"No legal insertion point below" Error

[Mike Johnston]

Have any of you seen this error? With the cursor at the bottom of my program I try to insert an angle change and I get this error.... "No legal insertion point below". It will then ask if I want the probe to rotate and it does but does not insert the change into the program.

Not only does it not insert the angle change, it will not allow me to take points or anything. It's weird, it's like it doesn't know that the cursor is at the bottom of the program or something. I've seen this error before but it was in the early stages of a program so I just ditched it and started over without seeing the error again so I never found out what was causing it. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Mike

[#2#]

Have you got any hits registered? It will allow you to change tips in the middle of a feature (not recomended) and it won't show up until you hit done.

It would still allow you to take hits though. I suggest a save then complete shutdown and restart (computer and all).

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Also, check and make sure that EVERYTHING is marked to be shown in the edit window, there might be something there that you can't see.

[Mike Johnston]

Ok, I went back and checked, there are no points in the "bank" and everything is marked.... weird

Can you think of anything else? Thanks for your replies!

Mike

[craiger_ny]

Not marked. What Matt means is showing. What version you have will depend on where to find it but there is a set up deal where you can check which types of things show in your report, and in your edit window (command mode display options). If something is unchecked you could get what is happening right now.

Craig

[Mike Johnston]

I see what you mean Craig... First of all, I'm running 3.7MR2. I went into the setup and everything is checked in command mode except for header/footer so everything is showing. The report window is checked for dimensions only.

Mike

[Mike Johnston]

I'll check the header/footer and see if that does the trick but I've never had a problem with it before.

[craiger_ny]

Sounds like that is not it.

[Mike Johnston]

I've highlighted where in the program this originated from. After the dimension that is red it will not allow me to insert anything into the program. It is from this point on that it is acting up. Not only at the end of the program.


DIM PIN_4_TP= TRUE POSITION OF SET SCN4 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH DEV PERPEN CENTERLINE=OFF DISPLAY=DIAMETER
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL BONUS DEV OUTTOL
X 15.7500 16.2621 0.5121
Z 0.0000 -0.7678 -0.7678
DF 0.2000 0.0000
TP MMC 0.2000 HIT: 4 0.2000 1.8458 1.4458 -------->
END OF DIMENSION PIN_4_TP
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,3.3362,152.3277,-15.5167
RECALL/ALIGNMENT,INTERNAL,PRIMARY
DIM PIN_1_HEIGHT_TIP= LOCATION OF POINT PNT96 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
Z 1.0000 -1.3773 0.1000 0.1000 -2.3773 2.2773 <--------DIM PIN_2_HEIGHT_TIP= LOCATION OF POINT PNT95 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
Z 1.0000 -1.5607 0.1000 0.1000 -2.5607 2.4607 <--------
DIM PIN_3_HEIGHT_TIP= LOCATION OF POINT PNT94 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
Z 1.0000 -1.5163 0.1000 0.1000 -2.5163 2.4163 <--------

[JIM HARRIS]

Look at the summary mode.I have had that happen before and there was things that showed up in the summary mode that was not in the edit window.

[craiger_ny]

Looks like you are missing some END OF DIMENSION lines. That could be fatal.

[Mike Johnston]

I'll take a look

[Mike Johnston]

There is nothing in my summary window.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

I've highlighted where in the program this originated from. After the dimension that is red it will not allow me to insert anything into the program. It is from this point on that it is acting up. Not only at the end of the program.


DIM PIN_4_TP= TRUE POSITION OF SET SCN4 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH DEV PERPEN CENTERLINE=OFF DISPLAY=DIAMETER
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL BONUS DEV OUTTOL
X 15.7500 16.2621 0.5121
Z 0.0000 -0.7678 -0.7678
DF 0.2000 0.0000
TP MMC 0.2000 HIT: 4 0.2000 1.8458 1.4458 -------->
END OF DIMENSION PIN_4_TP
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,3.3362,152.3277,-15.5167
RECALL/ALIGNMENT,INTERNAL,PRIMARY
DIM PIN_1_HEIGHT_TIP= LOCATION OF POINT PNT96 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
Z 1.0000 -1.3773 0.1000 0.1000 -2.3773 2.2773 <--------DIM PIN_2_HEIGHT_TIP= LOCATION OF POINT PNT95 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
Z 1.0000 -1.5607 0.1000 0.1000 -2.5607 2.4607 <--------
DIM PIN_3_HEIGHT_TIP= LOCATION OF POINT PNT94 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX NOMINAL MEAS +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
Z 1.0000 -1.5163 0.1000 0.1000 -2.5163 2.4163 <--------

Yep, I think booger-boy is right. I think all DIM's with LOCATION have to ahve an end of dimension line after them. If someone did cut-and-paste, they left these lines off when copying the dimension. At this point, you better check ALL the dimensions and find those that do NOT have the end of dimension after them (LOCATION dim's only). You will NOT be able to delete them since PCdmis will only delete the entire dimension and some of it is missing. HOWEVER, you can copy and paste everything BUT the bad dimensions into a new program and it might save you a lot of work, then simply add back in the messed up dimensions.

[Mike Johnston]

You're right Craig... I tried to re-dimension the dimensions but the "end of dimension" still does not appear. Any idea why?