Actual element not updating (2026.4.1.5)

[[Jo...]]

Hello,

I am changing the selected surface area on the cad to change some sections and the actual sections are not updating.

I tried recalculating the project, changing aligments, restarting inspect and a couple more randoms stuff.

Anyone had this problem before and found a solution other than deleting and recreating the elements?

[[TI...]]

You probably used the 'actual section' measurement principle  instead of using 'Reference Construction'

[[Jo...]]

Hello Tim,

That is right.

So you are saying that this is intended behavior with the measurement principle "actual section"?

I was under the impression that a parametric software would also change the calculation when creating the actual section, when underlying parameters are changed.

I will have look into that, thank you.

[[TI...]]

You don't want to use actual section, you want to use reference construction. Actual section isn't parametric, but reference construction will be.

The programmer I took over for didn't really know what they were doing and used actual for everything. I eventually just rewrote all the programs. Once you switch it to reference it will also lose its alignment and that caused me problems with parts with threads that could be rotating with a local alignment.