I have a layout sketch with several blocks that I used tocreate parts (using the create part from block command). Everythingwas working fine for awhile, but then I updated a dimension in oneof the blocks (in the layout sketch itself), the block updates inthe layout sketch, but does not update in the part. The block seemsto still be associated with the layout sketch because it won't letme edit the block in the part itself.
I also have trouble with parts generated from the blocks keepingrelations. Typically I don't create any features from the firstblock sketch from the created part to keep the main blockcompletely separate from everything else. I'll then create featuresbased off of that block. I then have trouble with sketchescompletely blowing up from apparently losing references. Forexample if a mate a line endpoint to an endpoint in the block andit calls it something like "Point21" sometimes when I update orchange between configurations that line gets constrained to acompletely different point and I have to manually change it back.It seems that while the line is always constrained to "Point21"that what "Point21" actually is changes.
I also have trouble with the direction of a dimension stayingconsistent. For example I may dimension something as 1" to the leftof a point, and then out of nowhere it changes to 1" to the rightof the point. All of these things seem to be "book keeping" sort ofthings that when a sketch or model gets even moderately complicatedSolidworks completely confuses them.
Has anyone else had these problems with layout sketches? It seemslike a powerful tool, but there seem to be a lot of bugs.Solidworks seems to do a good job as a part modeler (as in if apart already exists or is clearly defined), but if you try to doany actual design work from scratch that even relatively simplethings completely overwhelm it.SolidworksAssemblies
I also have trouble with parts generated from the blocks keepingrelations. Typically I don't create any features from the firstblock sketch from the created part to keep the main blockcompletely separate from everything else. I'll then create featuresbased off of that block. I then have trouble with sketchescompletely blowing up from apparently losing references. Forexample if a mate a line endpoint to an endpoint in the block andit calls it something like "Point21" sometimes when I update orchange between configurations that line gets constrained to acompletely different point and I have to manually change it back.It seems that while the line is always constrained to "Point21"that what "Point21" actually is changes.
I also have trouble with the direction of a dimension stayingconsistent. For example I may dimension something as 1" to the leftof a point, and then out of nowhere it changes to 1" to the rightof the point. All of these things seem to be "book keeping" sort ofthings that when a sketch or model gets even moderately complicatedSolidworks completely confuses them.
Has anyone else had these problems with layout sketches? It seemslike a powerful tool, but there seem to be a lot of bugs.Solidworks seems to do a good job as a part modeler (as in if apart already exists or is clearly defined), but if you try to doany actual design work from scratch that even relatively simplethings completely overwhelm it.SolidworksAssemblies
