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KSHansen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:23 pm The next time someone tries to tell me how much easier Solidworks is than Creo, I'm going to get al Will Smith on them.

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Can the solidworks task scheduler batch translate catia files?

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You could create a coordinate system template.

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When I do a pack and go in Solidworks 2021 SP5 I want to include the drawings. It only gives me the top level assembly drawing and does not give me any other drawings of models included. It also shows a -27 next to the drawings icon. See picture attached

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gupta9665 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:52 pm Macro1 doesn't have anything.

Macro2, there were some codes issue which I've fixed. Try the attached maco. You may have to update the macro references to 2021 version, refer this video

It worked great. Thank you for your help. Your the man

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gupta9665 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:58 am Which particular macro you are trying to use from the both? Are you getting any error? Can you post the macro you are using?

I tried both and when I run them I get nothing. No error message or function of the macro.

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Check the awesome macros by @Artem https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-api/document/assembly/components/fix-remove-mates/ https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-api/document/assembly/components/fix-float/ I am using 2021 SP5 and the macro to suppress all mates and fix top level parts does not seem t...

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You could write a macro to turn off sketchs, axes, planes etc.

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Have you tried this?

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I am CAD admin for a company currently running with 8 network licenses: (7 Professional, 1 Premium). A situation came up recently where 1 engineer had been running a simulation in the morning, so his computer had grabbed the 1 Premium license. He didn't close Solidworks after he was done. When a 2n...

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mike miller wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:22 am Wood grain is bad enough, but something like diamond tread plate? Atrociously frustrating.

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Damo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:52 pm Paul.

I am rather infuriated at Dassault for their change to Draftsight availability. (I could rant about this, but we all feel the same I'm sure..)
I would be very interested to know what you use as an alternative.

Would you care to share this info..?

KeyCreator

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Whenever a hard tool (mold, die) is required, changes are costly. From the videos, it doesn't require high pressure injection which already save a huge cost. That is correct. The plastic is in a powder form and it is gravity flow on the inside of the hollow mold as it turns on an X and Y axis in an...

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I know nothing about this manufacturing, but I watched in YouTube. It seem frequent design change is not possible with this type of manufacturing. Some of you may familiar with type of manufacturing. What is your experience? You might take a look at this site. https://rotomolding.org/page/Resources/

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I have worked in the roto molding manufacturing industry for 6 years. There are a number of differences in it compared to other plastic molding industries such as injection molding, blow molding and etc. A lot of differences in mold design and methods.

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Is this small enough?

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Would defeature work for you?

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I have the 2-button wired compact version. Probably not as stable-on-the-table as the more expensive version, but I solved that (and saved myself €100) by sticking it down with a few balls of blu-tack. My 2 buttons are assigned as LEFT = S Key Shortcut Menu . . . and RIGHT = CTRL KEY. How did you s...

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mike miller wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:44 am So.......all these people are this anxious to get screwed again?

I got a bridge in Omaha to sell......

Where in Omaha might this bridge be?

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In File Explorer you can turn on a column that shows the last version a file was saved in. That being said when you want to open a file you will know what version it is in.

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matt wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 4:41 pm What do you use for markup? Do you use your CAD native tools or a 3rd party application? Is it part of your PDM workflow, or a manual/email workflow?

Edrawings is a good tool for markups

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Surely there's something better than the standard tutorials from Siemens, which are about as intuitive and easy to follow as the 3D Swamp. grumph Neither do I like that garbage can called YouTube, where you don't know if the next bite will give you food poisoning or not. I would prefer a trusted so...

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Maha Nadarasa wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 12:12 pm @christian chu

Do you know how to reinstall windows?. Because I do not know. I have to get some to do this.

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Maybe because I signed up several years ago I was grandfathered the free version. I just logged in and had no problems.

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Hi @kawuser The thing that confuses me is that it says free in the title, but when you fill in the form to become a member, it says "Your trial version request has been received". Is the trial version limited time or feature restricted but time unlimited? I could not understand. I have us...

