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  1. jimden

    Corrupt extruded text

    Scott Thanks for reply; Found ctrl q, "force regen in assy" not much documentation, sounds like a good Idea for trouble shooting etc. I deleted extruded text from all blocks and rebuild is less than a second now ! (only nine parts, a few derived sketchs)it used to take over 45 min ...
  2. jimden

    Corrupt extruded text

    Hi SW2003 I add text to die blocks to Identify top etc, then extrude so I can see it with sketch turned off. I ceated this text a while ago and have been working on the assembly recently then out of the blue these sketches are hanging up on rebuild. How could it be fine then go bad or am I...
  3. jimden

    Datum targets on edges?

    Oh Insert it then reselect the end and drag it over to the point
  4. jimden

    Datum targets on edges?

    Tick Datum Target (not symbol) seems to stick to a point in an open sketch with all filters turned off bizzarr How nice to believe in the freedom of Solidworks
  5. jimden

    Datum targets on edges?

    Hmm Was lookin at that, seems to stick to a face well, goes funny on a plane even The illulsion of integrity
  6. jimden

    Sketch Dimensions dissapear temporarily

    Tick Thaks for your response, I've enjoyed your input on other threads Oh ,I hope its not video related My Rage 128 Pro Ultra GL needed (a few weeks ago) to have its drivers changed to run Hardware Open GL, this solved problems I was having with assemblies locking up during rebuild, evrything...
  7. jimden

    Sketch Dimensions dissapear temporarily

    This forum is great !! Hi Whem I'm Editing a sketch (SW2003) and I move the pointer over the part or a line, all of the dimensions dissapear, then I have to click outside the part to make them re-apear. Is this an option I can turn off ? 1) I've tried re-setting the options. 2) Our other two...

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