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Those darned pink lines

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Anonymous
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Those darned pink lines

I'm having trouble with projected geometry lines. Could someone explain
to me what the difference is between the black lines and the pink lines.
Also, why is it that I can delete them sometimes when I'm editing the
sketch, but other times I can't delete them? I guess I just don't
understand the functionality, so it is frustrating me.

TIA,
-Jason
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Think Sean said he had a tutorial on his site covering that. Basically pink
lines come from projecting edges/faces from some previously existing
geometry and (depending on App Op settings) are either associative or not.
The black lines can show up when starting a new sketch if the option is on
or the can be projected from the existing part you are sketching on if not.
~Larry

"Jason M" wrote in message
news:F3B5C17CAD368AE5EE205033D4CE396B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I'm having trouble with projected geometry lines. Could someone explain
> to me what the difference is between the black lines and the pink lines.
> Also, why is it that I can delete them sometimes when I'm editing the
> sketch, but other times I can't delete them? I guess I just don't
> understand the functionality, so it is frustrating me.
>
> TIA,
> -Jason
>
Message 3 of 6
JoeyG23832
in reply to: Anonymous

Larry, I don't believe you answered the question regarding deleting the pink lines. I have the same problem with missing projected line references. Sometimes I can delete them, sometimes I can't. Am I missing something that lets me delete sometimes, like a filter that is on/off??

 

Joey

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JDMather
in reply to: JoeyG23832

Attach your file here that exhibits this behavior.

You might have to right click and Break Link (or something to that effect) before you can delete.

 

(do you realize you posted to a 10-year old thread)?
I'm not sure if Larry still visits this forum.


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Message 5 of 6
JoeyG23832
in reply to: JDMather

I was reading 03 as 13 so ten years was a good point. i figured out that i could delete the projected scketch and that took care of removing the old lines

Message 6 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: JoeyG23832

To delete projected lines (whether are pink or yellow):


-Select the line you want it removed 

-A projection constrain will always appear when select these types of lines

-Select the constrain

-Hit the delete button. 

-The pink/yellow line will turn green where you can either re-constrain or delete.  

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