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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:31 am This one is going well: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... WeFL2iGRvg

Did they just make up some new word

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Cant believe they are killing it. <()> https://blog.grabcad.com/blog/2022/08/09/a-fond-farewell-to-grabcad-workbench/ Does Stratasys just kill it because it does not align with their business model... grumph Their blog mentioned GradCAD Shop as "a solution better than workbench" but it is ...

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Do you mind sharing the schedule/agenda?

I take a peek at the speaker list, and notice quite a number of speakers is from DS and 3DX..

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This is just SAD!!!!!!! I mean I'm glad that there are some new things added but this pales in comparison to back in the day. It was something I use to look forward to... seeing what new features were being added and over the course of the past 10 years the length of "What's New" has redu...

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dave.laban wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:22 am "Replace Component only in the same assembly level" is a biggie for me.

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Wow...i totally missed this...

This will be really useful.

(Why do they put it under Previewing a Replacement Component in the first place...)

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My guess is you would like to select the "highest" level of the component in the feature tree? What i normally do is using breadcrumb, the workflow is something like below: 1. Select the face of the part i want to copy 2. Press D to activate breadcrumb, select the appropriate level 3. Sele...

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Apparently the What's New page for SWX2023 had been released.

https://help.solidworks.com/2023/englis ... 954471#Pg0

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Can you control it using a custom property instead? 1. Create a custom property call DATE in your drawing / drawing template 2. Create a note and Link the note to custom property (Syntax -- $PRP:"DATE") 3. Repeat step 2 for all other sheet 4. To change the date change the custom property

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Randomly throwing idea...
Try playing around with the option below?

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Maybe a dumb suggestion...
Have you tried turning OFF (or ON if it is off) the enhanced graphic performance setting? SW2020 will have it turn on by default

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i took a look on your files.. A few comment: 1. Try to avoid mechanical mate and advance mate like slot and cam if possible, especially when you need to use contact in motion study 2. (I might be wrong but...) Mirror component often cause issue in motion study because of how solidworks rebuild mirro...

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What are you trying to achieve?
Is it just a quick animation?

Or does it need to be a detail motion study?

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Switching CAD system is always not as easy as it sound. It is not only impacting your CAD, your legacy Data, PDM, and all other stuff will be impacted. Allow me to go off-tangent... I am guessing you start without going through a proper training? Switching CAD system is no easy job, especially when ...

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Is the sketch being converted to Curve entity?
Sketch entity could not be exported.

If you are still having issue after converting to curve entity... maybe try:
1. Changing the parasolid version
2. Changing file type to other neutral format (eg: STEP, IGES, etc)

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AlexLachance , thanks for the input. Do you mind sharing what is the most common issue(s) you faced? Is the issue reproducible? What Glenn Schroeder mentioned is correct, i am trying to use the standard OTS part file with different version of SOLIDWORKS. By not saving them to latest version, this w...

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I recently came across this SOLIDWORK system option that was added in SWX2020. Force referenced documents to save to current version You can improve save performance by clearing the Force referenced documents to save to current version system option in the External References tab. When you clear the...

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When SOLIDWORKS is first installed, the Real View Graphic is turned on by default

Is there a way to turn it off by default during/after the installation without needing the user to turn it off manually?

Maybe some registry edit?

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this sure sound similar

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Could you share the solidworks file/step file?

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And is that "need to use new templates" thing a real thing? Thanks Personally, i dont see a need of creating new template with each version // updating template to latest version. We had been running different SW version, SW2016~2021, using the same template in SW2016 and so far i do not ...

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I contacted API Support and they suggest using AddMate5 with swMateCOORDINATE, which will align the axes. The code snippet below works as expected. Have fun with it ;) Sub main() Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Dim swAsm As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc Dim swSelMgr As SldWo...

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Mike Gera wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:26 am One question, though.

How do I embed a Revision Table into a sheet format?

Insert, Tables, Revision Table is grayed out when editing a sheet format.

Thanks.

Sorry, i think i remember wrongly.
Rev Table could not be added onto sheetformat. It need to be added into the drawing template

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1. Change the table header top to table header bottom. Your rev table will be flipped vertically image.png 2. I dont think it is editable in Excel 3. Under Document Properties → Table → Revision, select Linked for Multiple Sheet Style image.png 4. This depends on your use case. In your case, embeddi...

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If your company policy allowed, maybe CADASIO might worth a try?
1 year ago they are looking for feedback
https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=813

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Color is not part of ASME standard AFAIK my 3cents: I tend to avoid color whenever possible. The only 2 situation where i used color (that i can think of now) is: 1. Calling out surface finish requirement on a specific surface (both in CAD and drawing, normally is a separate view in drawing) 2. Use ...

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Asking around before i start writing my own macro...

Do anyone has a macro or similar macro that do the following?

The current idea for the workflow is that:
1. Select TWO component in feature tree
2. Run the macro
3. The macro mate the two component together using origin

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Our official issue tracking tool is JIRA here.... although a lot of our mech folks tend to avoid it... A lot of people still prefer the good ol excel spreadsheet.... but i personally find it really annoying when it come it attaching image, collaborating and the row limit For smaller project, i will ...

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I believe you are referring to the API example link from the customer support portal...

