lols, but not really. I know I have seen this on the forum before for an earlier version of SW, but cannot find it again.
A coworker is complaining that his Manager Pane is growing every time he opens a new document.
At some point I fear he won't be able to shrink it again! He won't be able to see his workspace.
How do I fix this problem??
Was it a bad install? Nothing comes up on the SWRx.
Hi Sarah ,
I would start with a registry reset and see if that fixes the issue
http://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2011/09/resetting-sw-registry/
I have the same issue with my drawings. Every time I "edit sheet format" it grows a little bit. I have to keep moving it back every few times.....very annoying.
Yeah it seems to happen more in the drawing than the part.
I did notice that the pane setting is not consistent from drawing to part, or even part to part, drw to drw, which makes sense, but also made it harder to note if the pane was growing uncontrollably.
I will have my co-worker try the edit sheet format to see if that is a problem for him as well.
...not a answer, just a share.. when Scott suggested you "clean" the registry (or shrink the menu)... it made me think of this software.. (..you got to laugh at this stuff to keep sane)
I also saw this when I was evaluating 2016 on Windows 10. I ended up uninstalling it, and did ask my VAR about it, but never figured out what caused t.
I've had this issue with 2015 SP5 and now with 2016 SP3 and we're not on Windows 10 yet, so I don't think it's a Windows 10 issue.
We are on Windows 7. Some of our 40 users had this problem and it was related to the sheet formats. We have 5 sheet formats we use here. One for each size drawing (A, B, C, D & E). Those who were having problems I re-saved there sheet formats and made sure the Drawing templates were setup correctly before I save the sheet format for each size. This problem occurred when we switched to Solidworks 2016 SP. But the above steps solved the problem.
Hmmm... maybe that is where the problem exists. Did you just re-save the original sheet formats and templates in SW16 or did you make them anew?
Isn't there a way to set the manager pane to minimize on open, or even turn it off? It's useful, but I don't need it most of the time and want it off my screen until I do.
So it finally happened to a file I was working on and I was able to record the growing panes and send it to my VAR.
I also investigated it on my own and realized it was due to the ruler that is permanently on in 'Edit Sheet format' mode, but can be off in 'Edit Sheet' mode.
As you can see in the video attached, if you have the rulers turned on in both modes nothing crazy happens.
When the ruler is of in one, but on in the other growing panes result!
I never really noticed the ruler until now. It is not something I ever really use.
Sep 2, 2016 11:51 AM
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for reporting this issue. A fix has been submitted to SW2016 SP5.
-Thanks
Seetharam
