Hello, As usual, I'm attempting to assemble components. I have put up with some irritating behavior of the software and typically just try to get passed it, but I'm wondering if there's an actual fix for this. Specifically for this time, it's with Cycling the Last Constraint when I'm assembling a component.
When I'm in the middle of assembling a component, I'll have a few accepted/correct constraints set already and then I'll go to setting the last constraint. Very often when setting the last constraint, I'll have to cycle through the last constraint to get the desired result. I'll eventually get there by selecting the "Cycle Last Constraint" button and stepping through the different options it gives.
Now to my specific question: When stepping through the "Cycle Last Constraint" options given, why does NX consistently give an option that results in "Inconsistently Constrained" icon being shown? Why does NX give the option when it's wrong? One would think that it would just skip that option since that option is inconsistent.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there something I can set so that it won't give those wrong options. One would think that if it knows enough to display the inconsistent option, it would be logical to think "Well, that option isn't going to work, so I (as NX) won't even give that as an option." This wastes a lot of time stepping through options that NX even lists as bad.
Another irritating thing closely related to this: When going through the "Cycle Last Constraint" options, I'll pick the one that I think will work, but the "Inconsistently Constrained" icon continues to show in the Constraint Navigator until after I hit OK. It seems that I have to commit before the "Inconsistently Constrained" icon goes away. That's a pain if I get it wrong.
I don't recall this happening in NX10. Is there a setting that I need to change? (It's like when patterning components and the preview is usually wrong. The pattern preview does not show the correct quantity or spacing. I guess the preview screen is primarily there to let you know the general direction that the pattern is going. I only listed this different topic in case they are related.) Thanks
