Wrong Pointer!!! 1

[niwde247]

I am new to Solidworks 2005 and I started doing a few or the Online Tutorials. The First Tutorial is PARTS.

When I start the tutorial process, I can open a new part, click on extrude boss/base, click on front for my viewing plane, click on rectangle to start a retangular box,

Then,

I am suppose to get a pencil pointer that changes when I get over the origin, so I can start the lower left hand corner of my rectangle at the origin, but I get this stupid crosshair instead. If I use the crosshairs, the retangle doens't start at the origin. It is offset a bit.

Has anyone seen this problem?

 

[niwde247]

Anyone?

 

[Mandrake22]

The correct sequence would be to select the plane you want to sketch on, select the sketch icon, select the rectangle icon and then start sketching at the origin. After the sketch is defined you would extrude it.
It sounds like you are doing something different from this sequence.
A highly recommended method would involve NOT relating a corner of the rectangle at the origin. Instead, draw a construction line diagonally across your rectangle. Right click the construction line and select midpoing and then control select the origin and make a coincident mate. Your rectangle will then snap into place, centered about the origin. This may come in handy later allowing you to mate the part using its planes in a higher level assembly. We do this all the time, whether or not we know we will be able to take advantage of the centering feature.
There are other methods to center your sketch about the origin. You could select the midpoint of a horizontal line and related it vertical to the origin and then select the midpoint of a vertical line and relate it horizontal to the origin.

 

[niwde247]

Thanks for the reply.
I understand what you are saying, but the associations are not there without that "pencil" type pointer.

I'll see if I can fiddle without the pointer. It just makes learning SW hard if I can't follow the tutorials exactly.

Anyone else every seen this?

 

[MElam]

As far as your problem with the crosshairs, it sounds like you have "SolidWorks 2D Emulator" turned on under Tools, Add-ins. Turn that OFF.

 

[niwde247]

MElan,

That was it!!!

I unchecked the 2D Emulator and it solved my problem.

Thanks a lot. I have been fighting with that problem for some time now.

THANKS!!!