What does the change in UI on v2017 have to do with the dynamic components on v2016?
I should be able to run each program independently of each other, correct?

Loaded the 2017 update this week and now ALL Dynamic Components will not work in either my originally installed 2016 or 2017.
Installing 2017 somehow corrupted something along the way. I did have this same condition verified by another user so it's not my system that's whacko!
Does anyone ever check this out prior to releasing??
Very frustrating as now I have a useless v2016!!

Tom in GA

Thanks guys, that worked just fine.

Great forum,

Tom in PA

I am havung trouble dimensioning edges on objects where I have used the ruby 'WELD' to join and find faces. It seems that once I PUSH/PULL the face I an unable to lock on a corner to dimension the part. If I SOFTEN edges it only gets worse.
I need to have a good looking model in the end for presentation but I also need to be able to dimension the model.

Any help out there,

Tom in PA

TIG,

Pilou's plugin was just what I was looking for. I looked the Plugin Index and went right by it. I tried searching first but have used the wrong terminology.

Thanks,

Tom in PA

Is there a plugin available to explode a group of groups and or components to create a type of assembly drawing showing all the individual parts and how they ultimately go together??
I have some custom cabinets that I modeled and there are some unique features that can only be seen when the components are viewed un-assembled. I have seen this type of action in another program but I can't remember where.

Any ideas,

Tom in PA

Why is SU the most difficult program I have ever used when trying to print a drawing?? It never fills a page right, dimension text is smaller than on screen when printed, etc. I have yet to have any luck printing a legal or letter size print where the model actually fits on the page. It's either real small, cutoff, or wants to print multiple pages.
I can't seem to scale anything to fit to the page as Fit to Page option has width and length tied together at some wierd ratio that doesn't fit a standard page.
I have been just capturing screen shots and printing that way as I still cannot figure out a good way to do it from SU.
Nothing seems to have changed in this area from v6, at least from my perspective.
What am I doing or not doing?? I just want to fill a page when printing and have everything legible.
I am assuming it's operator error unless someone tells me otherwise.

Need help from the SU gurus out there........

Thanks,

Tom in PA

Here are the screen shots of my working application screen and the Print Preview.
Style is XRay. Tell me where the 'operator error' is taking place.
I have no problems with any other application when printing.

Thanks,

Tom in PA
WinXP SP3

Jeff,
Just doesn't work. I am in X-Ray style and when I go to Print Preview it shows exactly what I am printing, a non x ray style. I don't see any additional options when printing that would have any effect.

Tom in PA

What is the trick to printing a style like X-Ray?? The screen image is what I neet to print and I don't relish taking screen shots, etc. I should be able to print from the application, no??

Thanks,

Tom in PA

Thanks, I'll play around a little more with it.

Tom in PA

Is there a trick to using the dimension tool on a shape that has been welded?? We are using the plugin WELD to join curves and find faces in order to shape a given part. Once we use the WELD tool we can no longer dimension the part as it cannot find the points to dimension from.
Are we doing something wrong??

Thanks,

Tom in PA

In SU6 I have a neat selection of Component Libraries that allow me to be productive and the selection of items included is fairly comprehensive for most needs. I see that none of this is included in SU7 and when I went to find the components I was linked to the SU7 download area where I had to download one item at a time. Is this just for the new Dynamic Components or for all the others used in SU7??
Can the existing SU6 libraries be used in 7??
And what were these SU7 developers thinking when they tout in the "What's new in SU7" that using the component you just download the components as you need them. Let me remind them that all of SU users do not have high speed connections available to them at all times, some never, so why would you use this as a feature?
After playing with the demo still not sure what 7 buys me as an everyday user.

Thanks guys and gals.........great forum

Tom in PA