I see your point... NX has this as menu options to show or hide many different additional columns of information
Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
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Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
so many interpretations
My intent was to depict a bug clinging onto a stem. Or a part tied with red rubber bands to another one.
I don't think that chain or lock are good icons, because they are too general. Neither has any association with "placement". But since no one seems to understand the meaning of current icon, I guess it is no better.
Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
Perhaps we don't need an overlay icon at all, a color may be sufficient.
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Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
I think the comment was about the pink overlay icons
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Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
I could claim I did it awful on purpose, but it is a combination of lack of artistic skills and lack of interest.
Whatever icon that the long discussion ends-up having, if any, should come in XPM format:
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static const char * const feature_detached_xpm[]={
"9 9 3 1",
". c None",
"# c #cc00cc",
"a c #ffffff",
"...###...",
".##aaa##.",
"##aaaaa##",
"##aaaaa##",
"#########",
"#########",
"#########",
".##aaa##.",
".##aaa##.",
"...###..."};
Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
At least this explains a bit.
If I'm correct, the first XPM line should be "9 10 3 1" (instead of "9 9 3 1").
ATM the last line is ignored which doesn't help the icon to be understandable.
Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
We have the same situation with sketches which had been attached to faces or datum geometry and that face/datum has disappeared. This leaves the sketch in an almost always undesired unattached state. It would be good to see the same overlay icon for those sketches inside of a body.abdullah wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:48 am I am doing a medium size project, and one problem I have come across is that when reworking a part done with PartDesign, in which datum planes and lines where used attached to a master sketch, the datum planes and lines eventually lost the link (probably licit because of the rework), but nevertheless stayed in place.
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Re: Marking PartDesign not properly attached datums
I personally think the icon overlay graphic (magnet plug etc) is not nearly as important as the user being able to figure out what it means, e.g. if they hover the icon it comes up with a tool tip saying "Datum/LCS not attached".
I think the overlay is a great idea and works well if you know whats it for. The only issue to be addressed is for new people. I don't think one can convey the concept in a few pixels worth of overlay, this is a zoomed up version of what it looks like for me, I would go so far as to say 100% of people who don't know what it means, can't figure it out by looking at this picture:
I think the overlay is a great idea and works well if you know whats it for. The only issue to be addressed is for new people. I don't think one can convey the concept in a few pixels worth of overlay, this is a zoomed up version of what it looks like for me, I would go so far as to say 100% of people who don't know what it means, can't figure it out by looking at this picture: