Well, I am stumped. I'm running 2017 sp4.0 with the hot fix and I getting an issue of my dimensions disappearing on my sheet metal flat pattern (only that view). I've searched the forums but it seems no one has seen this, so I know I have a setting wrong.
Basically what is going on, most of the dimensions I place on the flat pattern will disappear after a rebuild is complete. They can be placed without issue, moved as as any other day of making drawings. Do a rebuild and the work disappears.
Things I have checked:
-Layers the dimensions and view are inserted on that are active and visible.
-View sketch visibility is on. I know this would make the other views dimensions not show/show depending how this is toggled. This goes along with the rest of the items in this drop down menu.
-Used Hide/Show Annotation command, no dimensions.
-Deleted the view and reinserted the view
-Deleted the flat pattern configuration and then reinserted the view (to make Solidworks make the flat pattern) into the drawing.
-Closed restarted Solidworks
-Restarted my computer
I attached a zip file that contains the drawing and model of the part I am having the problem with.
So in the end, I am no sure what to do. This needs to be dimensioned but everything but a few will stay after the rebuild. Hopefully this is a setting I can change and I do not need to redraw the part as I will not have it much longer to redraw from...
Thanks,
Kyle
For some reason, the suppressed 15/32 hole wizard hole is causing the problem. Delete it and the dimensions no longer disappear. In fact, if you've placed the dimensions over and over, they all come back. This might be a case of
Crusty Old Template File Gotcha