I have 2 general questions.
I have been having some issue with my corridor files becoming corrupted. I was told that it may be that I may have "snapped" to a reference file when creating the corridor. The snaps create a connection between the corridor and reference file, which in turn can lead to the corruption. It would seem to me that if snapping to reference file creates an unwanted connection, that would be a major flaw in the software. The ability to snap is an essential tool. Anyone else experienced this?
Is there a limit to the number of reference elements that can be assigned to a corridor? I understand the file size can be a issue and reference elements add to that size....but is the number of reference elements limited.
Thanks for your help, Brian
Brian: Snapping to reference file elements is a legitimate workflow and shouldn't cause corruption of the corridor. What causes problems is if you later detach the reference file. After detaching the reference file, the corridor now knows it needs to update itself based on the snap rule, but the thing snapped to cannot be found. The corridor is (probably) not corrupt but it cannot update itself. Reattaching the reference file should fix the problem.
Having said all that, I have seen simple things like snapping cause crashes and worse. One of those sad but true sorta things.
Robert Garrett Senior Consultant
www.envisioncad.com
Thanks Robert. That info very helpful.