3 Replies Latest reply on Aug 17, 2015 9:13 AM by Jim Wilkinson

is there a simple way to tell that a sketch is missing its sketch plane?

Nathan Rollins Aug 17, 2015 7:10 AM

I think it is odd that If a sketch is missing its sketch plane reference, you need to drill down all the way to edit sketch plane to find that out. I spend a lot of time clicking around - but if there were an icon or some other flag that I could see to tell me that the issue with the feature is the sketch plane, life would be easier...

Is there a good trick, or do we need an ER? Thanks!

-Nate

Re: is there a simple way to tell that a sketch is missing its sketch plane?

Jim Wilkinson Aug 17, 2015 7:27 AM (in response to Nathan Rollins)

Hi Nathan,

It should in fact give a warning and if it does not, it may be a bug so you should submit it to your VAR. Here is an image of a simple case I just created by sketching on a face, then rolling back, cutting the face off and then rolling forward.

I hope this helps,
Jim
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  Nathan Rollins Aug 17, 2015 8:59 AM (in response to Jim Wilkinson)
  
  Jim - this is what I was looking for - a quicker way to learn what the problem is. A simple mouse-over is all I need - thanks!
  
  The problem is that with Dynamic Reference Viewer turned on, the Tip that pops up on mouse-over only displays for a few milliseconds... Not enough time for my aging eyes and brain to catch, I really like the DRV (the blue arrows that point to the parents of the feature) and use it regularly.
  
  I guess I have to choose which I like better.
  
  Thanks again...
  
  -Nate
  
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    Jim Wilkinson Aug 17, 2015 9:13 AM (in response to Nathan Rollins)
    
    Hi Nate,
    
    That is something we should look into fixing. The tooltip shouldn't go away so quickly.
    However, one other way you can get to error/warning messages is to right click on the item that has the error/warning and select What's Wrong from the context menu.
    
    I hope this helps,
    Jim
    
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