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KennyG

For those users who need full featured enterprise PLM and need to manage your SolidWorks data and associated ECO's, what do you use? I'm not talking about SolidWorks PDM, but other enterprise systems like Enovia, Windchill, Teamcenter, Aras, etc... How is your experience with the CAD connector integ...

KennyG

Is this being done to push folks towards their 3DX apps and away from SW desktop?

KennyG

philem By default, the delivered templates are here for 2024 and the ones you use are in the subfolder for the Standard you selected on install ("ANSI Inch" as an example): C:\Program Files\Siemens\Solid Edge 2024\Template You have the option in the SE Options/File Locations to specify a ...

KennyG

Open your templates used to start new files, and set it there. As AlexLachance mentioned, the Gradient Background setting is a "per file" setting while the Solid Background setting is a global setting. Doesn't make a lot of sense but I think the original intent of the Gradient Background w...

KennyG

@philem I was going to suggest using an alternate e-mail. It basically goes by that to verify what country you are located in and if it cannot verify it usually displays a message saying somebody needs to review your request. Glad you got it.

KennyG

@philem The download is working again, so you might retry the download.

KennyG

philem I answered your post on the Siemens Community as well. It may be due to an issue they were having with that download on their server as it was having issues mid-week and I believe it was being worked on late Friday but wasn't resolved yet. The other possibility is that your location cannot b...

KennyG

That's what I'm running. As long as it's up to date, should provide the best experience. There was a Win 11 bug around MFC controls, but it was like a year or so ago.

KennyG

Not sure as I'm not seeing it. Maybe something that was resolved in one of the 3 updates. Community edition is the initial release with no updates applied. I'm assuming you are running Windows 10 as well?

KennyG

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:56 pm Is is just me or is 2024 kind of slow and clunky going through the command bar menus? Maybe there are some options to turn off that is contributing?

Jason, what are you referring to... Display speed of the form when switching commands or just utilizing them while selecting fields/options?

KennyG

Sorry, I was being thick... In the hole dialog, the units change based on the Hole Standard specified. If you specify ANSI Inch, the dialog is in inches, specify ANSI Metric the dialog is in mm. Has nothing to do with Units or Dimension Format. The Units are set in the Hole DB (Excel) for each Stand...

KennyG

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:09 pm image.png

I believe this is what you're looking for.

Trying to be funny or did you forget what group you were in?

KennyG

SE file extensions are still the same. I saw the same with ZEL X and in that video the icon clearly shows it as an NX file.

KennyG

The File Units controls all dialog units. If you have Dimensions placed, they are controlled via the Dimension Format specified and can be set different.

KennyG

matt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:56 pm Hmmm. Well that shows how much I pay attention.

Well at least you paid attention enough to know they enhanced it... You just missed that it was not completely new.

KennyG

Just to be clear, a recent version of SE added the ability to make features like Move Face in Ordered mode. They copied one of SW's WORST ideas, which in turn was just a bad imitation of a direct edit function. Actually, the Ordered direct edit Move Face and Rotate Face commands have existed in Sol...

KennyG

philem Guessing you are the same poster that posted this same topic on the Solid Edge Community forum and got this answered/resolved there. Synopsis, using Libre Office instead of MS Office so had to perform a workaround to make that work, and installed to a non-default drive so SE was pointing to ...

KennyG

One item worth noting is that SP updates will bring further functionality rather than having to wait for a year. This has been in place for a while but seems like it is a major focus. Though let's see how that plays out during the 2024 cycle.... This is an evolution brought about by Agile Product D...

KennyG

@matt , I don't recognize that UI

KennyG

You can't download earlier versions. They only post the latest version for Community/Student Editions which at this time is 2024.

KennyG

Anyone interested in representing Solid Edge?

https://cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=3223

KennyG

I found information earlier that says you can export to AP242 (starting with 2023), but at this point, I'm not sure what part of their documentation to believe. https://help.solidworks.com/2023/English/EnterprisePDM/Admin/IDD_CONVOPSTEPDLG.htm?verRedirect=1 https://help.solidworks.com/2020/english/...

KennyG

DennisD wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:57 pm You are SOL trying to import AP242 in SolidWorks. It is not yet capable, not even in SWX2024.
https://help.solidworks.com/2024/englis ... eneral.htm

So how are you supposed to work with PMI? Can you at least export to other systems with AP242?

KennyG

https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/ques ... nouncement

KennyG

Joints in Fusion 360 make no sense. How can you take something as simple as mating two components and make it so convoluted a person can't figure it out? They've adopted a DSS type attitude of solving a problem that didn't exist, and then digging their heels in saying, "but its better, you jus...

KennyG

Y tinkerman You do have to be careful with NVIDIA now as the pro GPU models and the consumer GPU models from NVIDIA are all called "RTX". The key difference is that the Pro models are branded "NVIDIA RTX", and each model are typically given a whole thousands name such as "20...