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Is there a free version of Onshape? I mean, it is a hobby for myself, teaching my children, dealing with my home, making simple drawings, but definitely not for commercial use! Is there a version that seems to have limited features? not limited time. I believe ONSHAPE is free unless you do not want...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:24 am
If software company can't program their software to install with AV, they're not worth installing.

I believe SW ask to have AV off when installing.

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VTmechie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:40 am Has anyone used an anti virus software that plays well with solidworks? It's required by the company.

Please define plays well.

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Edu User Anon wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:17 pm I noticed that was the case with the free 'intro videos' but was wondering about the 'paid content' after signing up. Any experience with that?

I have a paid account with Solidprofessor. I have downloaded any video I wanted but there again I don't know if it is legal.

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mbiasotti wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:36 pm I love doing exploded views in drawings - especially with balloons and a BOM.

Is this sarcasm

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Thanks ALL for your suggestions, and to matt L for his insights. @Zhen-Wei Tee - Do you know if those 'Solid Professor' course(s)/videos are downloadable? For example, if I was to sign-up for ONE month would I be able to download the videos during that time, for viewing offline after my month has e...

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Does anyone have a font for cutting words into sheet metal that they would be willing to share? The centers of the letters need to be connected to the outside so they don't fall out when cut, which is why I can't use a standard font. I did a quick search online but didn't come up with anything that...

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I started my CAD career using HP Me10 on the original proprietary HP operating system (I can't remember what it was called). Great (best ever) 2D system. I changed jobs and started using Baystate CadKey. Pretty good. Kubotek bought Cadkey and renamed it KeyCreator. KeyCreator is a non-parametric, n...

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Because I got VIP for 3D Experience World I got free exam access for the Solidworks Certifications. The last two days I burned through a few, CWSA, CWSP, CWSP-Weldments, CWSP-Sheet Metal which I all passed, I did fail the CWSP-Drawing, but that was because I had to get some rush work completed and ...

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I think that's thinking backwards. More people would want to use SolidWorks if it was backwards compatible, so that's more subs not less. Also, why would you lose the desire to upgrade? I mean, you go to 2021 and it sucks @$$ and it's riddled with bugs? Go back to 2020, wouldn't that be great? Unli...

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I have say they got a really good team on data transfer/translate. Only if they can work on SW setting from version to version. And files from version to version. They might find a way to make it backward compatible. They would loose subscriptions, the desire to upgrade if they would make it backwa...

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I have say they got a really good team on data transfer/translate. Only if they can work on SW setting from version to version. And files from version to version. They might find a way to make it backward compatible. They would loose subscriptions, the desire to upgrade if they would make it backwa...

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Hello, and welcome to the forum. The way you've done it looks very close to the method I've used the time or two I had a similar situation, but someone that does this more often may have a better option. As Glenn has said the method to do this is not an ease method. I have attached some pictures an...

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Hello, and welcome to the forum. The way you've done it looks very close to the method I've used the time or two I had a similar situation, but someone that does this more often may have a better option. As Glenn has said the method to do this is not an ease method. I have attached some pictures an...

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Roasted By John wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:49 am https://www.martinsroastapig.com/spring ... ring-ideas

That looks delish. Wow

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This may or may not help. https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/mate.htm
https://learn.onshape.com/courses/mating-basics

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You may want to check your preference settings for Adobe.

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christian chu wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:00 pm Hello everyone,
I recognized many of you; however, there are some new names to me
I just joined the group today, same day as my current job anniversary date
cc

Yes, nice to see others from the old sight.

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Concrats Glenn. I know the feeling. I have the privilege of being a grandfather 16 times and a great grandfather 1 time so far. They are fun.

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This will be my new home. Much easier to navigate here than 3DSwym.

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Making the move over trying to get use to the new layout. I am sure I will.

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