Evening all,
Well after the customary search and coming up with NO "fruit", I did not know where else to post these two questions and both of these problems' symptoms do not seem to appear on a regular basis and I cannot see if it is something I am doing or do not understand the workings entirely of these two functions.
1. When orientating a prt or asm in the model view using "orient by reference" you pick two planes or surfaces or a combination of the two. Then the model snaps to that orientation. You then have the option to save the view under a name of your choice or overwrite an existing name. When I pick say front, right, left, up, or down or whatever, the ref1 or ref2 block populates with the info about the datum plane or surface I just picked. Sometimes when I am trying to orient my model, I can pick all day long on any datum or surface and the ref1 or ref 2 blocks will not populate. Its like Pro does not even pick them. i forget the actual message that is displayed and I know that would be helpful. My apologies. Why will sometimes it take what I pick and other times ignore me?
2. When creating ref dims from within the model through...setup, ref dim, create. Then pick the planes and orientation to place the ref dims. No problem creating them. Its when it comes time to delete them. The ref dims hilite but remain on screen and do not delete. Any help on either of these questions would be most helpful.
Here is the message I get while either trying to delete ref dims or pick surfaces to orient model....."Make all datum reference selection on component being placed."
Thanks
Sid
Edited by: cityjack
Well after the customary search and coming up with NO "fruit", I did not know where else to post these two questions and both of these problems' symptoms do not seem to appear on a regular basis and I cannot see if it is something I am doing or do not understand the workings entirely of these two functions.
1. When orientating a prt or asm in the model view using "orient by reference" you pick two planes or surfaces or a combination of the two. Then the model snaps to that orientation. You then have the option to save the view under a name of your choice or overwrite an existing name. When I pick say front, right, left, up, or down or whatever, the ref1 or ref2 block populates with the info about the datum plane or surface I just picked. Sometimes when I am trying to orient my model, I can pick all day long on any datum or surface and the ref1 or ref 2 blocks will not populate. Its like Pro does not even pick them. i forget the actual message that is displayed and I know that would be helpful. My apologies. Why will sometimes it take what I pick and other times ignore me?
2. When creating ref dims from within the model through...setup, ref dim, create. Then pick the planes and orientation to place the ref dims. No problem creating them. Its when it comes time to delete them. The ref dims hilite but remain on screen and do not delete. Any help on either of these questions would be most helpful.
Here is the message I get while either trying to delete ref dims or pick surfaces to orient model....."Make all datum reference selection on component being placed."
Thanks
Sid
Edited by: cityjack
