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Snap no longer works when moving/copying entitiies

Question asked by joseph byra on Jun 2, 2009
Latest reply on Jun 12, 2009 by Andy Fraser

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When I try to move (drawing) entities, the snapping yellow ball highlights the snap points (as it always has) but when I drop it to an exact snap point, say, for instance the end of a line, it fails to drop on that snap point. In others words: I can't ever move entities exactly where I want them. Is this a bug?

This has only been a problem in SW09, SW08 it functioned properly.

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Anna Wood Jun 2, 2009 2:54 PM
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What SP of SW2009 are you using?

What are your system specs and video card?

When you updated to SW2009 did you update your video card driver to an approved one for SW2009?

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/videocardtesting.html

Cheers,
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Mike Agan Jun 2, 2009 3:22 PM
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We have found this also when copying lines in our manual BOM/rev. blocks. I have to "key" the dist. now.

edit: just found out using "quick point snap" works after the 1st placement, never had to do this before
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- joseph byra @ Mike Agan on Jun 3, 2009 12:37 PM
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  Mike Agan 610120 wrote:
  
  We have found this also when copying lines in our manual BOM/rev. blocks. I have to "key" the dist. now.
  
  edit: just found out using "quick point snap" works after the 1st placement, never had to do this before
  
  This is exactly what I'm talking about. It's the same case on all SW09 machines where I work and also where my wife works.
  
  Bottom line: If you need to "key" in to move entities to an exact location = snapping is broken
  
  My machine:
  Intel Q6700 Quad 2 core
  8 GB Ram
  Nvidia FX1700
  SW09 sp3.0
  (with the very latest Solidworks approved video drivers and latest SW09 service pack)
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  - Anna Wood @ joseph byra on Jun 3, 2009 3:08 PM
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    Do you create you rev blocks as line elements and Move/Copy the line elements each time?
    
    I just checked in SW2009, and the rev blocks we use, which are SolidWorks Blocks with Attributes, copy (ctrl-c) and paste (ctrl-v) just fine with a simple drag to the correct location and snap into place.
    
    Here is a video showing the behavior. http://www.screencast.com/t/2QJ97Wjs
    
    Cheers,
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    - Mike Agan @ Anna Wood on Jun 3, 2009 3:13 PM
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      Our BOM are line elements already in the template.
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      - Anna Wood @ Mike Agan on Jun 3, 2009 3:24 PM
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        Mike Agan 610120 wrote:
        
        Our BOM are line elements already in the template.
        
        Yuck!!! Blocks are so much nicer to work with. :-)
        
        Cheers,
        
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        Danny Sillett @ Anna Wood on Jun 3, 2009 3:41 PM
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        I have the same problem, but it's only in drawings when I copy entities. Moving an entity from point to point works fine, but copying from point to point, only in a drawing file, doesnt work even though the snaps highlight.
        
        Like copying a line in a revision block using the from / to to keep your next line evenly spaced, yeah doesnt work right. So I have to copy the text and drag it down, then use the move command to properly position it, TRIPLING my work to copy a line of revisions in a title block.
        
        I reported it as soon as 09 came out but they havent done a thing about it and it so far.
        
        I started a thread on this a while back and I dont think there were a ton of responses, but I havent check on it in a while either.
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Andy Fraser Jun 12, 2009 10:13 AM
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Hi Joseph,

Yes, this is a bug and it has been fixed in service pack 4.

Regards,
Andy.
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