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I have just performed an experiment to find out why I have been losing dimensions on an assembly drawing. I selected a simple drawing, and did a few things to the drawing only, then saved it. Long story short, when adding a dimension to the drawing, and then saving the drawing, the model is updated. (This answered one question I had about when working on drawings, sometimes the model is updated, and sometimes not, even though I haven't done anything to the model.) When I cleared everything out of session and reopened the drawing, the dimension, of course, is still there. Clear everything out of session again, and this time delete the latest version of the model, because I haven't done anything to the model, open the drawing dack up, and the dimension is gone. By referencing the model, am I "revising" it? Why doesn't that dimension come up in purple, instead of just disappearing? This seems like it could become a problem, even though I've never noticed it, or come accross it before.
Has anyone else noticed this, and has it caused any problems as far as part revisions?
What you have encountered is normal, default behavior.
When you add a dimension to a drawing, the dimension is actually stored in the model, and then shown on the drawing.
This has been the default behavior in Pro/E since the beginning.
You can change this behavior with this config.pro option:
create_drawing_dims_only yes
This option will only affect new dimensions added afterward.
Any already-existing dimensions will not be altered.
Gerry
Thanks Doug and Gerry - my config.pro was set to Create_drawing_dims_only: no. I changed that to yes and tried it out on a drawing - only the drawing was saved, not the model.
Thanks!