SW Pro 2017 SP1
With the Measure Tool dialogue box open I get strange actions when right button clicking on parts/assemblies in the feature tree (LHS strip window).
Measure dialogue box open and measure tool active..
Measure dialogue box open and select tool active.
Measure Dialogue Box closed
The symptoms are very similar in part editing too. Took me a while to work out that the measure dialogue box was the culprit.
Don't remember this being the case in 2016 and earlier
This is a correct behavior and is there in older versions also.
If this is correct behaviour (and I take your word for it) then I apologise for time wasting. Obviously I hadn't noticed it before in the last 10 years. I wonder why it does that.
Actually, this is a regression in behavior. In SOLIDWORKS 2016, the menu for the middle case (measure tool open, but inactive) is the same as the last case (measure dialog closed). It should work like SOLIDWORKS 2016 since the goal is for users to be able to leave the measure dialog open but inactive and still use the rest of the system normally. Users often do this if they want to leave the measure dialog open on another monitor to refer to values between documents or if they just use it often.
Charles, this is logged as SPR#994828. You can go to the Knowledge Base in the customer portal and search for 994828 and use the option to be notified on the left hand side, or contact your reseller and ask to be logged against this SPR. This link may also go directly to it in the KB:
Note that the description in the KB is not exactly your case; it is a more specific case. But, I have updated it internally to be more generic and list the various cases when it happens. The more generic description should make it to the KB after some amount of time.
UPDATE 1-31-2017: This SPR is fixed in SOLIDWORKS 2017 SP02 which is currently available as early visibility.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks Jim for the clarification. I'm not losing it after all.
Actually, this is a regression in behavior. In SOLIDWORKS 2016, the menu for the middle case (measure tool open, but inactive) is the same as the last case (measure dialog closed). It should work like SOLIDWORKS 2016 since the goal is for users to be able to leave the measure dialog open but inactive and still use the rest of the system normally. Users often do this if they want to leave the measure dialog open on another monitor to refer to values between documents or if they just use it often.
Charles, this is logged as SPR#994828. You can go to the Knowledge Base in the customer portal and search for 994828 and use the option to be notified on the left hand side, or contact your reseller and ask to be logged against this SPR. This link may also go directly to it in the KB:
https://customerportal.solidworks.com/eservice_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=InvokeMethod&SWEMethod=GotoRecord&SWEService=SWGotoR…
Note that the description in the KB is not exactly your case; it is a more specific case. But, I have updated it internally to be more generic and list the various cases when it happens. The more generic description should make it to the KB after some amount of time.
UPDATE 1-31-2017: This SPR is fixed in SOLIDWORKS 2017 SP02 which is currently available as early visibility.
Thanks,
Jim