Help with creating equations or global variables please!!! I am following examples and tutorials and "SW help" to try and create very simple equations or GVs in a simple sketch but it won't let me add them. Any ideas, it's very frustrating. I have SW2015.
I double click on a dimension in a sketch, put and = and then a name and it prompts me to create a GV - I click yes but nothing happens. I don't get symbol on the dimension and it doesn't appear in the equation manager (I can't add them in there either)
Any suggestions?
Welcome to the forum. I don't think I've ever tried to create a global variable within a dimension like you're describing. (It may be possible; I've just never tried.) Instead, exit the sketch, right-click on your Equations folder at the top of the tree, and choose "Manage Equations" from the drop-down. That will take you to a dialog box where you should be able to create a global variable. Then when you go back to your sketch you should be able to use this global variable in a dimension.
I'll be logging off soon, and I'll be traveling so it may be a while before I'm back, but I'm sure someone else will be able to step in if you need more help. As you might expect, traffic is much slower here on Sundays, but it should pick up tomorrow.