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AlexLachance

He drops a lot of F-bombs now. And has pulled the plug on attempting to be "middle of the road" nice. Looked up a few, this one felt personal :lol: https://preview.redd.it/dilbert-reborn-4-7-2023-v0-64zwml870esa1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5a8e2cd68b2ce6db3460a401b3e...

AlexLachance

Seriously? SW cannot get undo/redo to function, why would we ask them to implement an undo stack for tab hide commands? I like the idea, and we would use it frequently; doubtful of an ER implementing that doesn't mess up something else. I'm guessing their response is use Display States. () Heck, Is...

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Where's the Dilbert comic that covers this? Marketing character: Sir, our existing customers are reluctant to abandon our legacy product to buy our new revolutionary system. Dilbert: Probably because the revolutionary system is unstable and regardless of the smoke and mirrors they see the new licen...

AlexLachance

Shift+tab is no good... -I don't want to un-hide any things that were already hidden before I started hiding things. If something big was there but already hidden, Shift-tab will unhide it first. -I don't want to have to remember which or how many or where things were hidden. I just want to instant...

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The workaround I usually use, mainly because of selecting contact surfaces for simulation, is to us the section view tool. If you create a section view through part or all of the assembly, then select the "Section By Component" with "Include Selected" set. This way I can select ...

AlexLachance

Shift+Tab my friend!

An intern taught us that about 6 months ago, we were all amazed that we weren't aware of it's existance.

AlexLachance

Ooof, 17 sheets is quite a large drawing, if your assembly is somehow big I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen.

AlexLachance

Looks like we'll be ending our SolidWorks subscription this year after 10 years of subscription. Hoping it puts some pressure on them and that others will have the same reflex. The prices are ridiculous and so are the justifications for the increases. Here's the nice mail they sent me this afternoon...

AlexLachance

What version are you running? Is it on specific files that this occurs? I've had similar issues arise every now and then but they are generally caused by Windows. You could try force-closing explorer.exe and then running it again. If it doesn't fix the issue I'd suggest resetting your SolidWorks reg...

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I guess the point that was saying was that it has cried wolf so often that I completely ignore it now. And If I ever call a VAR and the VAR mentions that it is an issue, then it will almost completely discredit him/her in my eyes. Unless they can point out a rock solid reason that it is happening a...

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Were you doing stress analysis? I recently had to add memory to a workstation because we did a stress analysis that was much larger then our usual one, so that workstation is now dedicated to large stress analysis lol. The second image is one that speaks of assembly updating. Perhaps you created a c...

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I get the "check your system" message almost every day and there are no red X's on mine. And the only warning is that I am not on the latest version. image.png We don't really get it much anymore unless we're working on heavy assemblies/drawings and when we were getting it my VAR kept tel...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 11:35 am I haven't noticed any slow down using Chrome.

It stopped around 9 AM eastern time.

AlexLachance

Nothing against Custom Tools at all. I'd like to test the premise that home-made solution is not practical for small companies. I don't know that there's a correlation between company size and whether or not they should make their own tools. I feel it has more to do with how well their needs fit wi...

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Craig Schultz wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 11:15 am Happens to me randomly. Sometimes on a very basic part.

128GB RAM, Quadro RTX 4000 "Shouldn't" be an issue.

Run RX and see what it tells you. If there is a red X, address it.

AlexLachance

Programming can be a huge time saver for repetitive task like Alex said. I have a bunch of macros that do certain things when I run them. My favorite is one that creates a list of custom properties in a model or assembly with default entries. This is much faster then having to enter each one by typ...

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Hey guys, I wanted to start a little conversation about programming in SolidWorks because I'm always looking for new tools to add to my toolset and figured programming might be a good one concidering that you can develop your own macros and other tools of that nature to help simplify processes, but ...

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MattW wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 12:22 pm Would this do what you want?

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In my case, they are sub-assemblies most of the time so I would need to select the level of the sub-assembly in order to change the display state. That's a pretty cool to know option though.

AlexLachance

Hey,

The forums are rather slow this morning, sometimes I even get a timeout.

AlexLachance

That would be useful.... However, did you know that you can change the display state for multiple components all at once? Simply SHIFT select (or CTRL select) multiple components, then RMB on them and select properties. If they are all the instances of the same part (which would be the case with a ...

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Hrmm. I activated File Explorer and it only give me a "An invalid argument was encountered." on the first time opening it and then subsequently every time I close and re-open Solidworks. image.png And if I open an assembly and show File Explorer, it ONLY shows recent documents. Not anythi...

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so for whatever reason i manage to get it work by accident on my machine suddenly.... after clicking the Link Table Cell, i need to press and HOLD my left mouse button...the the cursor will then change (no longer a stop sign) and i can select the table cell and it will link to my note... WHUT?! ima...

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TooTallToby wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 12:48 pm Not sure if you guys ever get this, but I get it alot....so I did the only logical thing and made a song about it

I love the irony in it, it's frustrating but we can laugh about it rather then cry, cheers Toby

AlexLachance

I tried to reproduce it but wasn't able :( My guess is you had liked the post, clicked to go to the next page, and then went back to the previous page(using the back button) and got the cached page that showed 0 where as the site knew there was 1. So upon clicking it, you saw a 0 turn to -1 and the ...

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I figured out that I can just paste the value ("=Foo") when I get the text box only, which is quicker than using the dropdown. You can also paste into the window with the dropdown. You can't paste the value in the property manager. It gives you a messages stating "please enter a numb...

