Drawings: Attention please....

[OrjanB]

I go on asking for attention to the drawing environment.
Today I made several drawings based on parts and assemblies.

1)
Drawing of assembly:
When opening several dimensions are red indicating error - which error?
I remake the dimensions and save. When opening again it is OK.
I then edit a part: I only edit the description - no change of design.
Drawing opened again: Dimensions connected to this part red again. Why?

2)
Drawing of part with lot of holes.
Here I want to use the Ordinate dimension tool.
First dimenion (zero) is OK.
Next is shown as parametric - shown as D=xxxx
Next is OK (Driven)
Unable to get rid of the parametric dim. I had to start all over again on a new sheet.
Very very annoying!!

My message (again) to Max and the team:
If you want Alibre to be considered a professional tool you have to take a serious look at the drawing environment.
As previously mentioned by me: Existing features should be working without problems before using energy on new features.

Orjan

 

[albie0803]

When opening several dimensions are red indicating error - which error?

This unfortunately is a long standing bug and often happens when dims are to centre marks. For some reason the dimension has lost association with the edge/s that it was derived from. Some times this is due to a legitimate change in the model. Another pesky bug is dimensions of cross sections being thrown about when the model is changed. I sadly deal with this regularly.