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jmongi

Maybe the most common newbie mistake is thinking there is one set of rules that can be applied to all parts in all industries. I'll add a corollary to this one... "My way is the best way of doing it." - Prevents you from learning something new. "Other's ways are better than my ways.&...

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Thanks! That worked. I must not understand SW nomenclature. Like what is the difference between a broken reference (what I thought I had) and an "out of context" reference (which is what it said I had). It's a bit counter-intuitive to me that after I see that there are reference issues whe...

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This has been an interesting discussion on part in part/multi-body....but...is there an answer to my original question? When I get to the area where it appears I should be able to edit the references, I cannot. Has anyone updated a reference in a part in part situation? Is it a bug that it doesn't w...

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Are you saying its broken/doesn't work?
I used part in part because the "assembly" is actually a welded part and not an assembly at all. Seems like the usage case for this type of idea. But, I'm beginning to see your point though.

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As my thread title states...part in part

I think I found the right spot but I can't actually edit anything. Usually this means I haven't done the correct order of secret clicks in order to "enable" editing but I haven't stumbled upon it yet.

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This shouldn't be this difficult. I can Right-Click on the part in question (a weld cap), then select "External References". This SHOULD be where it can be edited. It is even implied by the Lock button which PREVENTS reference editing until unlocked. But if I select on the reference in the...

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So, here's one related to the last few posts...

If your sketch is so complicated that fully constraining it is difficult, it's probably a bad sketch.

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I think we sometimes forget that big companies and small companies can be very similar. Our company just let it's president go (owners are still involved, this is a small company). In my opinion he had quite a depth of knowledge of our industry. He also had hit or miss knowledge of actual production...

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I have a part that is a pseudo assembly with individual parts placed within it. Some of the parts have broken references. The specific error is "out of context". But it also says it can't find the original part when I try to edit it. I thought I found how to edit the references but it won'...

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Well, this is great. We hadn't upgraded for forever and a few weeks ago we renewed our subscription and installed the latest with assistance from our VAR. I should have known there was going to be issues when the support tech went to install SP3.0 (which is what it was tagged as) and the installer p...

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It seems like every command I assume to be available (like make flexible) are the exact commands that someone decided didn't need included in the contextual menu. *sigh*

Thanks for pointing out the button.

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Exactly! How do I do that...

Ok, replied before the picture!

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I have a modelled piano hinge where I left the concentric mate rotation unlocked so the hinge parts can rotate. When I place that hinge subassembly into my main assembly, it no longer rotates.

Any way to carry over the freedom of movement?

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You can do circular patterns in the position sketch. Indeed. But then I still need to constrain the resultant pattern, so...seems less useful since I want points and those points get generated by sketch geometry needed to constrain those points. Unless I'm doing something terribly wrong (which is p...

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Hmm...I guess some of my issue is that trying to polar array sketch points seems...different...

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is to create a stand-alone sketch first, then when I get to the hole wizard feature I just drop the points coincident with end points, mid points, etc from my driving sketch. It only takes a few seconds So, I tried that, but I think I was adding an additional unnecessary layer and that was what was...

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Besides automatically sizing the holes and doing the sketches for us, one of the best things about the Hole Wizard is that these will populate the drawing with the proper hole callout and number of instances. This is the primary reason I DON'T normally use the hole wizard. I have no need of this as...

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So, I don't usually have to deal with threads and I don't normally use the hole wizard (I just model my holes, novel). Anywho....what is the preferred method if you want to use this? I have a bearing carrier with a 6 hole bolt pattern that I want to place as a feature. I recall something with using ...

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On the contrary, I think some need a CAD program to accomplish both kinds of mating....

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Thanks to all who responded. They SHOULD be the same taper. My past issues my have been from tapers that were actually slightly different or some random SW issue with face selection order. Those options look like they should work. I'll be back on this in a minute.

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Axes will align the tapers, but how do i set the depth? I haven't actually had a chance to try anything yet. Got snagged for a hot issue that will be done in an hour.

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So excited to make my first SW question on this forum! So, we're redesigning a power takeoff assembly and the main shaft has a tapered end that mates in a tapered shaft carrier/hub. How would I go about mating that together in SW? It's not super critical, but the final fixed position of the shaft de...

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I actually used Alibre CAD at a previous job and at one point when they were new I had Alibre Pro for free at home due to home use and whatnot. I'll have to check out the demo, see what's what. Might be worth it depending on the overall cost. They were just dabbling in PDM when I was using it (this ...

