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KennyG

You can do the exact same thing in Solid Edge using the Extrude command with the Cut option and setting the cut side to the outside (defaults to inside for a closed sketch).

KennyG

Just to annoy everyone, I'm going to like this comment. There is a lot of functionality in the platform if you need to collaborate with others. Ryan, when you store your SolidWorks files in the 3Dexperience platform, are they stored natively or are they converted over to the CGM format used by the ...

KennyG

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:09 pm In SolidWorks......hold "control", grab line and drag,....let off control and drop line.

In Solid Edge, do the same but use the ALT key instead, and no need to remember to release the ALT key before dropping.

KennyG

My NX VAR (good people) says that you can't get perpetual licenses any longer, and if I wanted to "buy" additional modules, those would be on subscription. But that might be a regional thing. Jim, your VAR is either misinformed or is trying to mislead you. You can still get perpetual lice...

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The value-based licensing is another way to access those complementary add-on apps that are often only occasionally needed and thus do not make sense licensing under a full-time subscription term. Take Generative Design for example... a person may need to use it 4 times a year. Instead of a subscrip...

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Yep to that. And I don't agree with some 95% of the criticisms levelled at NX by SW-centric users. Most of the time, they aren't using efficient NX practice because coming from SW, you really do need to re-train your head around the workflow that NX can allow you, and develop a feel for e.g. when e...

KennyG

Hold down the CTRL key to unselect an already selected component when you are in the Select Components Step.

KennyG

The machine shop we use cannot tap 5mm threads in aluminum. I've tried to explain to the boss that machine shops all over the world manage to do it successfully every day. I'm currently modifying all parts with 5mm threaded holes to 6mm threaded holes. o[ Is the translation "We don't have a ta...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:40 pm Depends on what you do honestly. If you don't do any simulation or analysis then most likely yeah.

Those GPU's develop so fast that the current NVIDA RTX a1000 is probably equivalent to or better than a Quadro 4000 from just a short few years ago.

KennyG

@TooTallToby Will you be opening any new monthly contest between now and the end of the year, or does this reset after the bracket contest is over?

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Looks like the monthly ones are done and they are now in a bracket competition through the end of the year, so the registration was closed in June...

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Any Solid Edge users interested in representing in Tool Tall Toby's "2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP of 3D CAD SPEEDMODELING"?

https://tootalltoby.com/Leaderboard/

KennyG

Hard to say from the pic, but is it trying to add material or remove material? What's the Extent Depth... is it Zero?

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@Ryan-3DS Yep, that pics sums it all up!

KennyG

@Ryan-3DS That's the goal... make it all look like it's part of the family.

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mp3-250 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:45 pm This is why SW has apparently 2 kernels (PARASOLID and ACIS) that can be activated inside the registry.

Can't say I've heard this before. I know there was another software that employed both kernels, but have not heard that with SolidWorks...

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matt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:19 pm Ok, @KennyG, new post, some new 2024 feature sneek peek. And BobM already complaining!

https://dezignstuff.com/solid-edge-2024 ... nt-3244776

I saw... and I saw.

KennyG

So disappointed...

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@matt , where's the meat? Where's the "sneak peek" content for SE 2024? Anything new and innovative coming in PLM?

KennyG

It is picking the Regions to extrude, so select inside your rectangle rather than on it as you are grabbing the region outside of your rectangle.

KennyG

No, your link works just fine for me. Perhaps your browser... I was using the latest version of the Edge browser.

KennyG

I'm getting offered pretty well zero discount if I renew before July, I have 16 months of backdated renewal costs on top of it. Here is the crazy thing, if I take out a term license instead, at the moment over 3 years they are offering 50% discount ! Of course at the end of the 3 years I would not ...

KennyG

We have not switched to SE 2023. I was almost ready to begin testing when the Siemens forum lit up with complaints and I hit pause. We lose too much (per the longtime users on the forum) and gain very little for our workflow. We'll probably wait until the more major UI problems are resolved, and li...

KennyG

Doesn't look like your STEP file has any geometry in it. Ran it through the NIST STEP Analyzer to confirm.

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That's why I recommended Solid Edge 2023. They have added a bunch of object-action workflows to the existing action-object workflows. Unfortunately, the face sketch example SPerman mentioned is not possible because SE selects features/bodies generically, not faces, so you would be following the proc...

KennyG

Definitely want feedback from someone who has used Solid Edge 2023 as the UI was redone in it, and a few of the changes were SolidWorks expat friendly.

@matt certainly has some time on SE, and @mike miller I believe adopted it.

