Inventor Cropping Tool Select View Greyed Out

[dswilson22]

I am experiencing problems when I crop drawings.

When I select the crop tool, it prompts me to select the view but doesn't let me.

If not in the crop command, I can select the view but then the crop and related tools are greyed out.

What am I doing wrong? I was able to do this earlier with this file.

I did create different view reps today for different views for the drawings. I am not very experienced in view reps so this might be related.

I do understand that I can't crop views containing a view break (broken view), views with overlays, suppressed views, and views that are already cropped.

I don't think I have any of these conditions.

I must have though.

How can I figure out what's wrong? After closing and opening everything it still doesn't work.

I can crop other drawings of other files.

Thanks,

Doug

kelly.young has edited your subject line for clarity: Cropping troubles

[Inv_kaos]

Can you take a screen print of this view in the browser with all levels expanded? There must be one of the conflicts you mentioned at a particular level. 

[dswilson22]

Hopefully this image identify what's up.

Actually that may be another clue- somewhere along the line when I went to place a new view into a drawing, the iso top right view I selected to position as "base" showed incorrectly oriented, so I had to use "current" instead.

I use "Z- up", automotive format.

Thx

[Inv_kaos]

A custom view should still be able to crop.

That screen shot was the assembly, not the drawing. And I need it to show the view, with any sections, sketches, etc that may be on it. See attached.

[dswilson22]

Okay. Here's the screen capture I think you're looking for.

I'm currently exporting PDFs and screen capturing images to insert into Word. Clumsy because I can't edit the annotations or bulleting.

Also it would be nice to use a custom sketch to selectively crop.

Doug

[Inv_kaos]

Nothing looks wrong with what you have attached. Can you post a sample data set? Otherwise I could only say check install and esure you have the service pack.

You can use a custom sketch on the view to crop whatever shape you want too.

[dswilson22 · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately I can't post this data. Its propritary and not mine to share. I do have the Inventor service pack.

I ended up with screen grabs and manipulating outside Inventor. I was at my deadline and needed to publish images to support a project.

Once again my lack of experience caught me up but I delivered through a workaround.

I am amazed at how well Inventor does some things yet confounded at other times.

This forum is a great resource, especially for those without any adjacent users to bounce things off and sort through problems.

Thanks to all.

[bentheboatman]

I had the same problem, and here is how I solved the issue.

If the parent view is off the sheet the problem can arise.

So the fix is this: temporarily move the parent view back onto the sheet - generate the child view you want, and crop it.

You can now move the parent view off the sheet and the crop will remain.

Hope it works for you.

[VIRALJ.PATEL]

Find attached screen shot of drawing view property. Uncheck the break dialog. This will do the trick.

[SBix26]

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@VIRALJ.PATEL wrote:

... Uncheck the break dialog....

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What does this mean?  In the image you posted there is no "break dialog" to check or uncheck.  Did you mean to write "uncheck Definition in Base View"?

Sam B

Inventor Professional 2018.2.1
Windows 7 SP1