Inventor 2025 split surface additional dialog box

[koscielecki_b]

Good morning, I have a problem. While creating a split surface, the additional dialog box that would allow me to confirm the created surface does not appear. How can I find or enable it? Previously, it appeared without any issues.

[CCarreiras]

Hi!

Do you mean this box?

Do you work with 2 (or more) monitors?

[koscielecki_b]

I have an old screenshot showing this window. After pressing the button to create a dividing surface, the window visible in the screenshot used to appear, but it no longer shows up despite using the Alt + TAB key combination. 

[koscielecki_b]

I used to work with multiple monitors, but now I am using only one.

[koscielecki_b · Accepted solution]

I found the solution. After activating the tool, I used the Alt + Space key combination, then selected the "Move" option and moved the dialog window to the main monitor.

[CCarreiras · Accepted solution]

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@koscielecki_b wrote:

I used to work with multiple monitors, but now I am using only one.

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This may be the issue. That window is outside your actual monitor, and it's in an "phantom" monitor, like you had a second monitor on.

To bring the window back to your actual monitor do this:

1. start the tool
2. click once:   alt  +  space  +   M (all the same time)-----------in the video, The cursor become a cross
3. then click one of the direction arrows (this will catch the window, wherever it are)----------in the video, the cursor catch the window and become an arrow
4. then drag your mouse back to your monitor (just drag, don't click any button)-------------in the video, the window is already fixed to the arrow, just drag it to a visible place on your monitor

 Here's an example (imagine the window is outside the monitor)