I've come across a lot of significant issues in the short time I've been using routing, and I'd like to know if these are widespread known issues that are being addressed, or if it's just me.
1) Everything in the Route Parts folder disappears, and can't be recreated. My Route Parts folder will suddenly be empty, leaving me with just my CPoint and Route Path. I can't get the parts to come back, and trying to create a swept part manually within the route assembly usually results in a crash.
2) CPoints lose edge references randomly. Every once in a while I'll notice that my route no longer lines up with my fittings. I'll investigate to find that the CPoint has lost it's reference. Luckily I can usually re-add the reference without blowing away the entire route.
3) Direction of CPoint flips randomly, and can't be manually changed after creation. My Cpoint direction will change at random, pointing in the wrong direction and messing up my entire route path. If I edit the CPoint feature, I find the "reverse direction" checkbox grayed out! I'm unable to fix this, and usually have to recreate the entire route.
What can I do about this?
Daniel,
I've been using routing since '09 and haven't come across those issues. Then again, I haven't been using SW'16 as of yet so I can't say for sure that those aren't an issue in that version.
Considering your problems :
1. they are certainly something to contact your VAR about (if your VAR knows anything about routing)
2. even if they don't they should be able to help you with making sure it's nothing to do with your system, settings, etc.
3. if you can, post one of your fittings, so that someone can have a look to see there isn't an inherent problem with how it's built
On a side note, do follow a class in routing if possible or at least get The SolidWorks Routing Manual
Routing is very fickle and doesn't leave much, if any, wiggle room. On top of that, the info about it can be rather difficult to come by.