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Damo

Ooof, 17 sheets is quite a large drawing, if your assembly is somehow big I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen. Yeah,.. I suppose it is. Tho, the assembly is not as large as others I regularly work with. Performance Evaluation states: 191 Components, 12 Subassemblies, 1370 Bodies, 232 Mates, ...

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Were you doing stress analysis? I recently had to add memory to a workstation because we did a stress analysis that was much larger then our usual one, so that workstation is now dedicated to large stress analysis lol. The second image is one that speaks of assembly updating. Perhaps you created a ...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:46 am Does anything here help?

https://www.goengineer.com/blog/fix-sol ... unning-low

This is a very useful link. Cheers.
I will go thru these possible solutions and feedback my changes, if I find anything that applies.

Thanks again.

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Solidworks is out of memory! Solidworks is now terminating. In all my years using this software, (now on 2022SP5) I cannot recall seeing this one. SW Out Of MEMORY.!!!.png The only thing I might be able to add is another odd warning I have seen a few times lately. Updating.png Would anyone like to o...

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The problem I saw was that the internal names of edges would get changed due to changes in the model - sometimes seemingly unrelated. Sometimes it's just the edge projection type that changes, not the name. For example, if you have an edge between two cylindrical faces, that edge could project as a...

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I think it depends a lot on sw settings and your workflow (and your expectations on what the software is going to do for you). This is so true. I am well aware of perception bais. And it does occasionally occur to me that I have opinions on how things "should" be, rather than how they are...

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Have you tried breaking it down in smaller steps? I've had similar issues before and resolved them by trying to figure out the root of the issue by reproducing it in a much simpler part/assembly. For instance, it could be something as simple as adding a level to the assembly. So the reference goes ...

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Hio bnemec It's been implemented so complicatedly that it's a pseudo-random generator. PDM involved? I haven't been able to nail it down, but I get the feeling that there's something to the version of the ref file(s) or if they are cached at all. Not to be Cpt Obvious, but has this dialog been dismi...

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CONSTANTLY..! It's almost as if this is the one thing that I can count on SW doing. And sometimes they are just broken and do not "refresh". This is one I experienced just today. Broken Sketch Relations.png See the baby poo brown lines. The original entities are still there. They are conve...

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Yes, but not this time. Yet another case where SW required delete and start over. I hate this about SW. Hate it with every fibre of my being. 😡🤬 It reminds me of this... Insanity.jpg Except, with SW and scenarios like this because it fails, you are required to do the exact same thing again to achei...

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My system includes also rectangle hollow sections and specifies the long or short face. Cutter has a drawing which shows what the sawing "code" means. Here it is, feel free to use. Example cutting code would be 100x100x4 A45A45 L=500 and the drawing shows the angles. It goes a little deep...

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Thing is that I know a way to do it with just a cut list but I need solidworks first to recognize the difference between right-hand and left-hand cut. My goal is that we could export all the project's cut lists to ERP so workshop guys could just start cutting without ever reading the drawings. Now ...

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I don't know of any way to do it with just the cut list. My cut lists don't even have the column for angle. If the body isn't detailed it's assumed both ends are 90° and they have no holes or other cuts. If that's not the case then I show a drawing view of the body and add dimensions as appropriate...

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Got curious and thought I'd take a look at what the TTL would be if it was generated just from the regular enhancement ideas community. Another example of one person being very good at garnering support for their ideas. 1. PDM: Cancel stuck tasks from Administration tool (44) 2. PDM: Configurabilit...

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... so having 2 sessions leaves it with a bigger knot and more chances of issues/crashing... Only 2...!? Why limit your potential fun..🤣 But seriously, I do agree. And this has only been my experience. I am the only one here doing what I do and sometimes it is necessary to be working on several pro...

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I've been using v2023 SP5.0 a couple of days, and I've found a number of things that are wonky. Predominantly with respect to graphics. Dimension text that's backwards, mid-plane extrusions only displaying on one side, etc, etc, etc. I'm certain SWx would blame it on my graphics card, which is cons...

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Great idea, we should push for it! Currently, the workaround to achieve that is opening multiple SW sessions. I do this.. And I often wonder if anyone else does. And, if anyone else does, do they suffer the same issue I frequently do.? Being: Oftentimes when one instance of SW is hungup doing somet...

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Sadly I do not have an answer for your primary question, rather I have a question of my own. ...... For various reasons, we have decided to start putting one part per drawing sheet, regardless of drawing size/complexity. May I enquire why you would revert to such a laborious and convoluted practice....

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Alin, this is fantastic. I have gone thru and upvoted a few of these that will be beneficial to me. (We have to choose our battles carefully as we cannot win them all.) Feel free to add any of my enhancement requests to the top ten list. Much appreciation for your efforts. https://www.cadforum.net/v...

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Just adding a couple more if anyone would find these helpful, please upvote.. 😃 https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:I23-EB1ZRQyk2sLG5y9Kig/idea:P7KBKQr_QQ2_i0vp4kyomg "Reorder Display States" https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:I2...

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Check if you have the right graphic card driver too. Graphics driver: Updated to SW Latest certified. (Checked on the website.) Testing now. I'll give it a couple of days to confirm... Have you tried toggling enhanced graphics to see if that could be causing it? Turning this on will be a Last-Resor...

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Going to an earlier service pack within the same version shouldn't be a problem. Uninstall sp 5.0 and then install the earlier version. Cheers Glenn. But I gotta be honest and say, I went thru a bunch of hoops to get back on subs so I could get to SP5 where they fixed one of their more genius (incr...

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You're in good company among these peeps here mate.
There are a few of us from OZ here too.

