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Can you show a picture?

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This is good to know. However, the Configured Hardware ship has sailed from this port. But, we do still have some configurations that this might be helpful for. I think it should be a welcome enhancement. Sounds like a good candidate for a macro or custom program to easily allow swapping fastener m...

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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 select the version of the file to select a specific config (standard part). Since the config file will likely get many versions as new parts/configs are added the w...

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Our hardware models are configured (via design table) and we've been using PDM since 2010. No issues. The part number, description, etc... are configuration specific properties. I have one socket head cap screw model that has hundreds of configurations and is used in thousands of assemblies. When I...

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Nice, @JSculley, you have already shown more competence then the Dassault team. It's like they are the Bad New Bears of UI design.

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:48 am I did not like that movie.

Based on a true story I heard.

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I can do basic 3D solid modeling in Solidworks. I thought installing Solidworks 2023 is easy like just follow the instruction, click next, then click install. What image? Do you mean picture or image file like .iso? I don't understand. Can you guide me how to install Solidworks 2023? There are a nu...

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Quite right! My test-vault fix was to update TransitionID in the TransitionHistory table for each file, which had a trigger to update the corresponding CurrentStatusID in the Documents table (desirable in this case). But I didn't end up doing this in the production-vault, erring on the side of caut...

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mp3-250 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:36 pm I saw the attachment and it seems you have pdm logins too?
do you use mixed logins? AD and PDM?

Not initially until they added the option (2020?). Then i just had some test users as PDM logins. Now I'm moving all accounts PDM Logins due to our move to Azure.

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Thank you. I don't know if it should even be a concern. In the link below they go on to talk about removing a login name from the registry on the archive server. You make it sound like that is cache that is loaded/refreshed automatically. I guess if old logins are not automatically flushed from tha...

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@SPerman I think you have to purchase their Fusion Manage PLM cloud app.
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusio ... -extension

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I think the files were <Private State> but added to the vault, so they existed in the archive. I deleted them as Admin then recovered them around 30 min later, which left them checked in without a state. I tried reproducing it yesterday (in 2022 SP5) but they went into workflows correctly. At the t...

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Thinking about it more, I'm pretty sure using a screw with a driver is easier that driving a nail with a hammer. The nail and hammer required much more skill and practice, especially in 100 year dried oak framing. That's not what Mr. Miyagi taught us: image.png https://o.quizlet.com/53mGL7DkhPy.T6F...

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KennyG wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:28 pm 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?

Win 11

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Jason, what are you referring to... Display speed of the form when switching commands or just utilizing them while selecting fields/options? Just some general delays in the UI when going into commands. I think its the command bar trying to popup and change back forth between selection options and t...

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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?

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It sort of remember its reference. In other words it will gladly follow what end user want to do and not force its own stupid rule set on what is allowed. Its amazing how broken this SW really is. SE isn't showing a warning or error that I see, just the link icon if you edit the sketch, but its not...

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When we need to all remotely view something we screenshare with Teams. Integrate 3dx with that somehow with the online markup/viewing and they may be on to something.

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Control 0 should reset to 100%

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:42 pm So, anyone seen Google's A.I. called Gemini's famous quotes? There's some pretty wild ones from it's releases, the A.I. seems very 'woke'.

I think it also created some very "diverse" Nazis
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68412620

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Ryan-3DS wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:10 pm What are the file extensions for Solid Edge? Is SE creating .prt files like NX now or is it still a .par?

From 2024

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:17 pm Just wanted to brag of our colourfulness

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Matches your 3dx screen

https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=34054#p34054

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I saw a post claiming that more then half of the new top enhancements are In MDB. is it true? I have no words. nc machinIng aside it Is just useless junk for many other fields let alone it requires an additional license fee... Yes, due to: 1. Using this "platform" for voting is stupidly d...

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It's a good option to have for people working with multiple users creating drawings, there have been times where I wish I could distinct it visually because someone cheated their dimension rather then fixing things to get it right. Exactly this.....can't tell you how many times we've had users over...

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Research in anything software has become like quotes; only valid for 30 days. Digressing, but too many blogs do not contain publish date or location in the header like the old "proper" periodicals did, just have the name. That drives me nuts these days. Seems to be a tactic to make their ...

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Also, from some of the eaaforums it sounds like the Solid Edge is for several years, even some comments about can keep that version forever? Don't quote me on that, I didn't read all the details myself. I've been an EAA member for a while but haven't made time to download and install Solid Edge at ...

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matt wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:59 pm I think it's useful for quickly summarizing a range of answers, but not really useful for finding the BEST answer. Use it for general research, but not for critical details.

