Re: Does anyone else do this?

On Mar 5, 6:31=A0pm, David Geesaman <dgeesamanNOS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> graminator wrote:
> > You're in part mode and you've modified your model somehow, which has
> > caused a feature to fail, so you use clip/suppress. Then when you look
> > at your tree, the arrow indicating where you are in the model has gone
> > to the bottom, after all the features you've just suppressed. If you
> > need to create a feature in order to get the rest of the suppressed
> > features to regen, it will of course be after all the suppressed ones.
>
> > I do this several times a day and after using ProE for 12 years. I
> > create a new feature and - woops - it's at the bottom of the tree
> > after all those suppressed ones. "Damn I did it again!" Buts what's
> > even more annoying is I can't just drag the new feature up the tree
> > and place it after the last regenerated one, because ProE won't place
> > the new feature *before* a suppressed feature. Why?
>
> > Also I can't just drag the arrow up the tree to after the last
> > regenerated feature for the same reason - ProE won't put you *before*
> > a suppressed feature. WHY? This seems like such a simple thing so I
> > don't understand why it doesn't work this way.
>
> I'm missing something. =A0Why aren't you able to use the Fix Model
method
> to begin building the new feature on-the-spot?

The main reason is that I want to stop and retrieve an older version
of the file so I can have a good look at the failed feature. I can
also save it at this point so the work I have done since the previous
regen is not lost. Calling a backup model on the fly is okay on
occasion, but I get a bit antsy knowing everything that's changed is
in session and not on the hard drive. ProE even crashes without
warning sometimes!

Often for me working on a file is a process of grinding through an
existing model (because the designer wants to make some changes to the
appearance, size, etc) going feature by feature to update it. I'd
rather save along the way.

> That said, I agree that suppressed features and insert mode are a
problem.=