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Can't show/hide certain solids

Question asked by Iñaki Blanco on Jan 5, 2010
Latest reply on Jan 25, 2010 by Iñaki Blanco

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Hello everybody, a newbie has arrived, don't be very hard with me

I have just installed SW 2010 and SP1.0. Everything seemed OK, but I've opened some 2009 assemblies I designed and I'm starting to get some errors showing/hiding some solids of a multisolid part.

There are some strange things like for example, the solid isn't hidden, but can't see it. If I move the mouse over the place the solid should be, it highlights it's elements. No matter how many times I try to hide or show it, I still can't see it (Also tried Ctrl-Q).

Other thing for example is that the solid isn't hidden and I can see it, then I try to hide it but nothing happens. And it's not happening with all the solids of the part, just with one of them.

Another one is that the solid has one color, but when I select a section view, it changes its color.

Did it happen to anybody else? Is this a known bug or something?

Thanks a lot.

Iñaki B.

Jim Quintus Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM

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I have the same issue. It was reported to SW and they were able to re-create it. I am using an approved video card and driver.

The issue with my particular model was a mirror feature at the bottom of the feature tree. The work around was to un-merge the mirror and then use a combine feature to join it back to the part. I now have another model doing the same thing but this time it is after a scale feature high in the tree. I fixed it by rolling up the tree until the part showed. This will isolate the feature causing the problem. Then re-create the offending feature and delete the old one.

SW2010 is super buggy. They need to fix this fast.

This is the response from SW:

I have confirmed the problem and reported it to development. Your reference - SPR 524372. The problem is related to the Mirror feature at the bottom of the tree. To work around the problem, I unmerged the mirror and then used a Combine feature. The body hide/show state is preserved after that changed. This changed the geometry IDs used bya sketch in 4076 epoxy.sldprt.
You will be notified when SPR 524372 is addressed. Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.
Jeff

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Anna Wood Jan 5, 2010 2:51 PM

Did you update your video driver to those currently approved for your hardware and version of SolidWorks?

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

Cheers,

Anna

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Charles Culp @ Anna Wood on Jan 5, 2010 4:00 PM

Also, that QuadroFX 380 isn't really meant for solidworks. If you look at the heads-up toolbar, at the top of the viewing area (the one that is transparent ontop of the model), is there a multi-color globe there? If you click on it is there an option to turn on RealView?

I believe that the FX 380 isn't even RealView compliant.

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Larry Kutcher Jan 5, 2010 4:11 PM

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Iñaki Blanco Jan 7, 2010 12:21 PM

Hi guys :

Anna, yes, I'm working with the certified drivers for my graphics card. Also I get the same error in another computer with different hardware.

Charles & Larry: my card is Quadro FX 370,and as I said I've got the certified drivers (6.14.11.8246).

Maybe I will uninstall the drivers and install them again, but I don't thing that's the problem.There's one thing that's strange and related : sometimes in the FeatureManager, I right-click on the solid I want to hide, and then select hide, and it doesn't hide, and the status of the solid Icon on the featuremanager is still visible. I mean, I am ordering solidworks to hide a solid and it's like it's not doing anything.

Keep you informed, thanks for your help

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Jim Quintus Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM

I have the same issue. It was reported to SW and they were able to re-create it. I am using an approved video card and driver.

SW2010 is super buggy. They need to fix this fast.

This is the response from SW:

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Iñaki Blanco @ Jim Quintus on Jan 25, 2010 1:29 PM

Thanks Jim !!

I also reported the bug to Solidworks but have no response yet.

And this bug goes beyond, because in my case, display states aren't working neither. And I can't choose which solids to show whenever I create a new view in a new drawing...

I hope they fix it soon... it's quite annoying.

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Anna Wood Jan 5, 2010 2:51 PM
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Did you update your video driver to those currently approved for your hardware and version of SolidWorks?

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

Cheers,

Anna
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- Charles Culp @ Anna Wood on Jan 5, 2010 4:00 PM
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  Also, that QuadroFX 380 isn't really meant for solidworks. If you look at the heads-up toolbar, at the top of the viewing area (the one that is transparent ontop of the model), is there a multi-color globe there? If you click on it is there an option to turn on RealView?
  
  I believe that the FX 380 isn't even RealView compliant.
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Larry Kutcher Jan 5, 2010 4:11 PM
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Iñaki Blanco Jan 7, 2010 12:21 PM
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Hi guys :

Anna, yes, I'm working with the certified drivers for my graphics card. Also I get the same error in another computer with different hardware.

Charles & Larry: my card is Quadro FX 370,and as I said I've got the certified drivers (6.14.11.8246).

Maybe I will uninstall the drivers and install them again, but I don't thing that's the problem.There's one thing that's strange and related : sometimes in the FeatureManager, I right-click on the solid I want to hide, and then select hide, and it doesn't hide, and the status of the solid Icon on the featuremanager is still visible. I mean, I am ordering solidworks to hide a solid and it's like it's not doing anything.

Keep you informed, thanks for your help
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Jim Quintus Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM
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I have the same issue. It was reported to SW and they were able to re-create it. I am using an approved video card and driver.
The issue with my particular model was a mirror feature at the bottom of the feature tree. The work around was to un-merge the mirror and then use a combine feature to join it back to the part. I now have another model doing the same thing but this time it is after a scale feature high in the tree. I fixed it by rolling up the tree until the part showed. This will isolate the feature causing the problem. Then re-create the offending feature and delete the old one.
SW2010 is super buggy. They need to fix this fast.

This is the response from SW:

I have confirmed the problem and reported it to development. Your reference - SPR 524372. The problem is related to the Mirror feature at the bottom of the tree. To work around the problem, I unmerged the mirror and then used a Combine feature. The body hide/show state is preserved after that changed. This changed the geometry IDs used bya sketch in 4076 epoxy.sldprt.
You will be notified when SPR 524372 is addressed. Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.
Jeff
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- Iñaki Blanco @ Jim Quintus on Jan 25, 2010 1:29 PM
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  Thanks Jim !!
  
  I also reported the bug to Solidworks but have no response yet.
  And this bug goes beyond, because in my case, display states aren't working neither. And I can't choose which solids to show whenever I create a new view in a new drawing...
  
  I hope they fix it soon... it's quite annoying.
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