True, that how I've used it, to brainstorm some ideas. From there you can piece together an actual good idea.

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What functionality do you need? Simulation software is just expensive no matter where you go as its complexity and developed by PhD's in math, and companies need so few licenses. We have Sim Premium but had to go to Abaqus for a project.....I think a year lease was 15k+. A perpetual license is like ...

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Makes you wonder with the rise of AI, how much access and data mining its doing to answer peoples questions?

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bnemec wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:30 am I'm kind of excited about this additional functionality. Although I feel it's usage is mostly limited to helping PDM Admin trouble shoot or track down quirks in what users are doing/perceiving.

I'm guessing this was needed for audit control.......who is getting files and where.

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AlexB wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:47 pm It appears to be a table in the SQL database. I can't recall if the table existed before but I doubt it.
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Looks like the table gets added when you check the box in PDM 2023.

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Matt, because you need more to do

phpBB voting option:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/ideas

https://github.com/phpbb/ideas/tree/master

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@jcapriotti So imagine now there are 30 other items after that linear pattern existing the way it did prior to the change, with parent child relationships that are downstream and now you got yourself a good ole time having to rebuild all of the broken connections. This is kind of what I was posting...

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Pretty good video of how it works.

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The tin foil hat got better: https://getlambs.com/ Whether you believe in EMF's effects (from you phone/electronics) and its potential to negatively affect your well being, I'd say reading /texting while driving on said devices are much more likely to impact your life. That said, I felt a little We...

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I wonder if that is why they hide the Search.exe with no out of box shortcuts in start menu or task bar? The out of box way to access the Search.exe is through a vault view. I don't think there has ever been an official shortcut to the search.exe, you launched it from from inside the vault. We manu...

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Wonder if its related to the long standing bug with launching the login from the standalone search tool. If the user clicks on a shortcut to the "search.exe" in the PDM folder, the login prompt comes up but it doesn't cache the files. You have to logout and back in. This is really old........

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https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:6/post:Fxpx-7TrQoStBmzgPqWj4g 3DEX-BMW-01.jpg Let see if BMW quality go up ** Makes perfect sense considering BMW was moving to subscription for car features. Maybe they were just passing the buck. https://www.kbb.com/car-news/bmw-qu...

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When the TTL was on the old forum the #1 item had well over 200 votes. Those were the good ol' days! Navigating the Top ten is a nightmare. Figuring out how to sort and filter will make 95% of users give up. They should create (or license) a dedicated voting site instead of trying to shoehorn this ...

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If we want to expand it beyond MBD (which seems to be this years hot topic like Electrical was a few years ago); Hot? Hard to believe that users are clamoring for MBD over other needed functionality. This feels much like the last year or so where a bunch of Turkish reseller employees were padding v...

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mp3-250 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:43 pm @jcapriotti may I ask if your production archive server is in the cloud as well?
it was not clear to me in your comment.

All of our servers are in Azure....we no longer have any onsite.

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Out of curiosity, how did you guys handle server changes? I'm guessing you cloned the older server onto the newer server and then did the switch at the right moment so that it would least bother the company. This is how I've done it in the past with on-premise. In azure we would clone so that's muc...

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Ouch, why are you replacing your servers so often..? We changed our server last year but the previous one dated from before I joined the company so it was well over 15 years old. I agree that labor and maintenance can be grevious but I'd say that applies to both ends. We work from our network and t...

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Cloud isn't as expensive as it's made out to be, but having your data locked behind a paywall can certainly bring it's lot of expense. This I'm not finding to be true in all cases. Our PDM servers for example, we have one DB server and 3 replication servers. Then two development/test servers that a...

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I think they are playing it safe.....Windows is always updating....so reboot just to be sure.

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DennisD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:31 pm And you, Jason, your very existence makes the upper half of the Bell Curve possible!
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That's why we should be using median instead of average

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Bradfordzzz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:24 pm image.png

Apparently .. lots of people want to know the answer to this ! LMAO

There are lots of "experts" on the internet. You know more than 50% of people believe they are above average.

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I don't think I'd be very happy if my VAR posted my name, company and full license number online for all to see. <()> image.png Young guy based on his profile. The newer generations (and some older) don't seem to value privacy as much.....maybe too used to air their dirty laundry on the internet.

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Want to change your GD&T? Make sure to double click on the "correct" area Want to delete or change your datum? Make sure to double click on the correct datum box tool! Want to change two or more datum? Double click on the first datum, change it, then double click on the second datum, ...

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