CAM Setup, no model selected warning.

[HughesTooling]

At least once a week I have to tell someone they should always select the part they're machining in the setup. Selecting the model is probably the most important selection when you create a setup so I think if you click OK without a model selected you should get a warning.

Also there should be one of the yellow warning triangles next to the setup like the one in this image.

The warning could be something like. If you are using 3d operations or there is more than one body in your design you could get unexpected results.

Mark

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

I'm still not sure why we wouldn't auto-select them. I mean you can always change them. But I bet 95% of the times the auto-select would have it right and save a lot of trouble.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideastation-request-a-feature-or/select-all-models-in-space-as-model-f...

[HughesTooling]

I have no problem with the auto selection and I voted for it but this might be easier and quicker to implement for now. Also why not have both, I've had occasions when I made a big change to the body I've selected in a setup and when I come back to the CAM workspace it's no longer selected in the setup, having the little yellow waning triangle would be useful in those situations.

Mark

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

@HughesTooling

Indeed, both!

[colin.smith]

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