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The closest you will get to this with PDM out of the box is Delayed In-State Notifications . When a file is first checked in it will enter some initial state of some workflow based on certain criteria that you specify. You could have different initial states or workflows for various expiration time...

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What kind of files are you managing? Some other CAD format? Most files will be static (pdf) and we need to prevent file proliferation as well as make them easier to find. And as Frederick indicated they are defense related and some have the time restriction. Other files will be typical MS Office fi...

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We are looking to implement a PDM system and SWX PDM Pro seems like a good choice for us. However, we are open to suggestions for a better system. Our needs are for general document control as we do not have or plan to get SolidWorks CAD as part of this. Cloud-based solutions are out since we must h...

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The Goal, by Eliyahu Goldratt An absolute must read for anyone in business, especially in anything related to manufacturing (though its theory of constraints applies everywhere). Though this is a business book of sorts, you won't find it next to Good to Great (another recommendation) because it is w...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:02 pmimage.png

Just. . . wow!

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I've spent most of the last few weeks on one of the most difficult projects I've done in the 15 years I've been doing this kind of work. I've gotten the information piece meal, and the client drawings I'm working from are awful. At one point it calls for three rebar stirrups spaced at 20", spa...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:05 am Maybe I'd have watched this movie if this was an actual scene...
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@mattpeneguy, These are pure GOLD!

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SPerman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:19 pm How about just a little less of this?

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So, you are saying ONE and TWO!

==> WOW! It appears that post has been removed from the 3DSWAMP!!!

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dave.laban wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:20 am Current top ten;

1 - ESCAPE Should Terminate Any Process and Return the Model/Drawing to its Previous State (92 votes)
2 - MBD: Ability to create ordinate dimensions in MBD (84)

When the TTL was on the old forum the #1 item had well over 200 votes. Those were the good ol' days!

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:20 pm There are lots of "experts" on the internet. You know more than 50% of people believe they are above average.

And you, Jason, your very existence makes the upper half of the Bell Curve possible!

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To Alex's point, the presentations would need to be different for non-technical people vs. people that are going to be learning to do 3D modeling. If you want these people to start learning to model then the built-in SWX tutorials are terrific.

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Boeing has fixed the problem.
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bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:27 pm For the searches: Rapid Dimensioning

https://help.solidworks.com/2021/englis ... ulator.htm

Thank you, Ben. That is helpful.

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That was fast! MANY THANKS!!

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I am annoyed with this when I am placing a dimension: image.png Can someone please tell me how to disable this? I have not found what/where it is controlled. (Yes, I know, it is probably something that is supposed to be good for me, but I'm tired of it.) I also searched this forum for a list that na...

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After digging deeper, I am confused. The section on PMI says the step files need to be AP242. image.png But the section on importing step files doesn't list ap242 as an option. image.png I downloaded some files from here to test with https://www.nist.gov/ctl/smart-connected-systems-division/smart-c...

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So close to getting it right!

Since Advent ends on the 24th he needs end up face down on the pavement on the 24th.

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Our company is finally interested in implementing a PDM. Our needs are actually rather simple: we need document control mainly for a) revision control and b) limiting file proliferation. Our documents are mostly independent files such as pdf's, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. We do have a variety of CAD fi...

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I was actually pleasantly surprised to see the swamp revive @Glenn Schroeder's FAQs that disappeared in the forum transfer. It's a very small step in the right direction at least. https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/wiki:epO39LpPT6qBGizC2DZsSw Th...

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KaMei wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:22 amdgUu3wC.jpeg

This is absolutely brilliant!!

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Uncle_Hairball wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:32 pm Not very long. They just pulled it.

Correction. It has been Outed.

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Yeah, there's a way to do that, but I'd have to take some steps that I'm not ready to take just yet. I just went ahead and deleted the user and any post he made. Unfortunately, @AlexLachance also posted, so that part survived, and now we are calling attention to the thing I'm desperately eager to a...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:45 am Geez, these things seem to be getting rather complex at finding "open spaces" to leak through.

And yet, we cannot navigate the 3DSWAMP!

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:45 pm lol, gotta poke 'em a bit to get things moving I guess?

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Well, that fills me with confidence!

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matt wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:12 am ,snip>

We've recently passed 1100 registrants. That would have been MUCH higher (close to 50x) if I had let all the obvious spammers get through and just suspended bad accounts.

