I have a bug, well there are a few of them and I am just a dash from ditching Punch for ever and ever. I think I am too old to have a program with so many issues - the more I have advanced into CAD the more that appear. Some blatant some not. I don't think it will be too difficult to start using Fusion 360 for my modelling. At least I wont have to keep changing my units from imperial to metric EVERY time I import a STEP file out of Shark into a CAM program. I used to think to upgrade might be a good idea but I think its a waste of money because I don't trust the software anymore. And that's what its all about huh, trust. Ok rant over.

I have lost the ability to collapse the Inspector. So its either filling a large part of my workspace or I have to close it completely. Where I used to be able to auto collapse to right or top etc, there is now nothing except for the normal "move. close etc" options on right click. TBH its driving me absolutely CRAZY.

I have tried to completely uninstall the copy I have on my PC. But even on fresh install, it just comes back same as if nothing had changed. So the request for registration and serial is not there, so there must be a step I am missing when I uninstall. I am sure if I went to a new PC that I would need to input new information. Somehow this info is remaining on my PC.

Yep - ive restarted after program uninstallation. Deleted everything Punch related. Still, when I installed twice today now, and straight back into the same old.

I am really hoping someone might point me to the solution? Like I say, about to ditch Shark but you know, I did pay a bit of money for it seems like a waste.

Try upgrading to Build 1572, some of the problems were actually fixed, including
Import-Export issues.
Larry

Thanks for the replies I will check out the last one. Ive asked for the latest build to see if I can resolve this.

Re the STEP export, I did ask Punch about it and he showed me the code that does it, but then no way to fix it. Its in the export portion of the program. So anything exported in STEP immediately changes to imperial. Sometimes, not too often, I will forget to convert and boom, my part is massive.

Amazes me that any cad program would have code written in Imperial. My cam and 3d slicers all use Metric. Maybe that explains some of the problems. I am running 1582 the newest build. I can draw up some of the coolest creations. And everything is just going along nice and smooth. Then it will lock up at very random moments. Mostly when backstepping/ un-doing previous selections. I never would have thought that a program like ViaCad would not be getting bugs fixed. I was sending screenshots of problems with the wrap text feature, to the support desk. I could tell they had no interest in fixing any problems. I have been able to use the wrap feature to some extent. But it is really hit or miss. I'am super stoked on ViaCad. But looking back wished I would have looked deeper. Bums me out reading that other people are all finding the same bugs. Especially users that spent twice the amount I did. I spent about 700$. I have been testing just about every cad program out there. Some of them are so amazing. My main focus is on cad programs I can own. I am not interested in yearly maint. fees. I recently tested Zw3d 2022. It is really cool. But at this point I will just learn as much as possible with ViaCad pro V12 w power pack. And I hope and pray that some updates will be released. I read 1582 was mostly for macs. So I did not see much change.If you ever want to see what these programmers are dealing with. Google Blender devs. This lead programmer named Sergey has a brain like a super computer. Wish Punch had someone like that. Big smiles

What is imperial?