Sketch says fully defined but it lies!
Sketch says fully defined but it lies!
(OP)
A friend called me with an odd problem: he's created simple sketch, dimensioned it and the info. bar at the bottom of the screen states 'fully defined'. 'Everything is black, including the line end points' he says. Yet, 'if you left click and drag a line, you can move it. Once you drop it, the dimension updates to whatever the new position is'.
My first thought was that the dimensions were driven: I checked and they aren't. I couldn't replicate the issue, so I did a screen share with him and watched him draw a square in a new sketch. He started his line on the origin, moved up, left, down then right to complete the square. He dimensioned it 50mm x 50mm, the fully defined message appeared, then he grabbed the LHS line and dragged it left... The dimension jumped to 75-odd mm.
To be honest, I don't even know where to start looking for a solution! Anyone?!
My first thought was that the dimensions were driven: I checked and they aren't. I couldn't replicate the issue, so I did a screen share with him and watched him draw a square in a new sketch. He started his line on the origin, moved up, left, down then right to complete the square. He dimensioned it 50mm x 50mm, the fully defined message appeared, then he grabbed the LHS line and dragged it left... The dimension jumped to 75-odd mm.
To be honest, I don't even know where to start looking for a solution! Anyone?!






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Thanks for the reply - very much appreciated.
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RE: Sketch says fully defined but it lies!
@SBaugh - Agreed, I'm just a bit anal about defining sketches. It's a pet hate that I've evolved. I've been using infinite construction lines as it often negates the issue.