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JosephLord1-Visitor
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February 8, 2010
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Strange 'Use Once' Mapkeys

  • February 8, 2010
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Hi There, I'm not a big user of mapkeys, but I have some set-up to colour my models different colors. If I want a part to be red, i run the 'RED' mapkey ect. I set up a new one which rotates the model to standard oreientation, change to wireframe then save as a JPEG into a folder. I want to do lots of screen shots of all our parts for a manual. After I set-up the mapkey, I can open a new part, run the mapkey, and it works (saves a JPEG to my folder). When I open the next part, I select Tools>Mapkeys, but when i select 'mapkeys' the drop down menu disapears and the mapkey diolouge box does not appear. I have to close down then restart ProE, and I can run the mapkey on the first part I open, but I can't do it on any more parts I open. Any ideas? I have experienced this on another mapkey I tried to setup previously.
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RickGiguere1-Visitor
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February 9, 2010

"Joseph Lord" wrote:

Hi There, I'm not a big user of mapkeys, but I have some set-up to colour my models different colors. If I want a part to be red, i run the 'RED' mapkey ect. I set up a new one which rotates the model to standard oreientation, change to wireframe then save as a JPEG into a folder. I want to do lots of screen shots of all our parts for a manual. After I set-up the mapkey, I can open a new part, run the mapkey, and it works (saves a JPEG to my folder). When I open the next part, I select Tools>Mapkeys, but when i select 'mapkeys' the drop down menu disapears and the mapkey diolouge box does not appear. I have to close down then restart ProE, and I can run the mapkey on the first part I open, but I can't do it on any more parts I open. Any ideas? I have experienced this on another mapkey I tried to setup previously.

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RickGiguere1-Visitor
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February 9, 2010
Are you pressing save after you make a map key, if you don't save, that might cause a problem.
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JosephLord1-VisitorAuthor
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February 9, 2010
I have saved the mapkey, because it is there when I open ProE and I can use it on the first part. I have also erased parts from memory before opening the next part, and also tried without erasing parts from memory before opening the next part. If I try to use the mapkey a second time on the first part I open the same thing happens, no mapkeys box apears... Seriously, it is a 'use once' mapkey. I have tried the other mapkeys I have setup for coloring parts and I can use them to my hearts content, on the same part, then on new parts I open.
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