Measure tool??????

I just tried it here on SW2005 SP2.0 and it worked fine. Do you get any action at all? Has it always been this way? Just started with the SP update?

WT

Just started with the service pack... I get the pretty colored lines denoting the normal distance and x,y distances sometimes z but no angle. Guess this is a problem for SW... bwaaa haahaha they are soo busy with 2006 they will never get to this one. I did once submit problems back in 2001+-2003, I figgure 50 or so, never had a responce to them? My dont get me wrong my VAR is exelent at helping, but SW is another case altogether.

Ben

Ben, you must be doing something wrong.

Assuming you are selecting two things that can have an angular relationship (two lines, two planer faces, etc.) the angle will show up in the measure tool box not on the screen.

HTH, Muggs

That is just it I have the measure tool box and on the right side of the box is a arrow to expand or compress the box, I hit the arrow it flips down but no expansion! I hit it again and it points up and nouthing happens other than the symbol on the button has changed to arrows up! I have made a assembly of a part that is patterned around a axis and have made a part in the same manner to test (two seperate and not related files), so if I select the same face of each part patterned around the axis there should be an angle. Again no angle.

Ben

relationship

So, the issue is that you can't get the dialog box to drop open? Oh, why didn't you say so!!

Anyway, I don't have an answer...

But, I have found some registry settings on my machine that might yield a clue. Here are my values - see how yours compare.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2005\User Interface\Dialogs uiMeasureDlg_c = 0,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,202,176

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2005\User Interface\Dialogs uiMeasurementOptionDlg_c = 0,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,364,40,619,473

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2005\User Interface\Dialogs uiMeasureOptionSelectorDlg_c = 0,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,38,234,380

WT

My numbers are below your numbers for the reg files, I have changed them to your values and still the same. Thanks for the suggestion though

Ben

Interface\Dialogs

0,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,204,30

Interface\Dialogs

0,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,513,282,768,715

Interface\Dialogs

0,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,244,431,478,773

I don?t know if it?s right or wrong but I open the measure tool befor I pick the geometry. Sometimes I get angle when I want distance an other times I get distance - not angle - when I want angle.

So I try different geometry like end point instead of line. I eve

switch the order of which entity is chosen first. I guess th inexperienced keep trying until we get the result we want or finall figure out what SW wants

Thanks for the advice, I have tried all that and no go... Looking like I might have to re-install SW

Ben

You might first try renaming/deleting the local user key for SW. If that works, you wouldn't have to reinstall.

WT

Oh yaaa! good call,

What is the local user key? (I also cannot measure angles). TIA.

In the registry, SW stores information in two major areas - Local_Machine & Current_User. When you install it, both areas get written to. When another user logs in, another CU key is created for that user and these CU keys are what hold the settings, etc. So, if something gets really messed up, you can delete or rename that CU key so that SW has to rebuild it based on the (hopefully) unchanged LM key. If you are not comfortable editing the registry, get some help - if you mess with the wrong stuff, you can end up with a door stop. (Ok, maybe not quite that bad.) :-)

WT

Thanks!

For those that care, I used the copy options wizard on another machine and imported the sytem settings (this alone nouthing else) into my machine. IT WORKED! so I still have all my toolbars and keyboard shortcuts etc etc and now can measure angles

Ben Thanks to all who helped

"That is just it I have the measure tool box and on the right side of the box is a arrow to expand or compress the box, I hit the arrow it flips down but no expansion! "

I face same problem after i upgrade to sp2. after playing it for while, i have solvethis problem. Actually, the measure tool box was there, but in "minimize" condition. After the arrow flip down, point your mouse to bottom left cover of the measure tool box, click on left button, hold it and drag to right/bottom to "expend " the tool box.

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