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sergio.monti

I did some 'cut' that changed the number of bodies and their arrangement on this part with respect to the original part, probably that messed up body reference to appearances... Reboot didn't solve the problem. I applied appearance to features downstream on the feature tree in order to overwrite the...

sergio.monti

I've done it in the past using Alternate position with 2 configs like you just said and it works very well. Mine was a small project so I did'n noticed any slow down in the drawing. I think the newer versions of SW allows to create alternative position with Display States, too. So you could have onl...

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There should be a bug... I used materials and appearances for years with Solidworks but I've never seen something similar.... When I try to apply material/appearance to a body, its appearance doesn't change but the color of another body is changed instead. Unbeliveble... The preview of the appearanc...

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If you draw XY dashed lines inside the block, when inserted in a 3D sketch you can orient each line of the block along X, Y, Z, or make perpendicular to any other line

sergio.monti

If you select all the wanted features on the feature tree (hold CTRL) > RMB > Configure feature you get a table where you can see where each feature is suppressed or be able to suppress/unsuppress feature on each configuration. That table work like an excel spreadsheet (copy/paste, fill by dragging ...

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If is just the case of multiplying the dimension by a factor, you can make a fake sketch at the beginning of the feature tree, then draw a line with length=1 (i.e. D1@Sketch1 = 1). The following dimensions you want to change will be multiplyed by "D1@Sketch1". You only have to configure D1...

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Other solution could be to extrude the text - therefore you get a solid and the sketch text will be hidden - then edit the sketch containing the lines and use 'Convert Entities' command selecting the top surface of the text. You are then able to cut inner lines.

sergio.monti

There also a quick way to do it. Create the pattern first, then double click on the pattern items in the tree -> double click on the dimension of the pattern and edit typing "=" and click on the dimension to link on the part. See gif attacched.

sergio.monti

Is anyone using PRO.FILE as PLM in Solidworks? Is it working fine? Please share your experience.

sergio.monti

When I mate two components, the floating buttons (Lock rotation, change alignment etc) are displayed under the mouse pointer. It will stay there until I click it or move my mouse a little bit I really don't understand why they don't incorporate the 'flip-alignment' and 'lock-rotation' function in t...

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Very often when save changes to parts I'm working on, I'm also asked to save parts or subassemblies apparently unrelated to the part or subassembly I modified. I'm sue everyone using Solidworks noticed it. Does anyone know the logic around it? What will be the implication to choose to 'save' or 'not...

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If you mean dimensions on 3D model, yes I tried it but with very limited success... Probably it's me... may be I do it wrong... I struggle put the dimensions on the correct orientation/plane. I had to draw a bounding box just to show the three overall dimensions...

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Yes, I found that out after I posted that. Woops. () The only other thing that I can think of is to use the filter in the tree. image.png Yes, this is very annoying... You can try to combine the two functions: use filter "Draft" on the top of the feature tree and then select the draft in ...

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When I find one or two dangling dimensions only, I try to reattach them. If doesn't work - 50% of times - I delete and re-dimension. If I have several dangling dimensions in the same drawing, I direclty re-dimension just over the dangling dimensions using them as reference, without deleting them. Wh...

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Maha Nadarasa wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:38 am If you want to replicate this type of model, what will you do? because section view, measuring tool and dimensions do not work.

Have you tried to import enabling 'Solid Body'?

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This is not Autocad, we don't have WCS. Geez. grumph >>> Have you tried the Tools > Sketch Tools > Modify? It's a little old and decrepit, but I think it might do what you are asking. No WCS, though. I did't mean to refer to AutoCAD at all. I meant main coordinate system or whatever you want to cal...

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Andy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:05 pm Try this, in settings...

Andy.

It's not just visualization, hor-vert relations will still be stuck to sketch CS.

sergio.monti

Hi all, I know this topic has been discussed before but I never found a good solution for it. I would like to choose the orientation of the sketch on feature creation. As you can see in the animation below, I have a part on which I want to create a cut and I want to keep the horizontal orientation f...

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Hi Justin, you can do a big rectangular cut, as big as the perimeter. Then you can add full-length stripes .250" thick in the horizontal and vertical directions. You will end up having A+B instances instead of A*B. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure it's going to be faster. Hope it works. Se...

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Hi Marco, an option could be you create a furter configuration of the subassembly, say 'config2' not set to 'hide' and suppress the parts not to be sold separately. Then, you insert a second instance of this subassembly in the main assembly in 'config2' state.

sergio.monti

Hi Justin, you can do a big rectangular cut, as big as the perimeter. Then you can add full-length stripes .250" thick in the horizontal and vertical directions. You will end up having A+B instances instead of A*B. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure it's going to be faster. Hope it works. Ser...

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I sorted it out eventually.
I had to delete all the DimXpert tolerances, than it worked.

sergio.monti

Yes all the dimensions I want to show are 'Reference dimensions' but they are not flat to screen, as the other model I have.

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Morning all, I would like to show dimension annotations on a 3D view of the model. I like to display the following reference dimensions flat to screen but the otion is greyed out in the 'system option' while the assembly model is open. image.png image.png I suppose I'm dealing with a 'DimXpert model...

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Maha Nadarasa wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 5:21 am In my graphic area top pan is missing. How to fix it?

I'm on 2020 SP5 and I have the same issue. I can't get the top pan.

sergio.monti

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:38 am Scale it down

It seems to be the only way!!

Just wondering if there is any other workflow I'm missing...

sergio.monti

Instead of converting have a separate templates (mm & inch). It will solve the issue.

As you can see from my original message, I tried but it doesn't work!

sergio.monti

Problem is that the part should be external diameter 17mm

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I dowloaded a 3D parasolid model of a 17mm potentiometer from traceparts. I tryed to import it in Solidwrks but it is imported in inches instead of mm. If I use part template in mm, the file is converted from inch to mm (scaled x24.5). If I use part template in inches, the part will use inches inste...

sergio.monti

Thanks for sharing. Very appreciated!

sergio.monti

Hi Brian O, you can use 2 linear patterns, one for the 4 holes in the corners and another one for the side holes. Then use 'Up to reference' to the end point of the sketch line. Length of sketch line will follow part dimension therefore you can use same features and patterns in both configurations b...

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Try running this macro and see if it helps. If I remember right, you have to select the view then run the macro.

As it was a very simple drwing, I solved the problem by removing the alternate pos view and applying it again.

Thank Josh for sharing the macro, it could be very useful in future.

sergio.monti

Did you get the following error when you are exporting?
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Yes, I got that message and it sounded weird to me!
Yes I changed scale after inserting the alternte position view.
I solved the problem by removing the alternate pos view and applying it again.

sergio.monti

Hi all, I have a drawing of the top view of a cabinet showing the front door open in an alternate position. I found an error in the alternate position view when exporting to DXF only. SW drawing and export to PDF are correct. Here below is shown what I see in the SW drawing and PDF image.png and thi...

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