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Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

(OP)
I have noticed a new feature in Solidworks 2008 that makes it necessary to delete a line, dimension, etc. in a sketch twice before it goes away. Is this something a bored SW Engineer came up with to add unecessary work? Does anyone know how to undo this annoyance? I have looked in the most obvious places for a checkbox to unclick.

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

this does not seem right.

does it always happen?

maybe it is a graphics problem. what happens if you delete once and then press CTRL-R?

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

I haven't seen this behavior. I select what I want to delete, then delete it.
Can you provide more detail as to what you're doing when you delete?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

What SP of SW2008 are you using?  I noticed this with the early SP's, on occasion, on my work computer but not my laptop computer.

I am using SP3.1 and 4.0 now and do not notice that behavior.

Cheers,

 

Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0ev, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

What graphic card and driver version are you using?

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

On the first delete, does the entity become highlighted?
Does it disappear and then re-appear?

I had a similar problem a while back. Had to select things twice before they were recognised as being selected. Uninstalling and reinstalling the mouse driver fixed the problem.

cheers

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

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I have noticed a new feature in Solidworks 2008 that makes it necessary to delete a line, dimension, etc. in a sketch twice before it goes away. Is this something a bored SW Engineer came up with to add unecessary work? Does anyone know how to undo this annoyance? I have looked in the most obvious places for a checkbox to unclick.

Have you tried Tools > Options > Document Properties tab > Detailing and un-check the annoyance checkbox?   

Flores

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

this doesnt seem normal.  check that you have the latest SP as well as up to date drivers.

SW2008 Office Pro SP3.1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2.2GHz, 2.00GB RAM
QuadroFX 3700
SpacePilot/SpaceNavigator  

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

Flores, that made my day (star).

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

You may be getting prompted by an invisible pop-behind dialog window telling you there are Dimensions/Relations tied to the entity when you go to delete it. Delete the entity then minimize restore you SW window. Another thing to check is that the Delete key is still set to Delete and hasn't been cleared out by mistake.

Michael

RE: Editing a Sketch Requires deleting Twice in 2008

(OP)
I am using 2008 2.1. In a sketch with multiple lines, some delete the first time and some on the second delete. When it takes two times, the line changes to green first and then go away on the second delete.

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