All except frame, moving

[Evil Flo]

Hello!

I have a drawing where everything except the frame has moved, keeping views, dims and title block well placed, but translated lower left.

The drafter has no idea what he did to get there.

Ever saw that, anybody?

 

[looslib]

Unkown bug.


Delete the sheet and start over OR replace the format.


PTC TAN131275

 

[arroyopr]

Check your config.pro before you open the dwg, somtimes when you save the drw format is not on the same directory. Or if you are using a deferent pro-e lisence it could have deferents configurations.Or just open the dwg format first then the dwg.

 

[write2bush]

There got to be problem with the Drawing format. the *.frm file. May be some one has changed the format unknowingly after the drafter had used it. Every time the drawing opens it refers to the format (def format dir) as specified in the config.pro or wether the file is in the working dir.


To check wether i have understood your problem correctly, use refit command to see wether the drawing views are centered correctly and the format has shifted or vis versa.


then open the drawing format file *.frm and position it correctly by editing it. Preferrably position the bottom left corner on absolute 0,0 in the format file.


wish you all the best.

 

[Evil Flo]

Actually, I already tried all that you said and nothing is working. If I open the frame, it appears perfectly correct.

Also, interestingly, if I select the frame within a window with my mouse, (image top right) what is selected in red is actually out of the frame. (image bottom left).

View attachment 2577

 

[write2bush]

This is some thing we have naver come across.


have you tried to take a print of this drawing? or even create a *.plt file. and Check what is the result.


And also tell us what is displayed on screen if you use Refit Button.

 

[Evil Flo]

Using Refit is zooming on the pictorial, leaving the frame out of view, but still unconnected and translated. So, no improvement.

Sending to printer does not change anything either.

 

[write2bush]

This means that there is a problem with the frame. if the drawing is displayed on the screen and the frame else were.


first check wether there is a *.frm file in your working dir. If yes open it and re-fit it, or see where is the absolute 0,0 of the format. just draw a line form any point to 0,0.


if there is no frm file in your working dir. then your draing is refering to a frm file located in the format dir specified by default_format_dir in config.pro. You will have to do the same thing with it as i have specified.


thats what i can suggest at this moment


waiting for your reply.

 

[Evil Flo]

The frm is located through config.pro.
Nothing seems wrong with it. its origin is at the write place.

If I start a new drawing with the same model, same frm, everything is correct.

Note that our drawings are made with templates.

It's not a big deal to start over but I would like to understand what happenned.

 

[Isair]

I have never seen something like this, but I have also have problems with formats before.
First what is ProE version you are using, and which date code?
Second check that there isn't format file in your working directory > I have my formats in directory where is config.pro and all other config files, but sometimes if you have the same format file in working directory ProE reads it and then he mess things up.
Also try to purge directory where formats are, I have situation where ProE has read old version of format file, also causing problems.
Third thing, since you are using templates, also check which is lattes version of template file, and version of template file that is written in config.pro.


You may also try to open older version of this drawing, and see if there are also this problems.


Hope it helps

 

[Evil Flo]

We have Wildfire 2.0 Datecode M110.

I double checked format and template, everything is ok.

The drawing has been made by a drafter, he does not have older version and cannot remember what he did to get there.

Ayayaye!

 

[Isair]

Uh, then I'm out of options.
Only thing that falls on my head is to look at trail file, if it exist, and see what drafter was doing, to have some clue what happened.

 

[looslib]

Did you check out the TAN that I posted?


We had this problem and PTC's answer was to delete the sheet and redo it. The TAN gives a better solution; Create a new sheet, Move the views to the new sheet, Move annotations to the new sheet, Remove the old sheet.