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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 ...

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I've duplicated our production vault but didn't bring any files with it. The only files I copied over were the add-ins from the vault\0\plugins folder in the archive server. This was it. Once I copied that over I could access the search tool and do PDM operation on files. Without ...\archive\0\plug...

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@matt , any chance you would like to move the more recent posts of this secondary conversation to a new thread? The original was sleeping.

I keep seeing the title "Laser cut square tube" and open it then realize it's no longer about laser cut tube.

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Are you on 2023? I kind of saw this situation a couple of times, but I was not able to reproduce it. I remember I was opening the file from the most recent used list, but I think it was after cleaning up a vault view on that workstation. Still on 2019, in process of updating to 2023. Only way I kno...

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I might be several steps past going wrong here, but I have a set of test servers that were duplicated from the production servers. They're all VMs. On the duplicate (test) vault there are a bunch of files checked out that I would like to get "checked in" so I can follow the instructions to...

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Probably a dumb question, but can you confirm that the part.slddrw that you are trying to open from an assembly.slddrw is in local cache? In several ways, we've had issue like this where SW (completely unaware of PDM managing the local cache) cannot access a file because it's not in local cache. I w...

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If the data set has any assemblies with virtual components would those sldasm files need to be opened to get the virtual part files updated?

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I've run into this before and wondered, why is the desirable behavior different than the "recommended" option. What makes Use Document setting the recommended? I've been taught that most of the time when a software company says one option is "recommended" over others, their best ...

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Foo shows up rather frequently in the programming world, not a surprise if surfaced in a message dialog.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:37 am SolidWorks being SolidWorks.

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It's a very complicated system...

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Now that we've picked his video apart, I'd like to bring back to the surface the point that using multiple bodies to model one part/component can be a very robust option. I think understanding how the software computes these things so we understand why the "trick" works is as important as ...

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This appears to be fixed in 2023 (Maybe 2021). You can now select "All versions" and any configuration. Before, selecting "All versions" wouldn't let you select configurations. image.png This is good to know. However, the Configured Hardware ship has sailed from this port. But, ...

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Or forget about the common radii in the profile all together; add it to the sweep feature.

We used to be lazy and create profiles from a couple of cross curves, had similar problem; created "bends" that were not reality. We're doing better now.

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Just a WAG, but could one part have been miles away and the rotation was set to rotate about center or origin instead of a part or geometry? That gives the appearance that everything flies out of view or disappears.

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Hello, I recall someone here sharing about what they make at work but I cannot find it now. Does one of you make machines that test dampers or are linear test machines that can drive by position, speed, or force with recording all three?

Thanks!

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Nice work. The appearance is surprisingly less painful.

I second the post timestamp instead of how long ago request.

Also, can you just get rid of the "Answered" label? The number of replies is shown and most humans can do the if(numReplies > 0) logic pretty quickly.

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Thanks. Alex these are not sheet metal parts, so flat patterns will rarely be used. Bnemec, I'm not sure I'm 100% following as I'm relatively new in the design world. This is for Laser Cutting and CNC. I'll follow those guides and get back to you if I run into trouble. Thanks very much! If you're d...

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So this DXF is for CNC cutting, laser or waterjet, etc? We have never used drawing (view)s for 2D CNC dxf; Solid Edge or Solidworks. They have always been saved from the model. This is for various reasons, including scaling as you mentioned. However, it has been my experience that the most popular w...

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Sorry for dumb question, but what is the purpose of the dwg/dxf from the model? What is consuming the data?

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It's beginning to look like I made wrong choice to use Save As PDF in our PDM task add-in. I didn't leave myself very good bread crumbs as to why I didn't use the Print to PDF method when I wrote the task add-in. Starting to feel like I need to try to add code for print to pdf and a task setup setti...

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Is there something in the folder that's causing Windows to block deleting the folder, you know, like thumbs.db ? I'm guessing the pdm process is just swallowing the error from file system instead of displaying a helpful error dialog, you know that dialog that we all hate to get when deleting and &qu...

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As far as I know, those files are only deleted when the user browses into the folder that contains them. If they are "locked by another process" then the pdm client process cannot delete them. Also, they may not be read only, for whatever reason. We've seen this several times. It's even wo...

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Is that the PDF printer that is installed with Acrobat? It doesn't look familiar.

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When pasting raster images of the pages of a pdf is not acceptable, is there a way to tell Solidworks to "unpack" the OLE pdf file into sheets when doing Save As PDF? I see a hint of that ability in System Options -> Export -> PDF: High quality lines, Sharpened OLE DPI setting. If I have a...

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I tried to copy your process and the behavior was not repeatable in 2019SP4. I was thinking maybe you had dirieved configs, but I didn't see that any were indented (treed) in the drop down menu. I did notice some strange behavior in the global variable selector that might point to something. When yo...

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What registry entry is of you concern? Server side entries like usercache should be recreated. You need to allow the access from AD adding the new user names you modified in the db in the archive server as well. Thank you. I don't know if it should even be a concern. In the link below they go on to...

