Swingman wrote:
I'm not too clear on what dynamic components are? I haven't figured out
yet how to resize things to scale yet, but I watched a video on Fine
Woodworking (thanks for that link) and it seemed easy enough by just
selecting and moving part of the design. I haven't tried it yet, but on
your base cabinet, which I grabbed, I attempted to select part of it but
it didn't select as shown in the video... I spent 30 seconds on it
though, will try again with the tutorial in hand.
There is apparently a bug in SU7 on some systems that, when downloading and
then opening a dynamic component, you may have to "explode" the component
_one_ time to get it to work.
OK, I spent a bit more time on the Tutorial on FW and managed to get it
to work. Here is the link:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/i...etailed-drawer
I first did it to something I made, and then to your base cabinet. I
exploded the thing first but not sure yet exactly what "explode" does,
or if I had to do it first or not. This worked pretty good, and I was
impressed that after resizing the drawer I was working on, the
dimensions I had made also changed to show the correct size.
However, try this before doing that: Single click the model to select it;
then on the toolbar go to Window/Component Options and click.
This should bring up the "Component Options" window, and, if a list box
should appear with dimensions on it, you're fine and don't need to do
anything else, except to select whatever dimension you want, click Apply,
and the model will resize to your chosen dimension.
I got the list box, but no dimensions.
If you see the sentence "There are no options to choose on this component",
then context/right click on the model and chose "explode", then go back and
try the above again. That should fix it.
I'm probably doing something wrong. Sometimes little subtilities bite
you in the ass on this thing.
The scale tool I have all sorts of trouble with. I haven't spent much
time with it though. I kind of like the FW tutorial I listed above.
Once I figured out the correct steps to use, it worked well. I can make
your basic case any size I want and I'm sure once I figure out how to
get the scale tool to work, It'll be even easier. This thing is awesome
in it's power.
Those of you that tried several times, hang in there, it is worth the
effort. It is NOT something most can learn in a few days. It does SO
much stuff it can be overwhelming, particularly when you try to force
feed the learning process. Thats what I do and frankly, I'm not smart
enough to conceptualize all this stuff in an instant, it takes time, and
for me, I get frustrated and quit for a while. So, while it is VERY easy
to use, learning how it all works is a bit of a curve because it does so
much.
--
Jack
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