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creativecad  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:21:52 PM(UTC)
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So this is one thing that is always a big trouble spot for me. I create some print out pages using the MTS, and then we need to change some of the parts. Well, I have already dimensioned these parts in the viewports. So I delete the parts I don't want anymore out of the viewport, but when I paste the new parts into the viewport, the old parts I deleted always reappear.

It ends up that I have to recreate the viewports and then re-dimension all of the new viewports affected by the changes (which is a lot).

Oftentimes, I place the dimensions in the model to avoid this, but this time, there are so many dimensions that I tried to just do it in the viewports. Sure enough, now I have to now change it.

Is there a work around, or is an update coming to fix this??

In the picture, I placed a circle around the parts that I need to change.

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#2 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2023 3:59:16 PM(UTC)
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I have figured out that I can move the problem viewport to the side. Then I create a new viewport with the new parts. I can copy the dimensions from the old viewport to the new viewport. However, I believe if I delete the old viewport it will delete the dimensions back out of the New viewport so I keep those, and print a pdf for backup.

Curious if there are any other ideas.
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2023 5:14:35 PM(UTC)
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>>So I delete the parts I don't want anymore out of the viewport

Are you deleting parts in the viewport or from the parts that made the viewport?


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#4 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2023 6:09:41 PM(UTC)
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I am thinking that I have tried it both ways. It is a design change where we are removing the part(circled) and replacing it with a different part.

This time though, I tried to delete the part in the viewport.
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#5 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2023 7:20:41 PM(UTC)
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I have experimented with it on my V10 here at home, and sure enough, deleting the part in the model works like a champ. I feel a bit dumb. lol. I will try it out on the v12 at my shop tomorrow. Thank you, Tim.
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, January 31, 2023 7:45:47 PM(UTC)
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I created a layer called unused parts, and dump parts I don't want into that layer and turn it off in case I for some reason want that part later. I didn't delete the part, I just put it in my unused parts layer.

Next time, I will make a copy of it into the unused parts layer and then delete it.

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#7 Posted : Wednesday, February 1, 2023 10:41:17 AM(UTC)
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Deleting the part in the model is working every time. This makes drawing so much easier. Thanks.
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:35:29 AM(UTC)
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When you do a draw view you can make the view from layers. So if your solids are on separate layers you can select/deselect them. This had issues last time I used it and it was all reported so it may have been fixed or may not have been fixed
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