If i recall correctly, the link actually direct you to the old Solidworks forum...
My 2cent will be that the content was not migrated....just like all the other useful post...

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I was importing a STEP203 file... but for some reason the file is imported with colour/appearance into SOLIDWORKS.. My understanding is that STEP203 should not contain any colour data... The file is a PCBA file which is exported into STEP203 format.... I check the STEP file via notepad and it seem l...

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First: the activation of what it is you want to do should NOT happen until you release the mouse button over the function that you want to do. There have been so many times that slightly touching the a function activates the incorrect thing in very large part that the inner circle/area/ given to mo...

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I am suppressing a sketch feature today and for some reason one of the feature downstream got suppressed together They do not have any parent child relation... Suppressing Sketch23 also suppress BossExtrude39 together image.png image.png Ironically... deleting the Sketch23 do not affect BossExtrude3...

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Since you already mentioned that you had two macro that almost fit your needs, it will be easier if you share them here so that we could point out where/how to change them to suit your need. A lot of time changing the export from STEP to IGES is just a matter of changing the file extension in the ma...

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As Dan mentioned, I dont think SW has this feature What i will normally do for symmetry part is to: 1. Model the "base" of symmetry part as a whole 2. Define symmetry plane (if needed, eg: when symmetry plane is not on the primary plane) 3. Create all the feature required 4. Cut the part u...

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We are looking for a Technical Analyst to support our Windchill (PDM/PLM) environment. If you, or someone you know is interested, I believe you can apply right from the link. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/josh-romine_technical-systems-analyst-activity-6932763845300011008-qDat/?utm_source=linkedin_s...

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Freeze bar should be a system option which you only need to turn on once for it to appear on all part.

If you are referring to moving the freeze bar, the example should get you started:
https://help.solidworks.com/2017/Englis ... ple_VB.htm

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Here's another good one. https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/iquestion:dooerkLxTUCwuMlyRbxkZA/answer:swym%3Aprd%3AR1132100503382%3Aqnaanswer%3A3vEcF7rzQlqYDHLm9mJOrQ/comment:swym%3Aprd%3AR1132100503382%3Aqnaanswer%3A3vEcF7rzQlqYDHLm9mJOrQ%3Acomme...

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I dont think SW has any OOB feature for ray tracing or "light simulation"

You might want to look at:
https://www.solidworks.com/partner-prod ... solidworks

https://www.ansys.com/products/optics-vr/ansys-speos

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Hammer, I recently ran into a limitation that I think will be a problem for you too. I don't think that there's a way to identify if a note is a revision symbol. I wanted to make a macro that finds and changes the color of all revision symbols that might be left over from previous revisions, but co...

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RIGHT! That's what I was telling my supervisor. I'm hoping the website was made by nerds like us, but the package is not cheap. You'd think they would invest and upgrade beyond the intro to HTML. Especially since this is their store front. Thanks for your opinion! UU Well.... i was often told if th...

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No issue for my side...
Do your font support the unicode?

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Do you need the sketch point to be parametric linked to the table?

If you dont need them to be paramtric linked a macro might do the trick
https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-ap ... ordinates/

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If i understand correctly, what you are trying to do is get the layer list and iterate through all drawing item (dimension, table, notes, etc) and compare them with the layer list Not sure will this help... Codestack has a macro that iterate through all dimension and export them. This might be a goo...

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I just upgraded to 2022. After the upgrade I opened solidworks and restored my saved settings. Everything looked fine, except the custom macro buttons I added to the toolbar were missing. After some google searching, I found the solution is to run the "restore settings" wizard with solidw...

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After some checking...
it seem like one of the imported multi-body part has a very high graphic triangle count (253387) which stressed the system...

But i still dont really understand why turning off the custom property tab improve the performance

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We recently notice a huge performance issue due to the custom property tab When the custom property tab is active, selecting and unselecting the face cause a huge delay image.png When the custom property tab is not active, selecting and unselecting the face has no issue/delay... image.png The custom...

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In some cases, fully defined sketch tool may help, but that really subjected to how complicated your sketch is... You can turn off relation so that it only add dimension which make it slightly easier to figure out where is the undefined points https://help.solidworks.com/2019/english/SolidWorks/sldw...

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From what i read, it is pretty similar with what already exist, just that the maintenance patch/release are more frequent and they scrap the idea of annual release It seem that some of the release will still resulting in compatibility issue like upgrading your CAD (aka trying to open future version ...

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If you are just looking for embedding 3D model... Cadenas might be an option (it was used by some of the supplier site that i commonly visit) https://www.cadenas.de/news/en/reader/items/how-to-embed-a-3d-model-into-your-website Example of site using cadenas: Bossard https://bossard.partcommunity.com...

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The tolerance values are in the array returned from GetFrameValues. You have to use this along with GetFrameDiameterSymbols and GetFrameSymbols3 to get the full picture. A symbol like this: image.png outputs a set of data like this: Frame 1 start ================== Has Diameter Symbol =============...

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Can you be more specific as to what you're referring to as "Tolerance 1" and "Tolerance 2"? It's a bit unclear from the information you've given. If it's referring to the standard +/- tolerance on the actual dimension, you can obtain that through IDimension.Tolerance. If it's re...

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