Well, that exposes what DSS did not do with their 3DSWAMP. They just keep adding mud to their clear waters.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk6MkW1eRiY Excellent stuff. Did anyone else notice the CAD they were using is Onshape ? And Trimech is a SolidWorks VAR. () Edit: Well, that is embarrassing! I'm so used to the classic icon colors in SWX that the blue/gray icons first looked like Onshape to me. Watc...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:52 am As I am recovering from my latest crash, all I can think is that I just want software that can draw euclidean geometry reliably. My need for modelling mobius strips is rather low.

But here's the thing. Once you get onto the topic of Mobius strips you can never end it.

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:18 pm That's 1 Pi Mobius.

2 Pi, not Mobius.

3 Pi, Mobius.

We need Mobius slot car tracks.
Alin, next SLUGME project

Is any roller coaster track Mobius?

And then replace the roundabouts with this!

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:45 pm You want people to post files and meet the requirements?...You need to lower your expectations...

Excuse me, @mattpeneguy, but Alin posted this first on the 3DSWAMP. THEN he posted it here to get a better intellectual discussion and better efforts.

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matt wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:34 am Paul Salvador did this a couple decades ago....

http://www.zxys.com/swparts/

Among other (impressive) things.

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Hey @DennisD, You get your power back on yet? (If you even lost it). Our friends in Sarasota lucked out. It tracked far enough north that they only lost power for a couple of hours. In 16 years we've never lost power during these storms. Thankfully our NE corner of the state gets the least effects ...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:53 pm Yeah, this was doing it on any drag and drop from anywhere that didn't add mates or change anything really. The GIF has some weird colors but basically the sketch was throwing errors without having any. Saving and restarting solved the issue instantly.

Are you sure you're not in IT?

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:39 am Doesn't that sound like some familiar software?

Boom!

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Just wait until we get some I, Robot level suggestions and it starts suggesting solutions that we "remove" the stupid people to increase the average IQ level. That's been suggested before, but there is a reproduction factor involved. Our robo overlords will take care of that when they eli...

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In my early days of SolidWorks ('98), my thoughts were the same....create the smallest, simplest feature tree. This turned out to be not the best way to go about it as Dennis and Glenn already mentioned. I could spend a day teaching nothing but best practices of feature building and relations...whe...

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In my somewhat humble opinion you're placing too much emphasis on "I like to keep my feature tree as clean as possible." Your patterning would be much simpler if you don't have holes on multiple faces with a single feature. While it's nice to have a clean, simple tree, it should be second...

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https://futurism.com/the-byte/students-answers-telltale-phrase "I had answers come in that said, 'I am just an AI language model, I don't have an opinion on that,'" Timothy Main, a writing professor at Conestoga College in Canada, told The Associated Press. Artificial Intelligence is no m...

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Wow. I don't think you could make this more convoluted if you tried. https://dsxclient.3ds.com/ https://www.3ds.com/ https://my.solidworks.com/ https://www.solidworks.com/ https://dspart004-eu1-partners-ifwe.3dexperience.3ds.com/ https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/ https://kbsw....

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:13 am Today's forcast, cloudy with thunderstorm:
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No, 100% power and 0.1mm pitch, 1 pass for all. Vary feed rate 1 mm/s to 10, 20 to 110, 11 to 19. I'll try 0.1mm/s to 0.9mm/s. Maybe finer pitch, 0.05mm. Also try 2 pass or more. I am eager to see what can do with this laser! I see burn test grids that vary the power in the rows and the speed in th...

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Fix a broken knob and engrave on steel. 1.75" SQ 1.5 hr to engrave. PXL_20230807_050305639.jpg 201 Stainless heat tint testing, number is mm/s. 100% power, 0.1mm pitch horizontal lines. PXL_20230808_123642125.jpg PXL_20230808_123615320.jpg Need to find red and green. At 60 mm/s and above, the ...

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DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:39 pmimage.png

@DanPihlaja, you are giving Captain Obvious a run for his money!

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Time for a grumpy old man rant. Customer service is dead. UPS: I've had a package at the local hub since Sunday morning that was supposed to be delivered on Monday. I literally cannot talk to a human. I spent 10 minutes going through their voicemail system, only to be given the same information on ...

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I just read through this article: https://www.engineersrule.com/solidworks-puts-the-cloud-at-your-service/?utm_source=Engineersrule&utm_campaign=baaeaa7600-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aad7a6fc98-baaeaa7600-323873169 I see no mention of ITAR compliance so I assume this ...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:58 am Got it:
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Assembled last night. Need to find a place to put it and test.

That was fast! It must have some form of vertical adjustment. Please elaborate after you figure it out.

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I have a Phrozen Sonic Mini resin printer. I have only used the water-washable resin and found it pretty easy to work with. As with all things, do your homework.

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