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MichaelMontagna1-Visitor
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May 17, 2012
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view selection box too large

  • May 17, 2012
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I have had this problem over and over. In a drawing I insert a general view and the view selection box will be so large that it ends up overlapping other projected views. This makes it very difficult to select the correct view that you actually want to move. The size of the block is small but the imported data that I used to build the block is very large. I hide the import feature but the selection box continues to be as large as the imported feature. Does the selection box have to be that big? is there a setting where I can chage the size of the selection box? I have attached an image showing the issue.


Creo elements / PRO 5.0
Build M120


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    DonSenchuk12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    May 17, 2012
    Change it to a partial view. When sketching the spline, just make sure
    you don't cross any of the object lines.




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    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    May 17, 2012
    I usually just make the view a partial view and sketching a spline around it so it is small.

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    MichaelMontagna1-VisitorAuthor
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    May 17, 2012



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    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    May 18, 2012
    I take another path. In my part I'll trim back the imported geometry to
    only what I need. That makes the part smaller so my views are an
    appropriate size, but it also means when I look at the default view of
    the model itself it's not a tiny cube in the middle of a large screen.



    It also means there's no risk that a model change will put it outside
    the sketched spline in the drawing resulting in missing information.



    Doug Schaefer
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      BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
      12-Amethyst
      June 4, 2012
      Hi Michael,
      Have not seen a reply to this so I will give you my work around.

      The base problem is that the bounding box is defined by the furthest
      extents of the spatial geometry and things such as a large radius gives an
      axis way off the physical model which the bounding calculation uses to make
      the box.

      The work around I routinely use (since using ProE) is to use partial view
      BUT draw a spline around only the the physical part geometry. This gives a
      bounding box based on that spline. Tedious but gets the job done.
      Sometimes have to redefine the reference point if geometry changes remove
      the selection point but no big deal. Never had a problem making
      projections off these views but need to us 'partial view' to resize the box
      for them too.
      Have long wished for a setting that uses a physical geometry bounding box.
      Actually ProE has always had an issue with the screen resizing with
      bounding box changes due to geometry changes which is also frustrating.

      Be happy to hear if somebody else has a technically more elegant solution.


      Regards,

      *Brent Drysdale*
      *Senior Design Engineer*
      Tait Communications
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