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CANNOT SELECT EDGE IN DIMENSION MODE ON A DRAWING 1

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pdelnet

Mechanical
May 13, 2005
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I am trying to dimension the overall length of a round shaft in a detail view, I can select one end of the shaft but I cannot select the other end. It can be selected in the original view where the detail circle was created, but not in the detail view. The shaft has a chamfer on the end but this does not seem to be an issue, I suppressed the chamfer in the model then resolve it but this has no effect. I changed the level of deatil from draft to high and back with no effect. I have come across dificulty in selecting lines as well in other areas, this seems to be a random problem. Anyone have any suggestions?

SW 2005 SP3.1
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 670
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 [Display adapter]
Windows 2000 SP5

 
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pdelnet said:
when I go to the FM tree, highlight the extrude feature the outline of the part is displayed on the bottom of the sheet (D size) part of the outline is right off the paper size no where near any of the created views, the deatil is located at the top right corner of the sheet.
Sorry, I just twigged that you were talking about an actual Detail View ... Doh!!!

What you are seeing is quite normal. Although the Detail View only shows the details wihin its boundary, SW still associates the "not seen" details at the same scale as the Detail View. Does that make sense?

So, unless you are happy with the workarounds offered ... back to your original question. Can you post an image of the views you are detailing? (faq559-1100)

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Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of faq559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions faq559-1091
 
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