KennyG

I read a while back they were aligning icons with NX. I wonder how many users that actually helps; how many use both systems and need the icons to look similar? I mean, they're vastly different systems, why need same icons? It's bigger than just SE aligning to NX or vice versa... All Siemens PLM pr...

KennyG

Jaylin, glad you got it worked out and found the OneDrive setting for the Folder to disable FoD on it. Microsoft needs to enhance FoD to leave all the file properties on the "stub" left in the cache when the free the file up so MS Search can keep it in the index, or they need to figure out...

KennyG

I hate hackers and evil people in the world. Ever since our company decided to open our networks to global teams and vendors.... I have to "authenticate" multiple times a day on my phone. I feel like I'm wasting 5% of my day playing authentication roulette every single day of my working l...

KennyG

Jaylin, are you set as the "Document Controller (see field on the Vault Definition page or set in the SE Admin tool if using Options.xml)? I believe only the Document Controller (I thought it was called Change Coordinator) can change status on Baselined/Released/Obsolete documents. OneDrive/Sha...

KennyG

Jaylin, the folder structure can be anything that fits your business process. I've seen folks use project folders per customer, folders based on part type, or many other combinations of folders. As to the "status" folders, that is used for the ECO workflow change initiated by the Change Co...

KennyG

Gotta love stuff like that. And how do you know which one needs to be resolved?

KennyG

You are using Blank Body to flatten the part which makes you pick one surface of the solid. You picked the inside surface which is going to have a radius of 3.35 since your sketch that created the surface was on the outside of the thickened solid. Blank Body does not use the solid which is why you h...

KennyG

Might have a look at InkScape. I was thinking it had this capability.

KennyG

Thicken is not available in the Sheet Metal environment, so you must have started in Part. I think you need to explain the process you used to "flatten" it as there is a couple ways to do this and they are meant for different manufacturing processes.

KennyG

For anyone who has been running the Community edition of Solid Edge, the 2024 version has now been posted. Assuming the Student edition, and Free 2D has also been posted.
https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/free-s ... /overview/

KennyG

IsoCAM2023 Yes, you can create an Add-in that captures Solid Edge "events" and can then run code before or after these events take place. You may find some already created utilities to do this. Might want to look at the following link. https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/topic/0TO4O000000M...

KennyG

@Ryan-3DS "SaaS" is a marketing term along with "XaaS", "Platform", "PLM", etc... Whoever uses it or tries to explain it is either wrong or right depending on the audience as the definitions seem to differ depending on the source :-)

KennyG

As for the Share name. It is surprising that Siemens would go back to TC Share. Really surprising since Siemens is HEAVILY marketing Xcelerator. As for the newer capabilities, Siemens marketing makes it appear like the newer capabilities are SaaS only. Unless Siemens has set up a multi-tenant serve...

KennyG

Are you asking how to turn off the PMI section? If so, you will find a "Section Views" node in the pathfinder where you can turn them on/off, and you can also have multiples if needed whereas the Clipping Plane only allows one instance.

KennyG

Damianes If you use the Clipping Plane, it does not clip the geometry but rather it clips the display. Instead, under the PMI ribbon menu use the command "Section by Plane" which will clip the geometry and then you will be able to select the faces directly below the faces that were removed.

KennyG

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:31 pm I see the FLAW in you runt.

No problem in the platform.
Clear your cache.
Keep clearing your cash.

You forgot...
"Try a different browser."

KennyG

That's a good point. I was pleasantly surprised at the enhancements to the core software for 2024. (See https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=2979 .) Seems Dassault is on a slow burn towards their goal: https://develop3d.com/cad/the-death-of-solidworks/ But the pieces appear to be falling into p...

KennyG

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KennyG

Thanks Kenny. So now that you have this model that has mixed facet and brep...can it be exported to anything? Or is STL the only option you really have? It would have to be exported as a mesh (STL). Primary use case would be for additive manufacturing output. This also allows you to use Generative ...

KennyG

Gang- I was hoping to get an update on convergent modeling in Solid Edge. As I recall convergent modeling required a Reverse Engineering add-in. Now that was way back in Solid Edge ST10. I was wondering if anyone is actually using convergent modeling. I found the SE functional matrix and it shows t...

KennyG

I've also seen where you can "solvent" polish FDM prints with acetone which will smooth and seal, but doesn't work with good PLA material.

KennyG

You can do the exact same thing in Solid Edge using the Extrude command with the Cut option and setting the cut side to the outside (defaults to inside for a closed sketch).

KennyG

Just to annoy everyone, I'm going to like this comment. There is a lot of functionality in the platform if you need to collaborate with others. Ryan, when you store your SolidWorks files in the 3Dexperience platform, are they stored natively or are they converted over to the CGM format used by the ...

KennyG

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:09 pm In SolidWorks......hold "control", grab line and drag,....let off control and drop line.

In Solid Edge, do the same but use the ALT key instead, and no need to remember to release the ALT key before dropping.

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