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1) Is there a setting to automatically set new dimensions to locked? Several times now I have been caught out by forgetting to click the padlock symbol directly to the right of a dimension. IBefore placing the Dim, hit the padlock to lock. It will stay that way until you unlock it. This obviously d...

KennyG

You can also use Solid Sweep for this where you basically use a solid construction "milling tool" to follow a path to cut the slot.

KennyG

Ahh. I found Matts video on importing sheet metal parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJRxZYR2A4o&ab_channel=mattlombard I now j need to know how to alter the thickness. Thickness is typically set by changing the Material assigned in the PathFinder node. There is a Gage Properties tab. image...

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On the slot mate. Is it possible to offset the axes of the hole and one of the slot's radii? Then I could use a range value equal to the length of the slot side. Coupled with a tangent mate this would give me the equivalent of an SW slot mate. Could you post a screen shot of this "Construction...

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Ronan1961 To answer your questions... There is not a Perpendicular relationship but instead look for the Angle relationship which can be at any angle including 90°. Slots if created as Slot features will have an axis in the middle, so an Axial Align or Connect can be used to say place a bolt in the...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:07 am Sounds like Solid Edge default assembly path finder behavior. White text on bright green background.

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Not anymore. in 2023 it is black text on a bright green background

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image.png I installed Community edition 2023 recently and imported about 60 parts from SW. The data manager was active. I have disabled it but all open parts list as eg Document Number/Revision Number:-Title:5(File name.psm) . I just want the file name to show on the open tabs and in the assembly t...

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This is disappointing.Thanks for letting me know. Yea, not sure why they removed that option from the VCB, but one of the reasons given for the exclusive change to it and its redesign is for better new user experience, and part of that is "discoverability" so guessing that providing the a...

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If you are talking about docking it to the EdgeBar like the one in 2022, you can no longer do that. As Matt mentioned it can now be "magnetically" positioned around the perimeter and corners of the graphics window only.

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Me too, and the replies from Bob.

Kind of glad this got reinvigorated as it was way too quiet on the BLOG...

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Man, you must be addicted to self inflicted pain ;; . If I'm on the road, the laptop is coming out and getting tethered to my phone. I could see using this as a viewer and for "lite" markups, but for any serious cad work, doing that on your phone is terribly inefficient. To each their own...

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Some of this "running on anything" is pure novelty, like running it on a smart phone. A 15" laptop is barely big enough to use temporarily for CAD in my experience. Anything smaller would be useless to me unless I invest in a set of magnifiers for my glasses. Now if we started using i...

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I believe this is similar to the SolidWorks Cloud desktop version......it's just a remote desktop cloud version of the desktop software. SolidWorks uses it for doing trials now I think......and you can use it during beta. So not a separate "cloud" only software like Onshape or Xdesign stu...

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matt Don't like it either. Feels like a "commitment" problem! Break-even is just a few years between subscription and purchase+maintenance typically, and then purchase+maintenance is cheaper. Then there is the controversy of named user licensing vs. concurrent floating... All cloud apps I...

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bryan5 Maybe off topic a bit, but on another note, some of the benefits of Onshape have been available for decades only it was called "mainframe computing". Everyone ran the same "rented" app version on inexpensive "terminal" devices and files were saved automatically....

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krisreddy PLM systems today can record e-mails, chats, and markup communication about the parts/assys being modified. You still have the venerable "Revision Table" on drawings and/or PMI outputs. I also attempted earlier to recommend looking at Autodesk UpChain but it appears it did not p...

KennyG

Jason, Can you tell me if the Solid Edge Radial menu is still available in the new UI? Or did it move to the "square/block" shape that NX uses for its "radial" popup dialog? Which by the way is a single-level listing and not the 2 layers that SE has/had. Thanks in advance! Ryan ...

KennyG

Can't help with CADKEY, but if that doesn't work out, you might try giving Solid Edge Community Edition a try. It is free to non-commercial users (meaning you don't use it to make money) and it is full featured. https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/plmapp/education/solid-edge/en_us/free-software/c...

KennyG

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 ag...

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KennyG

Use the Blank Body command to flatten it.

KennyG

We need the mobility, so we are using HP Z book Fury 15's. We reimage all new machines with our own image and thus remove any bloatware that may be installed by HP.

KennyG

I am not understanding what you want to achieve. Is it possible to post a pic of what it is you are wanting to do?

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Solid Edge can be purchased as perpetual or subscription, and can be licensed as Node Locked, Floating Concurrent, or Named User (cloud). Siemens is pushing subscriptions so that is what they lead with, but those can be monthly, yearly or for 3 years I believe and has nothing to do with how it is li...

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