Shown dim change in dwg does not force part regen.

[DELETEME]

I've run into a weird situation lately that I've never seen before. Changing a shown dimension on a part makes the dim turn green, but a regeneration at the drawing level does not actually make the part regen. It is a real model dimension, and the setting: "draw_models_read_only" is set to no. It's weird, it only happens on certain dwgs. Anyone seen this?
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[ptc-2896700]

I don't have an answer, but the green color of the changed dimension sounds suspicious. I would've expected blue. Sorry, that's all I have for now.

[CBenner]

Can you manually regen the model with no problems? Sorry if this is a dumb question, we don't use many "shown" dimensions (all piping).

[DELETEME]

To answer the questions, the green is typical of a dimension that needs to be regenerated. I've occasionally seen the blue, but I'm not sure what that's about since a regen doesn't change their value, only the color. Guess I should one day look at what the blue dims mean. Yes, I can manually regen the part by regenerating the assembly, or the part. Or, I can even create a new dwg, show the dims in that, and regen that and it forces a part regen. It's just for some reason certain drawings do not let a regen actually change the part. Weird, I've never seen this before.

[CBenner]

I've come to expect the weird and unexpected from Pro E.

[cfitzgerald-2]

Hi CM, I have seen similar to what you have. For me it happens when I am in a drawing with multiple models. I will change a dimension, it will green, I hit regen and it does not change. I have found it does not regen because the model that I changed the dimension on is not the "active" model in the drawing. Regards-

[DELETEME]

"Chris Benner" wrote:

I've come to expect the weird and unexpected from Pro E.

[DELETEME]

"Fitzgerald Chris" wrote:

Hi CM, I have seen similar to what you have. For me it happens when I am in a drawing with multiple models. I will change a dimension, it will green, I hit regen and it does not change. I have found it does not regen because the model that I changed the dimension on is not the "active" model in the drawing. Regards-