michaelpaul
New member
Ok,
I saved a section to use because I had to create multiple features using the same geometry and I didn't want to copy the geometry nor did I want to recreate the sketch each time. that's what the save section and use section functions are for anyway.
I don't do this too often because we don't have a lot of repetitive features but every once in a while it comes in handy.
today I was working on the same part. I created my first feature and saved the section during its creation.
I had to use the same section three more times so I hit the use section (it's named something different now in Creo 2.0 vs. WF but it acts the same) icon and my section came up. you can then move and rotate it to place it. the first time, I didn't notice but when I brought the section in the second time it was scaled at some random scale of .5463 of the original size. the third time, it was scaled at a totally different seemingly random scale value. when I went back to look at the first section I brought in, it was scaled at about .98 or so of original so I wouldn't have noticed had it not been so obvious on the other sections.
Why in the **** (rhymes with bell or puck, take your pick) does the section come in scaled at all, why does it come in with different scale factors when bringing it into the same part, and why does it come in using a seemingly random scale factor with four significant figures at all?
logically, shouldn't it bring in the section at a scale factor of one and then actually let the user choose to scale it if that is what the desired result is? i'd have to say that if anybody saves sections for later use, 90% of the time they're going to use the section as-is and not ever want to scale or change any dimensions on it yet PTC apparently thinks that every section should be scaled some random amount!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I saved a section to use because I had to create multiple features using the same geometry and I didn't want to copy the geometry nor did I want to recreate the sketch each time. that's what the save section and use section functions are for anyway.
I don't do this too often because we don't have a lot of repetitive features but every once in a while it comes in handy.
today I was working on the same part. I created my first feature and saved the section during its creation.
I had to use the same section three more times so I hit the use section (it's named something different now in Creo 2.0 vs. WF but it acts the same) icon and my section came up. you can then move and rotate it to place it. the first time, I didn't notice but when I brought the section in the second time it was scaled at some random scale of .5463 of the original size. the third time, it was scaled at a totally different seemingly random scale value. when I went back to look at the first section I brought in, it was scaled at about .98 or so of original so I wouldn't have noticed had it not been so obvious on the other sections.
Why in the **** (rhymes with bell or puck, take your pick) does the section come in scaled at all, why does it come in with different scale factors when bringing it into the same part, and why does it come in using a seemingly random scale factor with four significant figures at all?
logically, shouldn't it bring in the section at a scale factor of one and then actually let the user choose to scale it if that is what the desired result is? i'd have to say that if anybody saves sections for later use, 90% of the time they're going to use the section as-is and not ever want to scale or change any dimensions on it yet PTC apparently thinks that every section should be scaled some random amount!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
