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You need to understand the difference between Features and Components. image.png I haven't used so much asm features in the past but in this case its SW's lack of interacting with the end user. What would happen for example if the mirrored asm have been hidden behind some other part ? Just for comp...

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Is there some cleaver thought behind why you only can select and not deselect (holding ctrl) parts in graphic environment ? image.png Its gets even more confusing if you select parts/asm from the part explorer and press mass property it sudden will exclude the mirrored parts/asm. image.png Here I ha...

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*sigh* just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's broken. Changing the sketch plane has never reversed the sketch normal. Because it shouldn't. I have 25+ year in a tool that sort of don't bother me to keep track of the sketch normal. From this experience I find SW's behaviour on the to...

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Changing the sketch plane does NOT change the orientation of the sketch. It just changes the location of the sketch in space. Sketch text is just sketch entities. In order to read left-to-right on the opposite side of the part, the sketch would have to be rotated 180 degrees in addition to moving t...

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image.png Select your preferred standard. Just remember what it is. In this case I have chosen "DIN Metric" image.png Make your changes... image.png Save as ... image.png Navigate to your installed template folder and go into the chosen standard. image.png Here you can chose to save as th...

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Here is something I don't quite understand why it best to have it like this. image.png We have some text on one side (A). If I then change my mind to have the text on the other side with just using the option to change sketch plane. image.png Edit ... image.png Selecting the other side as sketch pla...

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Can confirm that it also mirrors geometry that have help of constructions surfaces.

Is there a situation where it will not produce a mirror if this option is not checked ?

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That was a quick example. Frequently you don't want to mirror the entire body, just a single feature. Try to mirror constructions surfaces ... It adds even more complexity with complex geometry that needs help of construction surfaces and projection if you also have to think ahead that you only can...

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Honestly, I doubt it will ever be because of the complexity it brings forward. SolidWorks can't even determine which occurence is the seed occurence, let's not confuse it more. Yes you are right there that SW is broken beyond repair and ask the dev to add/change or even repair will brake the tool e...

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.. seem to be rock solid this designer tool ... I don't know .. perhaps I'm becoming a SW user at all. So this ... .. that "Trough All - both" is just sudden is not a valid option in Hole wizard. image.png is just .. okay that's also broken ... so I have to work me around with mirror inste...

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My current plan is to make parts with multiple configurations, and then save each configuration as a new part. If I need to fix something I can go back and do it from that one "template part" and save out the affected variants again, instead of having to go into each part and do the same....

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Sure ...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Nah.. this is a Eastern egg.
Its just me who have a hard time to find this useful.

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I have a sheetmetal with some geometry. The black is just to simulate some pieces from o-rings. image.png When I'm in the edit of the sketch of Boss-extrude2 ... image.png And press ctrl-q (as this seems to be the correct way to truly have your model up to date) ...... image.png It sudden will crash...

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Stay away from configurations if you want to help the downstream process. My experience that you just can't by a screw that will somehow change length and dimension when you want to start to use it. In MPS system every item in a structure needs a unique identity to be purchased and so on. Configurat...

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In 2023 they seems to have fixed somewhat the hole wizard when it comes to sketching. image.png Midpoint line is removed for the sketch toolbox. (its just face palm...) In 2024 have they also fixed the other smart sketch feature problem by just removed it from the user ? (Thinking here center retang...

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SE isn't showing a warning or error that I see, just the link icon if you edit the sketch, but its not obvious that its connected to anything. I guess its remembers the edge from history that isn't there anymore? Not really sure how I feel about that, like its linked to a ghost I can't see anymore....

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Preach on! But you know, the out of box training shows how to use the software. Not always so much how to use it properly, usually focus on what it can do and speed. So people all model for speed not paying attention to what sketch elements are snapping to. The ability to see what fails after suppr...

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Did some test on this topic on this brain dead design tool. Just draw a box and add a cutout. image.png Then fill in the cutout with a boss using convert entities from the cut-extrude1 image.png Then suppress the added feature. image.png The we add another boss with using convert entities from the h...

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I can relate. Try to convert from holes to slots having already line inside the sketch... or using a rectangle with a center point as a skecth reference for the holes without an additional hole going to the center point as well. I saw a user starting a 3D sketch from the hole wizard and the holes w...

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I don't understand. When using the Hole Wizard the holes aren't represented by a point. Placing the points determines the center of the holes. What workflow would you prefer? Most of the workflow with 3d modelling is based around making sketches that the user uses to add or remove volume. SW have p...

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Being able to pre-create a hole wizard sketch is huge, and should have been possible YEARS ago. My hole patterns use symmetry a LOT, and often with the origin. I wrote a macro that works like the mirror command, except that it will mirror about all selected construction lines... Or if none are sele...

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So if you remove the feelings that could be originated to "violation of your muscle memory" do you find the tool more intuitive/production friendly ? I made a test of cleaning up a model with lots of extra surfaces in both of the tools and they even didn't come close. The broken model in f...

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Hmm .. CRTL and click for unselect is normal MS standard. In other words behave the same as explorer. What's wrong with that ?
Take it 10 out of 10 times instead of the faulty attempt with selection box in SW.

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Success, all assembled and looking like all the joints are as they should be. One last change is now needed. In the Isometric view the Front is shown as 'Bottom' on the cube, and that is upside down! I have done some searches to see how I can correct this but not yet found an answer. SE Sub.JPG I h...

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I don't know what you are after but perhaps something from my small tut could point you in the right direction ..
viewtopic.php?p=26985#p26985

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Once you realize that you don't need to hammer the most unergonomic mouse button and you can transition from zoom to pan whitout lifting the RMB. Also when you can create plane inside the feature and replace face work as its named etc etc. You will never go back. I'm doing the opposite journey and s...

