Ok .. someone refresh me (and this thread) about what it is EXACTLY that we are trying to accomplish ...
the FIRST post by 42 was ... " viewport rescales when I scroll the mouse wheel" ... now there is nothing with any setting for a dimension that will affect the PS viewport that I can imagine ... but yet there seems to be alot of interest put on the dimensions ...
So, now that I have successfully pissed off everyone ... what are the symptoms ..
Viewport rescales when using the scroll wheel during a dimension
Anything else? .. No? Ok good .. lets ask a few questions to determine where the problem might be ...
Is the viewport locked?
Is the user indeed in PS (as opposed to accessing the model through a PS viewport)
When the viewport does rescale, do the dimensions appear with a correct value?
What is the value of variables that affect the PS viewport:
- UCSFOLLOW
- MAXACTVP
- PSVPSCALE
I am sure there are more but these are the ones that come to mind right away.
Is the entire viewport visible when dimensioning?
What is the shademode for EACH viewport in PS
Does this happen in other drawings? (can it be reproduced)
Is the toolbar viewport scale combo list highlighted when scrolling (or when dimensioning)
I will have more questions when these have been answered ....
If I had to make any determination I would say it is likely user error as opposed to a bug .. but then that is just me ...
Short story ... recently I was tasked with resolving a support issue with a piece of software. It seems the command did not work. I asked several questions and the response was always the correct ones. The variables are set correctly, the program is loaded properly etc ... when I finally convinced the user to send me a drawing I could see EXACTLY what the issue was. They were trying to use the program on a drawing that it was not designed to work with. What it amounted to was a user trying to make a line a wider thickness without it being a polyline ... DUH ... lines don't have a width factor ... (that of course was not the issue, but pretty close)
Anyway ... the point is ... you have to do testing in various scenarios. If it cannot be reproduced then it is either a) an anomoly with that particular drawing b) user error c) as yet un-reproducable bug (you must be able to reproduce it to find it)