SP 2.1 regression mates in start parts broken Again

Feb 02, 2004 7 Replies
F

Just a heads up. Don't use start parts with 2.1. The old problem of mates breaking when you edit the part size has come up again.



Create a part using start parts, mate it, double click on it to change size, and all mates to the part go break.



I lost a weeks worth of work in sp0 due to this. Took a long time to figure out what the hell was going on.



SW REALLY needs to focus on bugs and performance and quit dorking around with glitz. This is really pissing me off. It's just getting out of hand. Don't think we can afford the risk much more. SW2005 not looking good for us at this point. I'm getting a attitude problem



PS, windows installer SUCKs!!!


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R

Fred, Can you explain the procedure to make this work (er..break). I tried a simple test. I created a cube 2 x 2 x 2 and saved it as a part template. I started a new part using the template, added it to an assembly, added another part, mated it up, and then did as you suggest. I double-clicked the part and changed some dimensions and all of my mates stayed intact. Did I do something wrong? Miss a step? Totally misunderstand?

Richard

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F

Your doing just what I did Richard. Had this happen on four parts this morning. Not sure whats going on here, but I'm not going to take the risk of using start parts anymore.

The only thing that comes to mind is my start parts were created in SP 1.0. Sorry, I don't have time to dig into it much more... Got to get work out today.

Fred

----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Doyle" Newsgroups: comp.cad.solidworks Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: Re: SP 2.1 regression mates in start parts broken Again

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Your doing just what I did Richard. Had this happen on four parts this morning. Not sure whats going on here, but I'm not going to take the risk of using start parts anymore.

The only thing that comes to mind is my start parts were created in SP 1.0. Sorry, I don't have time to dig into it much more... Got to get work out today.

Fred

----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Doyle" Newsgroups: comp.cad.solidworks Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: Re: SP 2.1 regression mates in start parts broken Again

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M

I tried a similar test. Same result. It worked, or "it didn't break".

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S

Please forgive a dumb question (if it IS dumb) from someone who has held back on installing SW2004. What the heck is "start parts"? I've been using since 97+ and I've never seen any part creation method described so.

Mark 'Sporky' Staplet>

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R

Sporky, He's talking about a part template with some geometry already added.

Richard

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OIC Thanks for the clarification. Well then, it'd be easy enough for ME to work around. I don't do that.

'Sporky'

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