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As sync is history free modelling workflow like blender, zbrush and others you are forced to either undo or to fix it. In SE you don't have bending table based on what sheetmetal thickness you are working with. Are you sure that SW has this ? Throw something together over the topic .. https://drive....

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Material thickness for sheetmetal is one of the mysterious thing that I always wonder why they have kept it so hidden.

Anyway ..

Tools -> Variables -> Material thickness..

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Here is a example with along path. Bad thing is the need of a sketch but it will follow slot changes ..

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A clumsy way could be using connect with range function. The bad thing that it will not follow if you change the slot length. https://drive.google.com/file/d/18slGpB1IycCb94HjqodBt7foBh1Jfj8A/view?usp=sharing Another tip can be if its a smaller asm is to leave out the connect and always use "Dr...

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I've heard of "dimetric" and "trimetric", but "dirotatometric"? (I invented that word by my self.) Hmm I think I got it now ... Pressing the corner of the "view orientation cube" will factor in the object orientation related to the viewport. image.png If one ...

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When we now are into views. Is there a way to get "view orientation" (using space) to default to isometric? Current it default to some "dirotatometric". When I press the isometric it will stick for a while but later default to the old behavior. Did some search but... will try aga...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:09 pm You should have seen them a few years ago in the old forum.
They are much better now

(Thanks for a god laugh . . .)

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ok thanks, thats pretty neat, but they key part should be exactly like it was at 02:19 - and just touch the edge of the middle ring below it and end with the same shape too, aka follow the rounded edge of the middle ring Okay .. have redone the movie (see above) to include what I hope you are looki...

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@Pernils: You remind me of users that swear by AutoCAD and it being way faster than 3D because they've been using it for 10, 15, 25 years. By your own admission you are standing in your own way. It has nothing to do with any of the softwares as much as it has to do with your inability to want to ad...

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Made a video on the topic "open sketches".

This is SW 2021 so perhaps something have changed in the latest releases. (but I highly doubt it ..)

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We do need to keep records of the old revs for various reasons. Production only makes the revision that is connected/setup in ERP. Once the BOMs and Routings are updated that's it, production should be making new rev. It gets drawn out sometimes though as they don't like to scrap inventory so we do...

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Since we're on the fully constrained debate I'll throw another one in; cut features from open profile sketches. I'm still annoyed in SW that I cannot do a cut with an open profile. I try to apply the "keep it a simple as possible but no simpler" motto to modeling, especially sketching. Al...

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Two problems this creates. You get an underdefined indicator in the tree which leaves an open question as to what might not be constrained. I copy this part, make the shaft diameter larger.......cut fails or give unexpected result due to far right vertical line floating. -Just because you could, do...

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When I took the Essentials class many years ago the instructor told us about a case he knew of where the CAD user didn't take the time to fully define his sketches. Something got moved slightly without anyone noticing it, and it didn't get caught until the part had gone into production. It cost the...

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I was taught to fully constrain my sketches using IDEAS 20 years ago. I don't think it is a SW thing as much as a "best practice" thing. I have also been all in for fully constrain but was loosing it up a bit over the years. But what I have seen on youtube tut they are always constrainig ...

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Oh man, I had a list somewhere... For starters: image.png The Ribbon ruined many a good CAD UI's, but SE took it to a new level by hiding Settings and other things behind this thing. In SW simply pressing R brings up recent file dialog... Then the settings layout. They literally took all the settin...

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But you didn't show a cosmetic thread. You showed a modeled geometry thread with only edges, which should be rarely done. So the only thing available for you to select was a helical edge. This is what a cosmetic thread looks like, and it allows you to still select the cylindrical face. Incidentally...

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I watched the video. If you mean the way you would drag a corner of the sketch or extrude and move it, I never tried that since I fully define my sketches with relations and dimensions so they don't get pulled out of place. I did pick up a couple of other things. First, it seems that in SE you have...

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I dislike SW about as much as I disliked SE; just for different reasons. I only used Inventor for a little while part time, I'd probably dislike that one too if I had used it full time long enough. I'm interested in what you don't like with SE. Everyone have their preference and I just want to scop...

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You might like to read this article that a wise man wrote a couple of years ago about switching CAD softwares: https://dezignstuff.com/can-software-x-do-complex-operation-like-software-y/ Yes 3Dmouse is convenient way for glitch free manipulation. Works extremely well if you are going to record som...

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Yes, option work in most CAD. https://3dconnexion.com/ca/spacemouse/ Any serious CAD user should have one, or two. Glad you bought it up. I have one on my desk. Used for half a year and then decided to not use it. Don't want to drag back and forth from home You sort of must use the keyboard so why ...

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It is actually pretty hilarious that you put these two sentences back to back. Enabling Instant3D is exactly what will change this "forcing end user to constant give a command for rebuild." It’s actually my preference not to rebuild until I say to rebuild. There are times when a design ch...

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Instant 3d will change your life. I really like being able to click on a feature in the tree, have its dimensions displayed in the graphics area, single-click on one, edit it, and the model updates immediately without a manual rebuild. After testing it out ... Instant 3d is sort of similar to SE's ...

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Is there a way to swap crtl / shift when using the unergonomic placed scrollwheel for pan and zoom ? Blender have scrollwheel + shift for pan. SE have the option for scrollwheel + shift for pan. (Normal you use right button .. but whatever..) FeeCad have "blender mode" for pan/zoom So woul...

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