nuclearpuppy Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hello all im really new to cad but am learning fast. The only problem i have at the moment is that i am trying to work on a drawing that has been created by someone else and when i attempt to select a line it selects all lines connected to it even though they are not polylines or shapes. there is a strange little symbol that appears next to the cursor that looks like a white box diagonally connected to a filled blue box? can anyone tell me what the heck it is and how to stop it doing that? Maybe it was something ive pressed by mistake but im dammed if i know what? Thanks all in advance. Regards Nuclearpuppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Could this be a "block" you are attempting to edit? Perhaps "Constraints" have been enabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuclearpuppy Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 its not a block but it may be constraints how do i access them to see what is enabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I think you should disable them as they will be less of a distraction for you. The toggle for this is located in the lower left-hand corner of your screen on the Task Bar. I think it is the first icon (Infer Constraints). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuclearpuppy Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 ok ive turned them off but it still selects all ive got no idea it never used to be like this lol!! literally back to the drawing board for me i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I can think of only two things at this point...block or group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Did you just turn off the display of constraints or delete them? Select the line>Right-Click>Properties should tell what it is at top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Select it and look at PROPERTIES or QUICK PROPERTIES and see what sort of entity it says it is. If it says it is a BLOCK REFERENCE then try to EXPLODE the block. If it doesn't say it is a BLOCK REFERENCE, select it, then use your RIGHT CLICK shortcut menu to UNGROUP it. Or it could be an XREF, in which case you won't be able to select PARTS of it unless you use the BLOCK EDITOR or BIND it into the drawing. I am guessing you're on the right track SLW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Or attach a copy of the drawing to your next post here and someone will take a look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Is there an echo in here or is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 From command line you can use DELCONSTRAINT or from Ribbon, Parametric, Delete Constraints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondaymonkey9 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Type in "EXPLODE" or "X" for the same thing. If this messes a lot of things up don't do it. If it works then try it and clean up whatever it is that you don't need, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the downing effect Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 when I get dxf's from pro/e or blocks that aren't acting properly explode usually works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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