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In Creo 2 I have a mapkey combined with a batch file that removes formats on a drawing. It doesn't matter if it's one sheet or 20. Then I have the mapkey stop for the users at the point where they can select which format to use as a replacement.
I don't have it developed enough though to add the format the user selects to all sheets. The user has to manually add the format to each sheet in the Sheet Setup dialog box.
As you might suspect not all our drawings are the same size. In order to do this I created the mapkey to replace the existing format with a blank B size format temporarily. (Don't ask. There is a reason for this)
The problem that comes up is when a drawing that is a D size is replaced with a different sized format (In this case a B size blank sheet), then the new D size format is added, the dimensions on the second page move. They all move farther away from the model. Many of these drawings have plain text on the drawing that is shown over the model. The text is related to the view and the text moves too but the text moves whether it is related to the view or not.
Now for the really odd part. After the mapkey removes the formats I added a pause for the user to check that the formats were removed from all sheets. If the user doesn't change to the other sheets to check them then the dims and text move. However, if the user DOES switch sheets to check then the dims and text do NOT move. Huh?
I know I could just tell the user to check the other sheets. That's ok if there are only 2 or 3 sheets. But all the drawings created by our mfg engineers have many more sheets.
Does anyone know if there is something that fixes this phenomenon?
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Well, my co-worker found the answer. The mapkey had to use the Update Sheets command prior to adding the new formats.
Thank you Lawrence!
Well, my co-worker found the answer. The mapkey had to use the Update Sheets command prior to adding the new formats.
Thank you Lawrence!