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Assembly is lost when using the mouse wheel to rotate.

Question asked by Wayne Beede on May 17, 2017
Latest reply on May 18, 2017 by Dan Pihlaja

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I keep losing my assembly when I try to rotate it with the mouse wheel. It was shortly after saving the assembly when I went to rotate it and as soon as I clicked the mouse wheel to rotate the assembly disappeared. I have tried the "F" key with no luck. if you close it down and open the file it will bring it up but as soon as the wheel is used it vanishes. I have even tried to use the view orientation button, with that when you click on it, it does not bring down the option to choose a pane it defaults to a view on the right but will not refresh the assembly. It is vary frustrating due to the time I spent on the parts. Any suggestions would be great I do not want to rebuild it again.

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J. Mather May 18, 2017 9:36 AM

Wayne Beede wrote:
Any suggestions would be great I do not want to rebuild it again.

Can you attach your assembly here and end all doubt?

Save Copy As a back-up.

Remove components one-by-one and test.

Does it suddenly work as expected with removal of a particular part?

Have any imported parts?

Any parts with Loft or other complex geometry that you had trouble modeling?

Tiny parts (out in space) compared to large assembly?

Pretty picture screen captures?

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Deepak Gupta May 18, 2017 9:23 AM

It looks like a component or an entity like sketch, origin, plane etc. has been placed far away from the assy origin and hence you are seeing this behavior.

Depending on your SW version, you can use Tools > Evaluate > Performance Evaluation (Formerly AssemblyXpert) to find out that component or the entity creating the issue.

If Performance Evaluation doesn't work out, then suppress all components and then start unsuppressing them one by one to find the culprit.

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David Nelson @ Deepak Gupta on May 18, 2017 9:32 AM

What he said would also be my guess.

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S. Casale @ Deepak Gupta on May 18, 2017 9:35 AM

Also, you can show or hide different items that may show themselves and be the cause the issue:

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Naga Ranjith Kumar Addagalla May 18, 2017 9:34 AM

I assume that there is a problem with graphics capacity. What is the capacity of your graphics ram?

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Jim Paige May 18, 2017 9:59 AM

I don't know if this is what you're looking for or not but if you middle mouse button (scroll wheel) click on a face or edge, then depress the same button and drag, the selected face or edge will become the center of rotation.

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Dan Pihlaja May 18, 2017 10:03 AM

Try this:

https://www.symsolutions.com/symblog/item/my-solidworks-assembly-disappeared

Copy paste from website:

To reset your bounding box and hopefully be able to view your assembly, do the following:

Move your cursor to the graphics area.
Hit space to bring up the “View Palatte.”
Double click “Isometric.”
Type CTRL-Q.
Then save the assembly.

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J. Mather May 18, 2017 9:36 AM
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Wayne Beede wrote:
Any suggestions would be great I do not want to rebuild it again.
Can you attach your assembly here and end all doubt?

Save Copy As a back-up.
Remove components one-by-one and test.
Does it suddenly work as expected with removal of a particular part?

Have any imported parts?
Any parts with Loft or other complex geometry that you had trouble modeling?
Tiny parts (out in space) compared to large assembly?

Pretty picture screen captures?
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Deepak Gupta May 18, 2017 9:23 AM
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It looks like a component or an entity like sketch, origin, plane etc. has been placed far away from the assy origin and hence you are seeing this behavior.

Depending on your SW version, you can use Tools > Evaluate > Performance Evaluation (Formerly AssemblyXpert) to find out that component or the entity creating the issue.

If Performance Evaluation doesn't work out, then suppress all components and then start unsuppressing them one by one to find the culprit.
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- David Nelson @ Deepak Gupta on May 18, 2017 9:32 AM
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  What he said would also be my guess.
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- S. Casale @ Deepak Gupta on May 18, 2017 9:35 AM
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  Also, you can show or hide different items that may show themselves and be the cause the issue:
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Naga Ranjith Kumar Addagalla May 18, 2017 9:34 AM
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I assume that there is a problem with graphics capacity. What is the capacity of your graphics ram?
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Jim Paige May 18, 2017 9:59 AM
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I don't know if this is what you're looking for or not but if you middle mouse button (scroll wheel) click on a face or edge, then depress the same button and drag, the selected face or edge will become the center of rotation.
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Dan Pihlaja May 18, 2017 10:03 AM
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Try this:
https://www.symsolutions.com/symblog/item/my-solidworks-assembly-disappeared

Copy paste from website:
To reset your bounding box and hopefully be able to view your assembly, do the following:
- Move your cursor to the graphics area.
- Hit space to bring up the “View Palatte.”
- Double click “Isometric.”
- Type CTRL-Q.
- Then save the assembly.
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