Clara - Thanks for the reply
Also, I think I'm not explaining the part about dragging the feature out into the graphics area very well. I understand that it hi-lites in the database "column" just by clicking a feature & I know I can click on the feature in the graphics area & it will bring up a description of the item like "CIR 1", etc. But I leave my planes off in the geometry so they don't clutter up the graphics & I can LH mouse click & drag a plane from the data base & it will show up in the graphics area hi-lited like a sheet of paper. This will work with any feature such as circles, planes, etc, but in my 2013 Off-Line version the plane feature that is drug out doesn't hi-lite in the graphics area (since it is off in the geometry). Maybe it was never intended to be this way, I don't know. I have a later version installed on my laptop @ home & will try it there to see if it works. I believe this probably did work thru 6.X until the major overhaul of the interface.
In older versions when I drag another feature (plane) out then it will hi-lite that feature only in the graphics area & the previous plane feature hi-lite "goes away". It was just a quick visual when I was setting plane clearance to make sure I was entering the correct plane or projecting to the correct plane during programming. Hope this makes sense.
I see that you can simply single click on it in the database & it will hi-lite the feature BUT only if it is on in the geometry. Not a big deal I guess. I'd just have to be turning on & off the planes when I wanted to view, but it was sweet when only the plane you drug out into the graphics hi-lited.
Oh, I do see the "Copy" button. I just didn't try it. It is the same as "Move" it appears. Thanx! Is "Cast" still in the Construction Toolbar?
I'm hoping to get my upgrade approved this year.
Thanks,
Joe
Quote:times where I've had to convert models myselfDoes this mean you still have & use your old translators & they work fine with the software key or dongle?
Also, I think I'm not explaining the part about dragging the feature out into the graphics area very well. I understand that it hi-lites in the database "column" just by clicking a feature & I know I can click on the feature in the graphics area & it will bring up a description of the item like "CIR 1", etc. But I leave my planes off in the geometry so they don't clutter up the graphics & I can LH mouse click & drag a plane from the data base & it will show up in the graphics area hi-lited like a sheet of paper. This will work with any feature such as circles, planes, etc, but in my 2013 Off-Line version the plane feature that is drug out doesn't hi-lite in the graphics area (since it is off in the geometry). Maybe it was never intended to be this way, I don't know. I have a later version installed on my laptop @ home & will try it there to see if it works. I believe this probably did work thru 6.X until the major overhaul of the interface.
In older versions when I drag another feature (plane) out then it will hi-lite that feature only in the graphics area & the previous plane feature hi-lite "goes away". It was just a quick visual when I was setting plane clearance to make sure I was entering the correct plane or projecting to the correct plane during programming. Hope this makes sense.
I see that you can simply single click on it in the database & it will hi-lite the feature BUT only if it is on in the geometry. Not a big deal I guess. I'd just have to be turning on & off the planes when I wanted to view, but it was sweet when only the plane you drug out into the graphics hi-lited.
Oh, I do see the "Copy" button. I just didn't try it. It is the same as "Move" it appears. Thanx! Is "Cast" still in the Construction Toolbar?
I'm hoping to get my upgrade approved this year.
Thanks,
Joe