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I have a hang-up with this too. IIRC you must dig deep and then acknowledge a click-thru NDA to even access the "fixed" SPRs list for each release. It is pretty wild. Ansys QA has a notion of a "Class3 error", which is software defect that results in a simulation result being wr...

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Hi Alex, the Component Reference is separate to Configurations, it's effectively a Unique ID for each instance of a Component. image.png I've got some useful replies on the other place; I'd never used the Go To tool and had basically forgotten it existed. It's a good workaround for this issue (espe...

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Component reference is the number in parenthesis? If so that's a configuration name and it can be used as a callout, this is how we do our balloons in our air drawings

Just create your BOM template and callout the property you desire to use as a "part number"

AlexLachance

I'm not a fan of horror, and as such, haven't read Stephen king in decades. (I think Cujo was the last book I read, in 1984.) A friend of mine recommended the "Dark Tower" series, and I am enjoying the heck out of it. King is a master story teller, and I find his work immensely entertaini...

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CONSTANTLY..! It's almost as if this is the one thing that I can count on SW doing. And sometimes they are just broken and do not "refresh". This is one I experienced just today. Broken Sketch Relations.png See the baby poo brown lines. The original entities are still there. They are conv...

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Hello Could you please explain how to simply draw juste the hole? Are there any tools in SolidWorks to achieve this, or perhaps a mathematical formula I could use? It involves two parallel segments representing two chords. I'm afraid my approach might be too simplistic, so I'm seeking expert advice...

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The network could manage this with folder specific permissions and what not. Cloud would also be an alternative but I doubt it since defense requires high levels of security in general.

AlexLachance

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... nxzxw7z_6w

If interested, please vote for this.

AlexLachance

I reached out to my VAR, and they sent me this link. https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:BR10000369143 I tried clicking "Subscirbe" image.png I tried submitting a rating/comment image.png It is hard to believe this is a multi-billion dollar company. Odd, it worked for me. Perh...

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we do not usually purge configurations and we mainly restrict them to assemblies. However I can state with confidence that a lot of garbage is stored even in supposedly emptied files. I stomped on an SPR that pointed to the save as to decrease file size. I also had a case of a drawing that was over...

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Am I correct in remembering that everything in the old knowledge base was abandoned and needed to be resubmitted on the platform? Something along that line but a lot more complex with a lot less intuity and no actual "transition". So all these things submitted on the platform aren't attac...

AlexLachance

I'm not sure about voting. I am not swamp literate. (I avoid that place like the plague.) I tried to paste a direct link to the SPR, but it only provides a link to the knowledge base. Understandable, I'm fighting a losing battle trying to get their attention as it happened when "One and Two&qu...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 3:13 pm I first discovered/reported this in 2022, but it remains unfixed in 2023.

SPR 524858

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I am a GIF, Click me.

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Do you have a direct link for me to vote on..?

AlexLachance

I now find that the count shown for a Selection Set is wrong if you box select items. A box select adds one to the count, where individual selects give a correct count. I'm on SW2022. If someone would confirm this, I'll add it to the bug list. Thanks Dwight I'm not quite sure I understand. When you...

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The Goal, by Eliyahu Goldratt An absolute must read for anyone in business, especially in anything related to manufacturing (though its theory of constraints applies everywhere). Though this is a business book of sorts, you won't find it next to Good to Great (another recommendation) because it is ...

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It doesn't work for me either. My 2 thoughts: PDM is causing the problem. (I'm pretty sure Alex isn't on PDM, and we are.) All parts / assemblies / drawings have to live in the same folder. (We do not follow this convention. Parts and assemblies are in different folders.) That could be the cause, t...

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That's a good idea. I've been reading for enjoyment for 50+ years. I just finished John Sandford's latest release, Toxic Prey . He's one of the few authors whose work I buy automatically when I run across a new title. David Weber, who writes mostly military sci-fi, with a little fantasy thrown in, ...

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IndianaDave wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:49 pm Unfortunately, when I click on the "open drawing" nothing happens.
Have tried on multiple files.
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I recall this happening in the first SP of 2023 or 2022, what SP are you running...?

AlexLachance

Hey guys, I figured we had a "What do you listen to" thread, so a thread about books would fit along the line and would allow people to share books that picked their interest and what not. I'm not much of a reader myself because I don't have much of an attention span but I do try to read u...

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Hello @Eddy Alleman Thanks for sharing this! I want this settings to take effect permanently on all parts (meaning I want to also apply a save operation). Is this going to do that? Here's the topic I started recently about this: https://cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=3403 Using Batch+, I believe you ...

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@AlexLachance Thank you! The only issue I have with "Apply to all referenced part documents" is this: Let's say I open my root assembly. I then set image quality to 20% & check the "Apply to all referenced part documents" and it successfully applies that settings to all the ...

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When you stay setting company standard; is that something that the user still has to apply the settings say when you download a new catalog part? I think for neutral file formats this would work great since SW just grabs the default template you set so I assume it loads it with proper image quality...

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Does anyone know of a PDF Translator that is somewhat customizable? We're looking to take our french drawings and translate them and some of the terms do not come out as we'd wish. For instance, ballon translates to balloon in english but the term we want is "air spring".

AlexLachance

Recommended pretty much means if you switch this setting issues might arise and you will have to deal with them. And by issues, I mean user issues, not necessarily program issues.

AlexLachance

Thanks, I'll give it a try. Do you know if it's possible to create a SolidWorks VBA Macro that can use this? If i have understood right, you can save this presets for exporting to DXF to a file, and then load this file so yoou don't have to re.do the layer selecting part right?. If anyone already h...

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