.

In 2007 you believe can insert more than 1 break. I have not tried it yet.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

RE: Two horizontal breaks

You definately can in 2007.  You can also have both horizontal and vertical.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 8/12/06)
SW 2006 SP 4.0 / SW 2007 SP 0.0

RE: Two horizontal breaks

What version are you using?  I am using SW06, and I have used 4 breaks on a view before.  You may have to un-break the view before adding additional breaks.

Flores
SW06 SP4.1

RE: Two horizontal breaks

SW06 allows multiple breaks, but only in one direction. (Horiz or Vert)

cheers
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to find answers ... FAQ559-1091

RE: Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
Thanks to all.

I have SW2006 SP0. This is a pretty basic function and I'm supprised its not been in for years.

It just doesn't let me add more than one of the same type?!?

RE: Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
I don't espect anyone has 2006 sp0 (second hand) so the answer is, does 2005 definately have the feature or not?

Ummmm .... pretty basic stuff though!

RE: Two horizontal breaks

Select the view, add a horiz break, done.
Select the view again, add another horiz break, done.
Should work.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

RE: Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
yeah....but doesn't

RE: Two horizontal breaks

As said, it is included from SW2007. A company I work for submitted the feature request quite a time ago. They wanted to do anchor plans for construction work.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

RE: Two horizontal breaks

I am on SW06 SP4.1 and I can add as many of one type of break that I want. When I try to add both types I get a message saying:

"Cannot insert a break in this drawing view.
The direction of the new break is not the same as the other break(s) in this drawing view."

If you need to show only 2 horizontal breaks, just insert both sets before you actually break the view.

Anne Van Epern
C.G. Bretting Mfg., Ashland, WI
www.bretting.com

SW 2006 SP4.1 DBWorks 2005
Quadro FX 3000
Pentium 4 2GHz 1GB RAM
WinXP 02 SP2

RE: Two horizontal breaks

Try un-breaking the view like I said earlier if you need to add additional breaks.  Or do like AnneVan posted above and insert multiple breaks BEFORE breaking the view.  In 2006, if a view already has breaks in it, the horizontal and vertical break buttons are grayed out unless I un-break the view.  

[sarcastic]
Please tell me that this doesn't work in 2005 instead of "I didn't try any of the suggestions above".
[/sarcastic]

Flores
SW06 SP4.1

RE: Two horizontal breaks

Quote:

I don't espect anyone has 2006 sp0 (second hand) so the answer is, does 2005 definately have the feature or not?
A very confusing statement!
"second hand" ????
"so the answer is" .... did you mean "so the question is"
"does 2005 definately have the feature or not?" ... I thought you were using SW06.

SW05 can only place one break, one direction only, per view.
SW06 can place multiple breaks, one direction only, per view.

Can you update to SP5? It may fix your problem.

cheers
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to find answers ... FAQ559-1091

RE: Two horizontal breaks

I am running SWx 2003 SP4.0 here and can insert multiple vertical or horizontal breaks just fine.

Reaper.

RE: Two horizontal breaks

Ohhh ... In that case I stand corrected. I thought that multiple breaks were only introduced in SW05.

cheers
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to find answers ... FAQ559-1091

RE: Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
Hi,

Just to square the books:

1) My point about 'does solid works 2005 have the feature?' inferred that, if it did, I was doing something wrong since they (solidworks) would not have dropped a feature.
2) 'Second hand' means I did not purchase the software new from a supplier and I can't get a service pack upgrade.
3) Apologies for the confusion with 'answer' and 'question' - that was me rushing.
4) I can now add more breaks. My problem was that when you add the first one you click the menu then click on the drawing. For the second and subsequent ones you have to click on the drawing where you want the break and then select the menu item.

Thanks for all the help and the gramatical corrections!

RE: Two horizontal breaks

Quote:

Thanks for all the help and the gramatical
corrections!

grammatical has 2 g's tongue

Flores
SW06 SP4.1

RE: Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
And, just to think, I double checked the post....big smile!

RE: Two horizontal breaks

Add spell chjeck to your Google toolbar.
bigcheeks

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

RE: Two horizontal breaks

(OP)
I'm a programmer by trade and all i ever do is:

int i;

i = i + 1;

I'm glad to see other engineers are not so slack with their gra 'mm' ar and spelling.

Thanks for the google spell checker info.

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