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Constraints question

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Anonymous
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Constraints question

I'll admit it. I'm one of those people who, when I get in a hurry, tend to
hit the "OK" button without paying much attention to what I'm doing.

So... other than doing an UNDO, what do you do when you delete a locked
dimension and hit "OK" to remove the dimension but leave the constraint? And
then later on you try to move the constrained object, or apply another
dimension and it won't? Short of deleting and re-creating the object, that
is...

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Matt Dillon
Autodesk Architectural Desktop Certified Expert

View my ADT Blog "Breaking Down the Walls" at
http://www.modocrmadt.blogspot.com
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Anonymous
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Matt Dillon wrote:
> So... other than doing an UNDO, what do you do when you delete a locked
> dimension and hit "OK" to remove the dimension but leave the constraint? And
> then later on you try to move the constrained object, or apply another
> dimension and it won't? Short of deleting and re-creating the object, that
> is...

If you pick one of the objects that is constrained, you should see
(sometimes you have to zoom out) a blue lock and a dashed line showing
the constraint. Here you can click that lock to unconstrain it.

You could also go to Tools -> Review Warnings, find the warning that
warned you about the removal of the dim, and call it back up, and hit
show or look at the element ID's to find which objects it was referring too.

Another way to do it is when you go to move the item, use the move tool
instead of dragging it somewhere and pick the 'disjoin' checkbox prior
to the move.

Jeffrey
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

That was it. I wasn't zooming out far enough to see the lock.

Thanks.

--

Matt Dillon
Autodesk Architectural Desktop Certified Expert

View my ADT Blog "Breaking Down the Walls" at
http://www.modocrmadt.blogspot.com

"Jeffrey McGrew" wrote in message
news:4943223@discussion.autodesk.com...
Matt Dillon wrote:
> So... other than doing an UNDO, what do you do when you delete a locked
> dimension and hit "OK" to remove the dimension but leave the constraint?
> And
> then later on you try to move the constrained object, or apply another
> dimension and it won't? Short of deleting and re-creating the object, that
> is...

If you pick one of the objects that is constrained, you should see
(sometimes you have to zoom out) a blue lock and a dashed line showing
the constraint. Here you can click that lock to unconstrain it.

You could also go to Tools -> Review Warnings, find the warning that
warned you about the removal of the dim, and call it back up, and hit
show or look at the element ID's to find which objects it was referring too.

Another way to do it is when you go to move the item, use the move tool
instead of dragging it somewhere and pick the 'disjoin' checkbox prior
to the move.

Jeffrey
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Matt Dillon wrote:
> That was it. I wasn't zooming out far enough to see the lock.
>
> Thanks.
>

No problem. I wish the locks were smarter and always made themselves
visible without having to zoom to find them all...

Jeffrey

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