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Glenn Schroeder

For the love of hidden keyboard short cuts! Try ctrl plus the plus key , hold down control key and use scroll wheel on the mouse. Or depending on browser it might be in the settings/tools area. image.png That one worked. Thanks for all of the replies. I tried this one first since it was the first r...

Glenn Schroeder

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 r...

Glenn Schroeder

JSculley wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:20 pm You call also roll the feature tree back above all the patterns/mirrors so they are invisible and unavailable for mates. Out of sight, out of mind.

That's what I usually do.

Glenn Schroeder

Uncle_Hairball wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:44 pm I think Alex was right. I just had the same thing happen again and it turned out there were mates on both ends of a mirror.

Thanks everyone for the helpful suggestions!

Sometimes it's unavoidable, but I try to avoid mating to components brought in with a pattern or mirror.

Glenn Schroeder

JSculley wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:41 am I would go a step further. Any dialog with more than two options such as Yes/No should not be dismissible, and even some of those are still dangerous. Here's my list of dismissed dialogs:

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Mine is a little longer.

Glenn Schroeder

It's not relevant to your question, but the Confirm Delete dialog box is one that I firmly believe should never be dismissed. There are too many variables, depending on the situation, and hiding it for one situation hides it for all of them.

Glenn Schroeder

Uncle_Hairball wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:41 pm Yes, but not this time. Yet another case where SW required delete and start over.

That would have been my next suggestion.

Glenn Schroeder

Ctrl+Q can be your friend.

Glenn Schroeder

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... The good news is no, it's not more than half. The bad news is that it is...

Glenn Schroeder

You've gotta love spam emails. I hadn't checked my spam folder in quite a while, so I just took a look. One of them is addressed to "Unconfirmed dear," and another one warns me that "Anamul" tried to log into my Facebook account (which would be a good trick since I've never had o...

Glenn Schroeder

I agree wholeheartedly that new options shouldn't be turned on by default, and I've been saying that loudly and often for years, but at least there's a way to turn it off so we aren't stuck with it.

Glenn Schroeder

Does this color difference show up on the printed drawings? I think it is great that the SW user knows the dimension is overridden. I don't want to take calls from vendors asking "Am I supposed to do something different with these blue dimensions vs. the black ones?" I don't know, but som...

Glenn Schroeder

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:03 pm Hopefully it covers overriden dimensions but also covers those who just delete the <DIM> and replace it with text as Glenn stated.

I don't delete the <DIM> and replace it. I check the "Override value:" option and enter the desired text there.

Glenn Schroeder

Some users have been asking for an option to have overridden dimensions on Drawings show as a different color, so that enhancement was added in SW2024. Because the only reason I ever override a dimension is to completely replace the dimension value with text, I didn't see any reason I'd ever need or...

Glenn Schroeder

Pretty sure one of the announcement videos said (implied?) it would be a rolling two years back limit, so 2029 save as back to 2027. To be fair, while I don't know anything about writing computer code I can see where going back farther than that could be problematic. I'm astonished they are allowin...

Glenn Schroeder

mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:30 amimage.png

I can remember cassettes doing that, back when I had a cassette player in my truck. If you were careful you could wind it back up using a pencil.

Glenn Schroeder

I don't know of any way to do it with just the cut list. My cut lists don't even have the column for angle. If the body isn't detailed it's assumed both ends are 90° and they have no holes or other cuts. If that's not the case then I show a drawing view of the body and add dimensions as appropriate.

Glenn Schroeder

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:11 pm Gosh darnit they seem to have banned the guy...

That's a shame. He was pretty entertaining.

Glenn Schroeder

He's back at the Swamp, and getting about as much help as you'd expect (nice comment from @josh).

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... s7Yi1etSDg

Glenn Schroeder

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:54 am I'm currently, logged in, not having any issues on Google Chrome.

Thanks. It works for me now also.

Glenn Schroeder

This could be what I have been asking for for 20 years : (could not test it yet) image.png It's too bad they put the drop-down blocking the next cell, so we have to click somewhere else to clear it before typing in that cell. I pissed and moaned about it over on the Swamp and have been promised it ...

Glenn Schroeder

Has anyone else tried logging onto the Swamp this morning? I've tried several pages that I have bookmarked and they all just show a white screen.

Glenn Schroeder

My template has axes in it. I also have a macro to add them to any part/assembly file. These are not sketch axis, but the 3 primary axis that can be used on any sketch/feature. You will likely have to make some changes to the macro, as it relies on the names of the planes being consistent. image.pn...

Glenn Schroeder

They usually post all the break out sessions online sometime after the conference. I am going to attend the expo portion because my VAR got me a pass to that and I'm local to the area. I would have liked to go this year, since it's within driving distance, but my wife and I just got back from Beliz...

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Without going into politics, how do you guys feel about Tucker Carlsson going to interview Vladimir Putin? I think this might be very interesting. Wondering if the picture painted by the media will be accurate with what comes out of the interview lol I hadn't heard about it, but it leaves a bad tas...

Glenn Schroeder

The tin foil hat got better: https://getlambs.com/ The site says it "boosts cognition." I suspect most people who buy that could use some cognition boosting, but I have my doubts that the clothing will help. On an unrelated subject, I just got back from a week-long trip to Belize with my ...

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doobes wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:31 am Geeze. That's way too simple....
Prolly the best solution.