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Sometimes users change their names. We use Active Directory for PDM login, so when IT updates the users login name in AD and I run "Update Group from AD" it wants to remove the user's old name from group(s) and create new user by new name. In effect it's the same user (person) just a new n...

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My current plan is to make parts with multiple configurations, and then save each configuration as a new part. If I need to fix something I can go back and do it from that one "template part" and save out the affected variants again, instead of having to go into each part and do the same....

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If using PDM, and want to search for where used of the specific part, then don't use configs; actually I would say stick to the one part per file rule in that case. Where used in PDM works pretty well, but not always. If you want to know the where used of a specific config in a file, you must first ...

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But it works! Why can't I use it? BY the way once the head (screw not hammer) is stripped, the hammer is about all that is left! You bring up a good point to continue the metaphor. While knowing the difference between a screw and nail should either be common sense or covered in 8th grade shop class...

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mp3-250 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:43 am @AlexLachance so SW devs really made the undo command working as expected ?
it is a serious concern as there are still instances that are simply ignored during the undo, so the undo does not relly... well undo wht you have done.

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I have fond hopes that at some time in the distant future (but not too distant because I plan to retire in 2028) when we suppress a feature in a Part, and it has children further down in the tree, we will have a System Option to have those features remain active, but showing errors, instead of bein...

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Doing that every day. At the risk of being a jerk: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/capitulate I get it, we don't have a choice much of the time. But it just seems if we keep on this path of replacing the expectation of reason with training, eventually we'll run out of people with enough logic abi...

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SE isn't showing a warning or error that I see, just the link icon if you edit the sketch, but its not obvious that its connected to anything. I guess its remembers the edge from history that isn't there anymore? Not really sure how I feel about that, like its linked to a ghost I can't see anymore....

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CAD software is a "tool". How much "training" did you get when you buy a hammer? Was there instructions/warning not to hammer a screw or bolt? Company need to establish a standard and train employees to that standard. Most company just hand over the hammer and say "Go nuts&...

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I think you nailed it .. I seems that Dasult have gone to town of crafting UI components and forced upon workflow just to have end user to give up and slab everything that needs to be edit at the end of the feature tree. In other words their own poor man "synchronic" workflow. One way mod...

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Put reference in sketches. Don't project/convert from model. Reuse the sketch. Features can move up and down. Just not above the sketch. Preach on! But you know, the out of box training shows how to use the software. Not always so much how to use it properly, usually focus on what it can do and spe...

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So you want the child born before the parent? I cannot speak for Dwight, but what you say is one of the uses. Maybe didn't bother to check refs or aware of the ref, but not obvious why there's a ref, some people's sketches get crazy or could be feature parameters. Either way, allowing the user to p...

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A little follow up of some things we learned while evaluating CAD Link. Keep in mind, this is just one person's perspective. - The CAD Link user(s) have complete authority over the Bills of Manufacture in Syteline. + In our situation that is not so good as the Design Eng department knows the CAD but...

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The normal way that I'm used to is paste command (ctrl +v) and the copied content is floating around as a preview as to where it will be dropped on mouse click. Shift puts the copied content at the same location as it was copied from, mouse click drops it. Smooth, simple, fast, done.

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I wonder how they will implement that, IF, they do. The functionality has been around for as long as I can recall in aCAD as well as Solid Edge draft. Things like this are why I just chuckle and shake my head when people say Solidworks' UI is and has been superior to everything else.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:46 pm Eek, what did you do..? Hope nothing too bad

I'm going to guess it was related to CAD usage.

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Feels like a month early in WI too. Winter (what there was of it) left the soil as dry as it found it. Usually when the frost comes out the soil is very soggy, this year the top is dusty dry most places. There was very little frost this year, doubt more than a foot for more than a week if that. Last...

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Is this in the context of PDM?

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This old man could use some help for a very minor issue. I was typing a response on a an internet site (completely unrelated to SW) and attempting to underline some text. Somehow (I think I mistakenly held down Ctrl while hitting the -/_ key), and all the text got smaller. I've closed that tab and ...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:29 pm I was thinking pretty much the same. I think this is why AI is such a scary thing, kind of like nuclear energy, because it could be used in awful ways

Also like the pen or podium or the forge.

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With that in mind, going on the "SolidWorks Enhancement Ideas" community and using the same filter gives us quite a good perspective of how little work has been done towards SolidWorks since the platform's existence. image.png 2111 ideas still in the "process" since the migratio...

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Former mold engineer here. NX with moldwizard and I confirm that direct modelling took a good chunk of our daily work....... Curious, have you used the Solid Edge ST? I don't know that I could compare it to "Direct Edting". Regular Solid Edge has direct editing functionality, a bit more t...

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That's the plan. I just need to figure out how to firewall the Windows box and still be able to pull files and such from my NAS box You sound smart enough to self teach these things. If you have access to the firewall on your router/gateway (if it's managed by your ISP then this may not work) then ...

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