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There are always trade-offs. I do think a little longer than a month might be a tad better. But, C'est la vie (seemed appropriate...) I presume your doing something similar anyway @matt but I would just make sure to send a polite e-mail to those being deactivated referencing some possibilities (vaca...

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The sheer level of denial is....I'm not usually at a loss for words, but, I can't find the right words to accurately describe my wonderment, annoyance, anger, laughter at the denial. Hey, companies make dumb decisions, even colossally dumb decisions, but it takes real...something...to look at this s...

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They have programmers and engineers on staff working on this stuff and none of them haunt programming / engineering forums out there on the web? Given the overall design of 3Dex? I'd believe it. () Lost in the fray of how bad 3Dex is as a user forum is the fact that the OVERALL implementation is a ...

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LOL. Good to know that it's not just my company management that struggles with concepts of opportunity cost.

"I'm already paying them, what does it matter what they do..."

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:43 pm Oh wait, can I have his job?

You forgot the sarcasm tags!

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Wow. I admired his professionalism in the face of overwhelming odds. DS is poorer without him.

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Is today really his last day?

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@Dennis - Maybe you can't say, but why in the world are they acting so surprised now? I think the movement would have more weight if they would explain why they failed to listen the FIRST time. This..."We are shocked, SHOCKED at how you feel..." demeanor makes them look like even bigger fo...

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Hang tight guys... @Alin has spoken wise words, there is a lot going down, however there were quite a few things that happened that SW/DSS didn't foresee, mainly the reaction of the Old SW Forum Users. I will still go with my comments here.... https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=3296#p3296 So,...

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When the main help system isn't a direct link from the main help menu drop-down....someone doesn't know what they're doing.

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@Steven Billeter https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/wiki:GL1bPlejSrm3H8lSCqMXZw Because most assuredly everyone that logs onto the forum will not only read the wiki, but decide the "Proper" tag(s) to apply so that everyone can find the...

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There already are a few all cappers that aren't dealing with the anger very well...I responded to one of them about his unprofessional response. I'm curious to see the replies.

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So I guess that would mean its a user setting, so new user defaults could be off? Than someone could turn it on if they wish?

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@matt - Thanks for the suggestion. There have been a few good suggestions that I can use to customize the forum how I wish. That is awesome! However, my main point wasn't about my personal customization of the forum, but more for new users and guests who would not have customized anything. We want t...

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The all caps things is stupid in that it's another clever idea that is actually less clear than just tagging their user id's with some sort of official DSS logo. For a minute I thought there were a few users unclear of how the shift button functioned on their keyboards....

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Ok, I checked a few different forum styles and they all suffer from the same issue. With mchat, welcome and board biz, I have to scroll to see the meat and potatoes of the site, the CAD forums. So, a suggestion. In the "Welcome" subforum grouping there should be the following subforums: We...

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So, when I logged in today (placed on my secondary monitor, full screen 1920 x 1080), the main part of this forum requires scrolling to get to it. I'm going to check if its limited to my choice of style.

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I placed my parting words in my original post in the swamp. Out of respect for the forum users who already provided plenty of excellent feedback to DSS and were ignored, I will no longer update my post. The issue is not knowledge, the issue is choosing to ignore such knowledge. Cheers!

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A trick Alin reminded me of when dealing with such a situation is to use Shift + Enter.
But, I too find it frustrating.

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While VARs may feel they need to put a good face on the change-over, perhaps some of you well connected individuals could pass the word about this forum unofficially to the top VARs? Those familar with the subreddit can post there as well. We still need to hit critical mass of activity to keep Googl...

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Since I'm a glutton for punishment, I posted an improvements thread at the swamp. Just a quick perusal shows only 5 new actual help questions and only 1 answer. My question...where did all the n00bs go? subreddit? The ether?

They aren't here and they aren't at the swamp....

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The truly sad part is twofold. 1. This concept that they are trying to execute isn't actually a terrible idea (hear me out!) The idea of a community based "facebook" for their entire suite of connectable software isn't a terrible idea on the surface. Some of the collaborative functionality...

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I didn't consider the legal aspects of such an activity. Good point.

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Before the "transition", would it be feasible to scrape/index the current solidworks userforum to at least get it into a useable/searchable file that could be messed around with by future more ambitious programmers? I'm just assuming that it will be much easier to do (if it's possible) in ...

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Ok. After a bunch of checking (wish it auto updated after selecting a style), I settled on Flat Gold - Dark Mode

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The actual answer is "Open your eyes, you dummy!"

Thanks!

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I'd answer but I see no other styles besides "dark mode" and "light mode". Poked around the user control panel and didn't see anything.

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