Why can't I use the reference planes in Sketch?

[Gemnoc]

Hello guys,

Sometimes when in Sketch environment, I can't use the reference planes for dimensioning or constraining. I haven't discerned an intelligent pattern to this, it just happens sometimes. And more frequently in the past couple of days. I just deleted SE's Regedit entries yesterday, no change.

Any idea why it does that? Is it a bug, or a "feature"? Ideas on solving this?

I've been working heavily with SE for the past month. I love the software, but I feel like I have to wrestle what I need from it every minute of every day. It is getting really, really, REALLY tiring!!! (as in $%?&* piece of...)

Thanking you in advance for your help!

(P.S. I'm on ST traditional)

 

[donyoung]

it might be a graphics issue. I think something within the
graphics interface of SE has been changed in V20. I sometimes
have to cut back to 'Graphics card driven (basic)' or even
notch down to 'Backing store' to get rid of stray lines and
other debris.

dy

 

[Gemnoc]

Thanks Don,

My display was set to Automatic selection, and Backing store was chosen. I unchecked Automatic and set it to Graphics card driven (advanced), I'll see what happens.

 

[beachcomber]

I've also had this, where I could include from the plane parallel to the screen, but not the other 2.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

 

[fredericmenage]

Hi,

I think that sometimes, when Peer Edges is activated (Tools tab) it prevents you from referencing geometries in the active part like the reference planes.

What I do is that I activate Peer Edges only when I need it and disable it after use.

HTH,

Fred

 

[beachcomber]

Fred,
I'll try that next time I have the problem.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.