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Property Text crashing SE (V20)

Property Text crashing SE (V20)

Property Text crashing SE (V20)

(OP)
Dear All,

I am trying to add some variable values from a part to the callout text in a draft.
But Solid Edge simply crashes (error written further down in this post).

Could someone please see if they can reproduce the following?

Make a part, say a single protusion with a name (e.g. "diam") for the diameter in the variable list.

Then make a draft, select the Callout text tool, click on Property Text bar.  Under "Named Reference" (or any of the options below it), the variable "diam" should be visible.
Then I select "diam", click Copy and I get the error
"Solid Edge is being closed because the system memory is low" (and it closes...)

System: SE V20, XP 64-bit, 8 GB RAM (shouldn't be any memory problems!)

Am I trying to use the Property Text command correctly?

Many thanks, MT


 

RE: Property Text crashing SE (V20)

(OP)
Hi again,

I forgot to mention that I expose the variable first...

MT


 

RE: Property Text crashing SE (V20)

Hi,

no I don't get that failure -- a space/nothing is copied. (V20/Sp15)
According to the Help:

Copy:

Copies the property text string(s) listed in the Property Text box
to the clipboard.

So I think you're using it the wrong way (which is no excuse for
the crash which is a programming error). When you select the
variable and then press Copy SE tries to copy from the still empty
Property Text box. Do it this way

1 select the variable
2 press Select which will put the string into the Property Text box
3 optional: repeat steps 1 and 2
4 when done Press OK

Now your Callout should contain all previously selected variables

In case your callout already contains some text and you would like
to put a variable anywahre in between the text then use Copy:

- select the variable
- press Select
- press Copy which will bring you back to the Callout Properties
- place the mouse cursor where you want the string to be inserted
- then either RMB -> Paste or just CTRL+V and you're done

dy

RE: Property Text crashing SE (V20)

(OP)
Hi dy,

Many thanks for the help - indeed "Select" is what I should have used (sorry I didn't manage to achieve this simple step - the crashing froze my brain a bit).

Ironically, Copy still crashes SE on my system, even when the Property Text has been Selected.  But I guess I can survive this!

Regards, MT

 

RE: Property Text crashing SE (V20)

Hi,

hmm you must be running SE *below* Patch 7 which will correct
that failure:

PR 5965666: Fixed a problem where the Click Copy button on PropText dialog caused a low memory warning.

So best would be to update SP15 is the final one for V20

dy
 

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