2007 Sketcher Triad
2007 Sketcher Triad
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What the HE*%*%^ has SW done to the Triad ... I have not tried a lot of situations to get a real good handle on it, but in a basic part - no prob, but when doing in context editing, it is so confused !!!! I mean, when dragging along 1 direction it isnt hard to see that it is completely confused with coordination between mouse drag and entity movement. And it is even extrememly stubborn when I try to move the Triad around and/or attach it to an endpoint or anything. Anyone have a scoop on this ?
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RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he'
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
I don't use that when creating things in-context. Normally I regard all the relationships--particularly within a 3D context--as being quite fragile, and try to avoid creating fragile relationships in my parts/assemblies.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
What you say is what I have to do to "free it up" Heckler and then I can drag at will (although not snap to endpt without using RMB in-context menu, etc), but wasnt that way in past, I could just go to it, LMB center, drag to line endpt for example, it snaps in and we're off and running. WRT using tab, yeah I do that at creation, but when editing I can never get anything out of that (if there is a way Id love to be informed). I apologize, for the "stubborn and confused" comment about SW, but it's the best way I can describe what it was doing. Like I said above, imagine sketching in a 2-d plane to which you are looking normal and for which your motions are locked (confirmed), and when you try to drag an end point for example, it moves as if you are moving in the direction normal (ie very drastic and uncontrollable) to the plane even though it's movement stays in the plane as you have dictated (this is the lack of coordination of which I speak).
I hear you entirely on the fragility of in-context relations, however, the triad is in itself not a relation, and when creating certain 3d-sketch-composed objects, in-context is really the best way. I do similar to you by avoiding in-context relations; often when I do actually apply in-context relations for initial creation, if they are not really something for which I require continued parametric behavior, I will delete those relations in the part and define the part intrinsically and then lock it down in the assembly with conventional mates.
It's fine, I just wanted to know if it was something others had come across or some fundamental change in 2007. I can work around it. I think it's just in the context of an assy, works fine in the part (except for node snap), just not as efficient using it there.
Thanks for the time everyone
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
I agree with the in-context stuff--I often build in-context relations out of necessity, but will also delete those relations almost as soon as I make them for keeping things simple--depending on what I need.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad
The mixed orientation of components problems you see may be an overlooked assembly editing glitch or it may also be solved by a new uninstall/reinstall (check out the FAQs if you want to pursue that--vital info there on doing it right and clearing registry glitches in the process).
I think CorBlimeyLimey is right.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: 2007 Sketcher Triad