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Sketching issues in 2016

Question asked by Andrew Rabbitt on Jul 4, 2016
Latest reply on Jul 5, 2016 by Patrick Musgrave

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I have just recently updated from 2014 to 2016SP3 and the sketching is driving me around the bend - what did they do to it?

I have a sketch that wouldn't take a dimension without becoming overdefined. Save, close and reopen SW and all of a sudden it's OK, but the same sketch doesn't allow me to drag any under-defined geometry. Even dropping in a completely separate undefined line is unable to be dragged about. Open a new sketch and dragging a new line about is possible.

The feel of the whole sketching experience is totally different and not in a good way. Is it just buggy or do I need to be re-trained?

Anyone else having this bother in 2016? (apart from the new look which is also really annoying!)

Grumpy Andrew.

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Patrick Musgrave Jul 5, 2016 4:28 AM

Hi Andrew,

Hard to tell whether it's a bug or maybe your sketch settings have unknowingly changed. Check your sketch settings against my picture below and also double check the Instant2D setting as well. Hopefully this helps, but it does sound unusual, is it happening with parts that you have created in 2016 or just older files?

Some good news for you is that SolidWorks has listened to some of the feedback and are making changes to the interface for 2016 SP4.0, the sketch cursor becoming a pencil again is a highlight! There's more information about it in the thread linked below.

Update on UI changes for SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP04 and SOLIDWORKS 2017

Regards,

Patrick

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Andrew Rabbitt @ Patrick Musgrave on Jul 5, 2016 4:37 AM

Thanks Patrick,

I'm running with Instant2D and auto relations turned off. It's happening in both converted earlier models and on clean sheet models, so I dunno on that basis. The whole 2016 upgrade has been quite a dispiriting experience and I often wonder why I bothered spending the cash - oh that's right, DS had me over a barrel - I remember now...

Still grumpy Andrew

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Patrick Musgrave @ Andrew Rabbitt on Jul 5, 2016 4:51 AM

This does sound like quite a tricky one, I'd attempt a repair at some point if you haven't already and possibly try working with a different part template. Can't promise either will work though!

The only other thing I can think of is that I have seen sketches behave quite sluggishly/strangely when they are being edited if they have been used to create a feature and if Instant3D is turned on.

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Patrick Musgrave Jul 5, 2016 4:28 AM
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Hi Andrew,

Hard to tell whether it's a bug or maybe your sketch settings have unknowingly changed. Check your sketch settings against my picture below and also double check the Instant2D setting as well. Hopefully this helps, but it does sound unusual, is it happening with parts that you have created in 2016 or just older files?
Some good news for you is that SolidWorks has listened to some of the feedback and are making changes to the interface for 2016 SP4.0, the sketch cursor becoming a pencil again is a highlight! There's more information about it in the thread linked below.
Update on UI changes for SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP04 and SOLIDWORKS 2017

Regards,

Patrick
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- Andrew Rabbitt @ Patrick Musgrave on Jul 5, 2016 4:37 AM
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  Thanks Patrick,
  I'm running with Instant2D and auto relations turned off. It's happening in both converted earlier models and on clean sheet models, so I dunno on that basis. The whole 2016 upgrade has been quite a dispiriting experience and I often wonder why I bothered spending the cash - oh that's right, DS had me over a barrel - I remember now...
  
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  - Patrick Musgrave @ Andrew Rabbitt on Jul 5, 2016 4:51 AM
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    This does sound like quite a tricky one, I'd attempt a repair at some point if you haven't already and possibly try working with a different part template. Can't promise either will work though!
    
    The only other thing I can think of is that I have seen sketches behave quite sluggishly/strangely when they are being edited if they have been used to create a feature and if Instant3D is turned on.
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