Scrolling and zooming bug?

[ctopher]

Anyone notice if you try to zoom with the mouse wheel, just to the right of the feature tree area (within a part), it thinks there is a tree hidden in space and wants to scroll it; and not zoom?
This drives me crazy.
Must be a bug.

Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Works fine for me with SW09-SP4.1

Which SP are you using?
What video card?

 

[Eltron]

I haven't seen that issue either, Chris.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

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[NL8]

I've seen it before, but trained myself not to wander into that space, so I'm not sure when they fixed it, or if they have. It's intermittent and has been around since SW 2006. I remember still seeing it in 08 but by then I was trained not to zoom wheel there.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 

[SincoTC]

This behavior used to be a real PITA to me up to and including SW2007; it only seemed to occur after that part of the main view window had been occupied by the tree which had been kicked off its usual position by editing something that brought up a property sheet and it would remain a no "wheeling" area for the rest of the session.

Like DekkerDesign, I just avoided using that area and until I read ctopher post this morning, I didn't know that it had been fixed in 2009, at least for my hardware and SP (I skipped 08)!


Trevor Clarke. (R & D) Scientific Instruments.Somerset. UK

SW2009x64 SP4.0 Intel Core i7 2.94Ghz, 12Gb Ram, NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 Driver: 6.14.11.8246
SW2009x64 SP4.0 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.17Ghz, 8Gb Ram NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 Driver: 6.14.11.8246

 

[mjcole]

Try turning off the
Show Transparent Feature Manager in graphics area option in System Options > Feature Manager. Since you can detach or dock the Property Manager in 5 areas, I use it typically docked on the lower left corner of the screen or split the manager tree if needed.

If there is only the property manager shown in the Manager Area and it is not split, if you click the feature manager while the Property Manager is active it will display on screen.

I think the option I'm referring to for Transparent Tree may only affect whether a background is shown behind the tree and not whether it will appear or not. Give it a try and see if that helps. There is also a shortcut "C" to collapse the tree and show scroll bars on the side and bottom which helps navigating a large tree in the graphics area.

If the tree extends past the screen and tree is expanded there is a scroll bar and I think SolidWorks reserves that space from zooming so there is a smooth transition between collapsed and expanded states for better tree navigation. Download zip file to see attached images. The image with the dashed grey line only has problems for trees that are taller than display area height.
Arrow key navigation may also be a culprit.

Michael

 

[mjcole]

Picture Showing Docked Property Manager
If the Property Manager is Dragged away from the tabs there will be docking rectangles displayed that allow it to be attached to window or made into Floating Toolbar that can be collapsed.

As long as it's not in the default location next to Feature Manager as second tab, the on screen tree that may be causing the Zoom Problem can be prevented from popping out.

I tested the Split Manager that I use to see Configuration and Feature Managers at the same time and that forces the Tree to show on screen automatically so scrap that idea from my previous post.

Michael

 

[ctopher]

I'm on SP4.1.
I never drag the FT, it is 'out of the box'.

mjcole,
I will try your suggestion.

Chris
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