INVISIBLE ENTITIES

[Dan Schnars]

I'VE GOT A STRANGE ONE HERE. I AM USING MILL VERSION 9, AND I HAVE SOME OLD VERSION 7 (MC7) PARTS I'M TRYING TO UPDATE. (THE GENTLEMAN THAT WROTE THESE FILES IS NOT HERE ANY MORE) I CAN OPEN THEM WITH MC9 WITH NO PROBLEM, I JUST CAN'T SEE ANY OF THE ENTITIES, SOLIDS, NOTHING. THE LEVEL MANAGER SAYS THE LEVELS HAVE ENTITIES ON THEM AND I'VE GOT THEM CHECKED TO BE VISIBLE BUT I STILL CAN'T SEE THEM. I'VE TRIED BLANK / UNBLANK, I'VE TRIED HIDE / UNHIDE. IF I HIT ALT S LIKE IM TURNING ON A SOLID, I CAN SEE THE GEOMETRY FOR A SPLIT SECOND THEN ITS GONE AGAIN. THIS IS WEIRD. ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS? THANKS IN ADVANCE.

[cadcam]

Dan can you send me the file to see if I can try a few things. if possable I would like to start with the MC7 file. thanks let me know.

[Guy Arseneault]

Dan,

 

Try turning on one level only at a time and fit to screen. Do this for each level.I get files that have a gap of 200 inches of space in between geometry so fitting to screen is impossible.

 

HTH

[Scott Bond]

Dan,

When you Try turning on one level only at a time and fit to screen,

Try Sreen Statistics at each level of these fits sreens, this will list just what it is you are trying to see at the bottom of the screen.

[Guy Arseneault]

Another suggestion is F9 then fit to screen. There should be a

scale legend on the bottom left corner.The greater the number, the further away the geometry is away from the crosshairs.

 

Please let us know if anything works.

[cadcam]

I have to say these are all really good thoughts.

these are some of things I do when I can see the file.

[Dan Schnars]

I TURNED ON LAYER FOR LAYER, DID THE FIT TO SCREEN, CHECKED STATISTICS, IT TOLD ME I HAD A BUNCH OF ENTITIES, SOLIDS, ETC... SCALE IN THE BOTTOM WAS .311 ( PRETTY SMALL) ALL THAT WORKED JUST FINE, BUT STILL NOTHING ON THE SCREEN. I TRIED CHANGING COLORS OF EVERYTHING, THINKING MAYBE ALL THE ENTITIES WERE SET TO BLACK, I EVEN TRIED CREATING MY OWN GEOMETRY JUST TO SEE IF IT WOULD SHOW UP BUT STILL NOTHING. I WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE MC7 FILE FROM THE FOLDER IT WAS IN ON OUR SERVER USING MC9 WHICH SHOULD WORK ALLRIGHT. I DRUG THE FILE FROM THE FOLDER IT WAS IN TO MY MC9 FOLDER WHERE I KEEP ALL MY OWN DRAWINGS AND IT OPENED AND WORKS FINE. I CAN SEE EVERYTHING JUST LIKE NORMAL. THIS IS REALLY WEIRD. THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND. GUESS ITS JUST A FRIDAY AFTERNOON THING. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP!!! THANK YOU.

 

[Scott Bond]

Maybe to go from V7 to V9 for your oart is to much of a strech. So if you have a V8;;;;;;;go from V7 to V8 and regenerate all the tool paths. Then go from V8 to V9 and regenerate all the tool paths.

 

Well this post was a little slow.

 

Congrates to the 88 team !

 

[ 02-28-2003, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: Scott Bond ]