Huh, interesting. I thought selecting the dimension tool dropped you into "sketch on sheet" anyways, since the deactivate sketch button activates. I typically use "activate sketch in view" when I need to 1) create a section view line, 2) create tangent lines or points that are typically tricky...
I've been having this issue for years as well.
99% of my drawings are section views of round parts with threads accurately modeled. I suspect the threads might be part of the problem. I get 2 types of errors. The first is like yours. The second is that dimensions don't dissociate, but they...
That looks super handy, I had never seen the reproject design dimensions button before. It seems it doesn't work from section views. Bummer. Not being able to dimension diameters in sketches for revolutions would mean all the dimensions would come in as radii, so maybe not that useful for...
Hey Nate, very handy little script. Very reminiscent of @bolsover 's Data Browser:
https://github.com/bolsover/DataBrowserForAlibre
https://www.alibre.com/forum/index.php?threads/custom-alibre-file-browser.23165/
Should the column entitled "File Number" more accurately be called "Part...
hey Stefan @idslk
It looks like something changed in v27. It's started to include the weight of sub-assemblies, and as a bonus, it does it incorrectly. I've uninstalled v26 and can't test it again though.
Here's what I was using:
# Weight Update
# Updates custom property 'Weight' (text)...
Actually that's perfect, because I'm using template parts and importing spreadsheet values to create the various sizes I need. So can I modify an external cosmetic thread via Alibre Script?