Thread circles appearing in drawings

[phreaq]

I'd like to re-open two closed threads and see if people are still having issues (

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=124410

and

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=55587)

On a few weldment drawings, we are getting the inner arcs of threads showing in places they should not be showing (off in some corner, beside the part, etc). I cannot select them to Hide them, and I cannot find what view they are associated too.

It seems to still be an issue (at least for us), anyone have some light the can shed?

phreaq
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

What SW version & SP are you using?
Have you tried the latest SP?
Are your video card & driver certified by SW for the version &
OS you are using?

On a side note, all you need do to reference a thread is type the thread number. ( thread559-124410 & thread559-55587 )


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How to get answers to your SW questions faq559-1091
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[phreaq]

We're on SW2005, SP4. We have not made the move to SP5 or SW2006 as of yet. And yes on the approved grapics cards, running on XP SP2.

Also, these circles do print, so it's not just a visual thing.

And thanx for the thread info

phreaq
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

If possible, I would at least try SP5 before persuing other possible causes. Your problem may already have been fixed.

Do you have a mirror feature in the weldment?


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[phreaq]

I'll try SP5 somehow (I don't wanna upgrade everyone yet) and see what happens.

I've read a few threads about the 'mirror' feature, but no, this part has no mirrors in it.

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[alolesen]

Don't bother with SP5, it hasn't fixed them, and neither has SW2006. I get them mostly on relative views in drawings made from weldments.

I have figured out how to get rid of the ones that "hover" outside the view boundry (the ones you can't select). Just crop the view to the boundry box and they will go away.

 

[SBaugh]

I know there was an issue with Cosmetic threads and the fix was inside of SP0 of SW06, but it did not fix the old files automatically. IT required you to redefine the thread and then the Cosmetic thread dissappeared or at least appeared like it was suppose to.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[phreaq]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Alolesen, I'm not sure I've 'cropped' views before. How is this done?

phreaq
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[alolesen]

It's one of the drawing comands. It lets you remove or "crop" part of a view. In the case of the cosmetic threads that lie outside the view boundry, I just crop the view close to the existing view boundry and the phantom cosmetic threads are removed. I would suggest that you consult the help file for exactly how to use the command.

 

[phreaq]

cool, thanx!

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[ridein]

using SWX 2006 sp2 here
I also had this problem and fixed it with the original part resolved or open ......I just changed the setting on the original tapped thread sketch to "hide sketch" using the right hand context menu.