If you create a feature in a part referencing an assembly (for instance a set of mounting holes), and then you want to make it independent, you first delete all the references and select a couple you want from the current part. This produces a number of weak dimensions. You could click every one of them to make them strong. But a quick way of making all the dimensions strong is to disable Intent Manager, then re-enable it.
tip of the day - weak dimensions
Oct 29, 2004
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Interesting. You can also set the selection filter to Dimensions and window select, then RMB and select action. Don't know that it's any faster, but you can jump straight to Lock if you want to.
: "dakeb" wrote : If you create a feature in a part referencing an assembly (for instance a : set of mounting holes), and then you want to make it independent, you first : delete all the references and select a couple you want from the current : part. This produces a number of weak dimensions. You could click every one : of them to make them strong. But a quick way of making all the dimensions : strong is to disable Intent Manager, then re-enable it. : Hey, yeah, that is pretty fast! Thanks for the tip. It's also pretty quick to drag a fence around all the dimensions to mass select them, then hit Ctrl-T.
David Janes
That's another one I didn't know about. Ta.
Is there a list of shortcuts somewhere?
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