Thanks to all who chimed in. Appreciate the suggestions.

I'm not an engineer, which is probably why I like simple.

Glenn Schroeder

I'd like to offer an alternative solution. You could keep this Part, with with multiple configurations and use multiple Delete Bodies functions to delete all bodies except one, of course excluding a different body for each feature, and set the suppression state for each as appropriate. That way you'...

Glenn Schroeder

My computer was acting up so I took it to our IT people to fix. It sounds like they're pretty sure they can fix it by updating it to Windows 11. In the meantime they gave me a loaner with Windows 11. I really like that you can have multiple tabs now in File Explorer. That's something I didn't know ...

Glenn Schroeder

Hello,

That sounds like one of those weird behaviors that's indicating it's time to re-boot your computer (a full re-boot, not just closing and opening SW).

Glenn Schroeder

My computer was acting up so I took it to our IT people to fix. It sounds like they're pretty sure they can fix it by updating it to Windows 11. In the meantime they gave me a loaner with Windows 11. I really like that you can have multiple tabs now in File Explorer. That's something I didn't know I...

Glenn Schroeder

It said the user is from whatever corporation, so I assume it's a network license. If that's the case, the serial number wouldn't do any good without access to the server (I think).

Glenn Schroeder

Just a few minutes ago was the first time I've logged in since Friday, but if anything it's faster than before the recent difficulties.

Glenn Schroeder

I'm late to the party but something that just came to mind that I've wanted for a while was the ability to be able to move the connecting line of a detail view with it's detail profile to place it as desired. Currently the line is always lined up with the center of each. If I could place each end a...

Glenn Schroeder

Thanks for posting that Alin. I'm flattered to see that one of mine made the list. Alex, (and others), I know the list can be difficult to navigate through, but I wanted to mention that if there is a certain user (or users) who you think might have some good ideas, you can click on their name there ...

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I downloaded and installed it earlier this week, and after the much-more-painful-than-it-should-have-been process of getting our IT people to update the server got done this morning (because they've only been doing that every year since 2009) I'm about to start using it. I will give updates if anyth...

Glenn Schroeder

Mike Gera wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:21 am By the way, has anyone noticed that this forum is very slow (as in load speeds, post speeds, etc.)?

See viewtopic.php?p=33272#p33272

Glenn Schroeder

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:31 pm This is seriously atrocious and renders the forum unusable... Hopefully the host can find the issue soon

It's not that bad for me. Everything is just slower than usual.

Glenn Schroeder

Here's the rest of my list (apparently a single post can't have more than 10 URL's) Don't hide sketch dimensions in drawings by default in a drawing when the sketch is hidden https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:lzY2GJYFSuSaBdbONKEd1w Add roll...

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. . . and here's the rest (because I could only post up to 10 USL's) Don't hide sketch dimensions in drawings by default in a drawing when the sketch is hidden https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:lzY2GJYFSuSaBdbONKEd1w Add rollback in Assembl...

Glenn Schroeder

Here's part of my list. Turn off "Fixed" column for simplified design tables. https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:gQ6iLHo3T1qSqqJn9AA_9A Make selecting a midpoint easier in drawing views https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperienc...

Glenn Schroeder

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:06 am Is there a way to view the ideas on the platform sorted by "most votes" to "least votes"...?

Alex,

It's too early in the morning to be drinking alcohol.

Glenn Schroeder

SPerman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:28 pm @Glenn Schroeder had a post on the old forums that listed all of the icons. Hopefully he can provide a link if it still exists somewhere.

Jim Wilkinson put that together when he worked for SW, but unfortunately the link to it that I posted no longer works.

Glenn Schroeder

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:59 am Will be off next, see you all next year.

Same here. I'm leaving in a few minutes, and will be back on the 2nd. Happy New Year to everyone, and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate Christmas.

Glenn Schroeder

If it was me, since I'm a one-man operation, I'd go ahead and change them to Hole Wizard holes, and fix the broken mates as needed (I'd fix them whenever I opened one of the existing Assemblies using this Part instead of trying to fix them all at once). If you're in a multi-user environment you woul...

Glenn Schroeder

I realize that this is likely AutoCAD-related and not SolidWorks-related, but is there a way to set a default .dxf template? Thanks. I'm not aware of a way to set a default, but when you choose to save as .dxf, you will get an Options button near the bottom left corner of the "Save as" di...

Glenn Schroeder

Damo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:26 pm . . . I went directly from SP0 - to - SP5.0.. Is rollback even possible.. And how would I do that..

Going to an earlier service pack within the same version shouldn't be a problem. Uninstall sp 5.0 and then install the earlier version.

Glenn Schroeder

During covid, one of the news outlets loved to make maps that were all the same color, but different shades. Now there's a state, in the middle of the country, and your trying to decide of that is shade #3 or shade #4, and the legend is too far away to be of any value. This isn't the worst example,...

Glenn Schroeder

Here is a good example of how not to add color. You've got the whole spectrum available to you, and you chose 2 colors that are difficult for me to tell the difference. (On my TV the colors were all but indistinguishable. It is better on my PC.) image.png My guess is those colors are green and yell...

Glenn Schroeder

I don't know if this will apply for your situation, but when I need a 3d sketch I often create a solid first, with the edges where I want the 3d sketch, then use Convert Entities on it for the sketch. That's often much easier than trying to control a 3d sketch without anything to reference, and you ...

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