Immobilized Model

[Anonymous]

For a long time I was able to click and drag various parts of my Falcon 12b model into new positions. For instance, I could click on the mannequin's foot and drag the whole leg into new a position, fold it, or straighten it, etc. Then, somewhere along the line this was no longer possible. I would open a file, drag parts of it around and then, after a few moves, it would no longer move. It became immobilized.

One time I saw a brief notification appear that I thought contained the word "immobilized" but it quickly disappeared before I could read it.

Anybody know what's happening? Is there any way to unfreeze the model once this happens?

Thanks,

Douglas George

[SaeedHamza]

Hi,

Could you provide a screenshot of what you're having or perhaps a screencast?

Regards

[Anonymous]

Hi Saeed,

Thanks for responding but I don't think a screenshot would help. The click and drag function just stops working. Same deal in all the sub-assembly drawings I've tried. For instance in the actuator assembly drawing,

I could move all the parts by click and drag. Then it stopped working. Fortunately, I'd saved it as a test file under a different name before trying. The original file still works fine but the test file is still immobilized.

Douglas

[SaeedHamza]

Are you sure that the component isn't grounded?

Because if it was set to ground from the browser, it won't move unless you use the move command

please attach a screenshot of the browser

[Anonymous]

Hi Saeed,

Various parts of the model are grounded in order to make it work properly. Here's a Screencast of the original drawing that is still working:

And here's screenshot of the one that stopped working. It now has a bunch of red warning symbols on the joints that stopped working. I have no idea why it changed or how to fix it.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Saeed,

OK, much to my embarrassment, I found out what's happening.

The problem occurs when I turn off the design history.

With the design history turned off, the component dragging function stops working. That's all there is to it. I turned off the design history in order to get the largest possible unobstructed screen area (and the highest resolution) for a 1080p screen capture using my AVS Video Editor.

So, my humble apologies to you and whoever else puzzled over it for wasting your time. I'm truly sorry.

Douglas