U225X PUBLIC-SAFE CONVERSATION NOTE

RECORD: CHAT-0215
TOPIC: Inspection Balloon Removal Fix
IMPORTED: 2026.04.30

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EXTRACTED REQUEST: still not removing anything...it worked fine as i originally pasted. It just wasn't removing the inspection bubbles from the slot hole dimensions now it doesn't remove anything

RECOVERED CONVERSATION EXCERPTS
USER MESSAGES:
1. This code is meeant to remove Insoection Balloons from dimensions it was working and now it isn't
2. it deleted my whole dimension for my slot
3. now it says it cleared 0 inspection dimensions
4. uhhh i did that and it still deletes the slot dimension

ASSISTANT RESPONSES:
1. I found one obvious problem in the pasted module: `ClearAllKnownDimTextFields` is declared twice, which can break or leave you running an older compiled version instead of this one. I’m going to give you a cleaned replacement that removes the duplicate and makes the inspection flag clearing count as a change.
2. You have two issues in the pasted code: 1. `ClearAllKnownDimTextFields` is duplicated at the bottom. Delete one copy. [embedded media omitted] 2. Your code clears `swDispDim.Inspection = False`, but never sets `changed = True`, so it can report `0` even when it clears. SOLIDWORKS does support `Inspection` and `LowerInspection` on `DisplayDimension`. [embedded media omitted] Replace only your `ClearInspectionFromDimension` with this: [code excerpt omitted] And make sure you only have one copy of this: [code excerpt omitted] Also, after you paste this, in the VBA editor hit Debug > Compile VBAProject. If it still has the duplicate sub, it will catch it right away.
3. Yep — I see why. Your code skips the text cleanup, but it already clears this before that: [code excerpt omitted] So the slot is still being touched before the skip logic runs. [embedded media omitted] Replace your entire `ClearInspectionFromDimension` with this: [code excerpt omitted] Then add this new function: [code excerpt omitted] Leave your `SafeClearInspectionToken` as-is. Now the macro will completely ignore slot/hole callouts before it clears the inspection flag.

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO
- `ClearAllKnownDimTextFields` is duplicated at the bottom. Delete one copy. [embedded media omitted]
- Your code clears `swDispDim.Inspection = False`, but never sets `changed = True`, so it can report `0` even when it clears. SOLIDWORKS does support `Inspection` and `LowerInspection` on `DisplayDimension`. [embedded media omitted]
- Replace only your `ClearInspectionFromDimension` with this:
- Use this safer version instead. It only clears the actual inspection flag and does not touch the dimension text:
- Use this safer middle-ground version. It only strips `<C#-...>` tokens if they exist, and it refuses to replace the field if the result would be blank.
- Replace `ClearInspectionFromDimension` with this:
- Add/replace this helper:
- Replace your `SafeClearInspectionToken` with this version:
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