Property Text crashing SE (V20)
Property Text crashing SE (V20)
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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
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)
I forgot to mention that I expose the variable first...
MT
RE: Property Text crashing SE (V20)
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)
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)
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