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Unable to use some functions
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:01 pm
by zgom59
Hello, sometimes I have an issue after solidworks opening : Some functions aren't available, I mean I can't click on them and I don't know why. Sometimes I can solve it by just restarting solidworks but on the function below I'm currently fully blocked...
I added a picture with the example of "Fractionner" function, sorry for the french
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:34 pm
by matt
"Fractionner" looks like the Split feature. Maybe you don't have the requirements for that feature. Looks like you have the surfacing toolbar up. Do you have a solid body in your model? If not, that function won't be available.
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:07 pm
by mattpeneguy
zgom59 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:01 pm
Hello, sometimes I have an issue after solidworks opening : Some functions aren't available, I mean I can't click on them and I don't know why. Sometimes I can solve it by just restarting solidworks but on the function below I'm currently fully blocked...
I added a picture with the example of "Fractionner" function,
sorry for the french
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Quit using French...Problem solved...
Just so you know, you are not alone. Even some seasoned users like @AlexLachance also suffer from this affliction...
Kidding aside
@matt appears to be right. SW is "smart"; it won't allow you to choose tools if they aren't in the right context. For example, if you are operating at the assembly level, the part only tools won't be "accessible" and will be "grayed out".
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:43 am
by AlexLachance
zgom59 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:01 pm
Hello, sometimes I have an issue after solidworks opening : Some functions aren't available, I mean I can't click on them and I don't know why. Sometimes I can solve it by just restarting solidworks but on the function below I'm currently fully blocked...
I added a picture with the example of "Fractionner" function, sorry for the french
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Could you show the entire feature tree? I can see you're in a part but that's about it.
From what I can deduct, your part is made of surfaces only and that feature works on body. If you want to split surfaces, you'll need to use Split lines.
Lucky you, I can provide french screenshots!
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:10 am
by zgom59
Hello,
Here is the entire tree. I was assuming that I need bodies to use this function, but it's always the case in the part I am working on. I don't know why but today I opened the same part as usual and it's working again...
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:31 am
by matt
Maybe you had it rolled back to a point where there were no solid bodies.
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:41 am
by AlexLachance
zgom59 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:10 am
Hello,
Here is the entire tree. I was assuming that I need bodies to use this function, but it's always the case in the part I am working on. I don't know why but today I opened the same part as usual and it's working again...
If you fall upon it again, post a screenshot of your SolidWorks session and we can have another jab at it, it's probably a really subtle thing.
Re: Unable to use some functions
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:47 pm
by Glenn Schroeder
Some functions are also inaccessible if you're in an active sketch. I don't know that that's the issue here, but it does often happen to new users.