Resend: WF5; Unexpected Axis visibility on ProE drawing
Hi Folks, I sent this a few minutes ago but it may have been rejected as my work email address has changed. I have updated my user profile so it should come through now. My apologies if it comes through twice.
Original message. We are looking to move from WF4 to WF5 as there are many things about it we like. However after a bunch of work there is one thing that is causing me to stop the process.
When I make a ProE drawing and bring in a model with various axes, either directly created or made as part of an extruded arc/cylinder, these axes show on the drawing even though the feature that creates them is layered off in the drawing. (this seems to be true in M010, M020 and M030).
At first I thought it was some new thing I was doing in WF5 but further checking shows that it is still true if I make a new blank drawing in WF5 using a part made in WF4. What is driving me crazy is that in the drawing the layer that this feature is on is hidden. I can select the axis using the Annotate Tab and "Show" it then it will appear in the Drawing Tree and then I can "erase" it to make it not show on the drawing but this is a very long winded process and would be worse for complex parts with multiple axes. I also thought that maybe this was just for axes made in extruded arc/cylinder features but it is also the same for Axes made as features directly. Only the axes are seen, not the axis tag that go with them.
Our VAR sees the same behaviour and have a call in to PTC.
Our default drawing detail file has *draw_layer_overrides_model no* which is a hold over from WF4. I have tried to set it to *YES* which I understand is the default setting in WF5 but without any visible change.
Do other people running WF5 see this behaviour and if so id it something that bothers you?
As a separate item I notice that the Layer ISOLATE command has vanished from WF5 drawing though it is still there in the model. This is also somewhat distressing to me as the power of ISOLATE to control layers is very good. I do not think this is related to the above problem as none of the layers in the part or drawing were isolated, only hidden; and our VAR was able to replicate the issue with a brand new part and drawing and none of our settings.
Regards, Brent Drysdale Senior Mechanical Designer Tait Radio Communications New Zealand DDI +64 3 358 1093 www.taitradio.com
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