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by takedownca
Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:52 am
Forum: SW General
Topic: Quickly find Draft feature in feature tree
Replies: 10
Views: 1320

Re: Quickly find Draft feature in feature tree

What version of SW? In SW2018 when I select a drafted face, the actual draft feature is selected in the feature tree. Also, Dynamic Reference Visualization (parent/child arrows) is enabled, selecting the base feature in the tree will result in a child arrows being displayed, including any draft feat...
by takedownca
Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:15 pm
Forum: SW General
Topic: Flat Pattern chopping off mirrored miter flanges
Replies: 2
Views: 482

Re: Flat Pattern chopping off mirrored miter flanges

Hi Matt. Sorry, I just saw your reply. I don't believe there was a different thickness applied anywhere. There was only one body and one Sheet-Metal feature. The order was also pretty straightforward, and everything rebuilt fine except for the Flat-Pattern feature. I ended up working around it by ap...
by takedownca
Mon Aug 30, 2021 1:05 pm
Forum: SW General
Topic: Flat Pattern chopping off mirrored miter flanges
Replies: 2
Views: 482

Flat Pattern chopping off mirrored miter flanges

For some reason the flat pattern is cropping 3 of 4 mirrored miter flanges. One flange is correct, but three of them are missing the last bend. The part looks fine pre flat pattern. I can also manually unfold the mirrored flanges just fine as well. Correction: unfolding the disappearing bends makes ...
by takedownca
Wed Apr 21, 2021 6:26 pm
Forum: API
Topic: Edit hole callout text via API
Replies: 2
Views: 869

Re: Edit hole callout text via API

Thanks for trying, but there is no special type for hole callouts. Their type is considered DisplayDimension. To get the hole callout variables you have to call swDisplayDimension.GetHoleCalloutVariables. However, the available variables are not that helpful. It's just a collection of diameters and ...
by takedownca
Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:41 pm
Forum: API
Topic: Edit hole callout text via API
Replies: 2
Views: 869

Edit hole callout text via API

I can access some hole callout variables using swDisplayDimension.GetHoleCalloutVariables, but that doesn't help. What I really want is to be able to get and set hole callout text similarly to regular dimension text. But swDisplayDimension.SetText is useless on hole callouts, and I can't find any al...