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There's a few things that could cause graphic issues as such. Agreed. Many things cause graphics issues. I've experienced a plethora of them over the years with different versions, machines, OS'es, etc. That said, this one is new. Have you tried toggling enhanced graphics to see if that could be ca...

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Has anyone else experienced this specific and strange issue I am having with inconsistencies in this setting. Setting.png I have been using this setting since literally forever. But lately, I have found that some “Save As: PDF” output files are a bit…. ODD… 02 (pdf Output).png You will see the faded...

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The "Select Other" function is just a tool for situations where there are several options available for clicking on, such as one component behind or inside another one. When you click on that it will present a list of possibilities, and you click on the one you want to select for whatever...

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The selection of the inner face seems to follow the order of the "select other" which prioritize the background entity... Ooooo...!?!? Is this a setting I am not seeing..? I see the "Select Other" option in the RMB Context Menu. But I'm no clever enough to grok its workings..

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I had an online session with two very nice ladies from SW development last week, and showed them that very issue. They promised they will work on improving it. Well.. If they "Promised" ... I guess I will wait and see. Sometimes I am a bit of a sarcastic pessismist, but I do genuinely mea...

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Yep. This is literally the worst thing about SW. The way it handles drawings. I ALWAYS use HLR views on my drawings. (Unless there is a very specific and/or compelling reason). One thing I find soooo often when using weldment profiles. It will almost always default to the inner face of the box tube ...

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Hmmm. My daily drive is 2022 SP5 on Win 10 Business But I also have a PRO Version of 2014 SP5 on the same machine and it works flawlessly. (This version is the most stable and reliable I've used. It's been a bit of a slippery downhill slope since then.) Tho, I cannot say about anything older than th...

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I am not entirely sure if i'm not delulu from a Mandela Effect here. But, I have a rather large model I am working on and after discussion with our fabrication team the plan was put forth to restructure the assembly ever so slightly to better plan out drawings and fabrication process. Simply put, I ...

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It happened to me often 10 years or so ago. Apparently it was caused by my 3d mouse. It would temporarily turn that setting off when I used it to move the model to keep edges and faces being highlighted as it moved under my cursor, and then was supposed to turn it back on when the mouse was release...

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DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:05 am Same here some days.

At least here, we'll all go mad in among good company.

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Oh.. NVM. I found it..!

Some days I think I am losing my mind.

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I need help trying to identify why I can no longer tel whether the item I am trying to select within a drawing will be selected. I do nlot know what has happened or why this is suddenly problematic. I clearly recall from multiple previous releases that when secting lines or vertices in a drawing, a ...

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I looked a little around here and could not find a thread or topic for us to post and discuss our enhancement requests. I figure perhaps we could support each other a little and provide further support in the SWMP Enhancement request area. Or, even the possibilty of that which we hope for may even ...

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It may not. Custom PCB got cheap enough even at hobby level. Arduino and RPi are cheap and powerful. Just find some kid to program it. Hmmm.. 🤔 You have a point. And also, may have stumbled onto the root cause of the stupidity behind the "design features" of the LED Bar Light I returned. ...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:53 am Overload with features that user don't use and fail on the one they need.
Sounds like something used before .....

I see what you did there..

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If I am buying a tactical flashlight (whatever that is) I expect it to signal SOS and blind attackers and have a built in sat-phone. However, if I am buying a normal flashlight, it needs to be binary. On/Off. Unfortunately, whoever is designing flashlights in China thinks we need them all to be mul...

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Like Matt said: someone will not read the requirements and bought it () I read the requirements alright. I always do. My mistake was the assumption that the requirements were for the connectivity features on the firmware for the remote interaction. Never in my wildest dystopian imagination did I as...

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I've worked in product development for independents and inventors for 20 years. You would be amazed at how many bad product ideas there are out there. There are a lot of good products too of course, but you'd be amazed at how many bad products get pitched to me to do the physical design. My wife li...

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Why would anyone design a light that need to be connected to wifi and operated thru an app..!?!? I mean, I get that someone would want the feature or find the capability useful, or just cool, perhaps. But this light..NEEDS it.. IMG20231008185055.jpg Says so right there in the "System Requiremen...

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I've also seen it a number of times, but never found a cause. A Ctrl+Q rebuild will occasionally fix it, but when that doesn't work I can usually fix it by copying and pasting the sheet, then deleting the original one. Glenn, your idea of copying the entire sheet is a new approach I've not thought ...

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I am just going to rant here.. I don't expect an answer, for >10+ f@#king years this issue has plagued me like a curse. Through multiple versions of software across several Windows OS'es and several machines, this damned issue is relentless. I have seen this since forever. No VAR has ever been able ...

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I can only assume several of you ran over there and hit like on most of these.

I appreciate it. Thank you.

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I looked a little around here and could not find a thread or topic for us to post and discuss our enhancement requests. I figure perhaps we could support each other a little and provide further support in the SWMP Enhancement request area. Or, even the possibilty of that which we hope for may even b...

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system options -> messages show missing mates as error could help even if the delete dialog is not showing. not deleted mates are suppressed, but their calculation happens anyway causing slow downs when opening assemblies. Yup. This is the worst. I've been in this place before. Many deleted parts a...

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I have seen this error pop up several times over the years and quite frequently of late. FAILED TO SAVE DOCUMENT.png Usually it has been a complete disaster of immensely frustrating proportions. But recently while I was suffering thru this desperately trying to find a way to save the file I went thr...

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If you have "Graphics only section" selected, this will indeed be the case. image.png (I use graphics only, when I need a section view on a particulary large/resource heavy model or if there are errors that are preventing me from doing a full section view) Oh.. I will check this on Monday...

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Well. My reseller was not very helpful. Itappears there is not much in the knowledge base to cover this.
Despite being informed that this issue has purportedly persisted for several preceding releases.
Meh..

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