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I am trying to figure out way(s) to separate the GD&T Exported into the following format 1: GD&T Symbol 2: Tolerance 1 3: Tolerance 2 (if any) 4: Primary Datum 5: Secondary Datum 6: Tertiary Datum image.png Take the following example : image.png I had tried a few approach but i cant figure o...

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Do anyone has any success using DImXpert for practical use? A lot of the example i found online mostly in the past just showed on it being used on simple machined part Do it perform well on molded part, eg: plastic parts with drafted faces, non planar faces, and cosmetic fillets etc? I never like it...

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I never understand why SOLIDWORKS need to use the same folder path for properties.txt and custom property tab template (Path defined under Custom Property File location in system setting) o[ image.png I had defined the Custom Property File to the folder where we store all our custom property tab tem...

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What SW version are you using?

SW21 allow equation to be used in custom property which might fit your need (I dont have 21 at the moment so i am not sure whether will it work)

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My personal preference will be with fractions... AFAIK, most system wont complain when handling slash "/", but try to avoid backslash "\" if possible I believe both approach are generally acceptable. My ultimate preference will be avoid inches at all, but that only exist in my dr...

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Maybe this will give you some idea
https://3dprint.com/70355/3d-print-furniture-modular/
(I came across this years ago)

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Got logged out quite frequently... end up viewing most of the stuff in guest view

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From what i heard, SW22 add some new capability to editing STL file, but performance wise is still pretty much the same i think? My personal practice when rebuilding large (non-organic) STL file in CAD: 1. Simplify the model // Reduce the resolution using MeshMixer if possible 2. If thle STL is stil...

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- Do a round trip on your data before sending it to someone else. If you can't read your own data, how is anyone else going to do it? I agree with this... but also found myself guilty for not following it most of the time :? If i am exporting a large number of STEP file (eg: for fabrication), doing...

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Communicate the Coordinate system you need if it matter to you (Y up, Z up etc) If you are getting neutral files from 3rd part, try to get different format (eg: STEP, IGES) at once... Sometime the export messed up and the other format work better... The last thing you want is to get a bad exported f...

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dave.laban wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:19 am I thought the whole point of cloudy based SAAS was that all the updates were invisible to the end user and didn't require any admin / management on our part?

Few weeks ago they have an update on their maker platform too

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Nothing was deleted... so i dont really understand why it mess up the internal ID...

Wait... now thinking back about it... i DID change a dimension to driven....but how is this affecting the internal ID

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Help...Part appearance changing every time when save. Click on GIF below for more detail. AprFool.gif Disclaimer...it was meant to be a april's fool prank... There is a macro running on background that change the part appearance based on random number generated everytime the user save

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Turn on edge filter, green box select (right to left) and convert entities.

https://help.solidworks.com/2019/englis ... ection.htm

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... ... ... Seriously though, it seems to me that 3DEXPERIENCE has zero chance of ever becoming even a remotely usable product. Yet Dassault is blindly rolling it's most aggressive sales campaign to date, that can only lead to an eventual disaster. I don't see them ever making it work, but nor can ...

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matt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 2:41 pm It looks like you are looking in the User Control Panel instead of the Profile.

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Profile should have Search User Posts and Search User Topics.

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Yes this is it....
Thanks alot

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If you're looking for topics you started, go to your User Profile . . . image.png And select "Search user's topics". image.png Yes, this is exactly what i am looking for.... but somehow it is not showing in my profile? What style are you using? It look like Flat Style to me... I am using ...

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I was trying to search for one of the topic that i posted in the past but could not figure out how do i get the list of topics that i had post in the past...

I can find all my post (replies + topics) but not all my topic.

Am i missing something here?

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Oh wait...X....X-men...ripoff.....I get it..... <()> The xDesign guy is clearly Professor Xavier.....sans the wheelchair. Well, everyone of them is wearing a X symbol at their waist one way or the other... :? Is just me or the part and the mold for xmold dont look like they match... some superpower...

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The X hype was just raised by another magnitude. https://super.solidworks.com/ Truly cringe-worthy. And those are the people you trust to store your CAD data? Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, I scrolled to the end of the page and saw.........yes really.....coloring book samples. <()> Pinc...

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So i came across something weird today... Unfortunately i cant share the part files I was updating one of the sketch (Sketch A) in my SSP which is use to control one of my part (lets call it Part A). The update is pretty minor (just some minor dimension change). The update got propagated to Part A w...

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CATIA does not play nicely with other systems. Translating CATIA to other systems, even by neutral formats (e.g. STEP, IGES) does not work well. Internal tolerances of CATIA's modeling kernel often lead to problems when sending data to outside systems. The problem is rooted in the CATIA kernel itse...

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We've gotten quotes on Flotherm, Icepak, Coolit, Simscale, and SolidWorks Flow Simulation with electronics cooling. (The electronics cooling is a separately priced add on.) I'm not sure that I can share pricing, but Flotherm, Icepak, and Coolit were all in the same ballpark on pricing. They were ab...

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I believe it is supposed to be double quote?

Eg: ="LoremIpsum"/3

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Interesting... it seem like surface trim 38 is causing the issue? I tried it on my end and seem like it only happen after trim-38. Maybe a bad vertex/edge? A little trick i learnt in the past, you can try to copy the two surface (offset=0) and try to re-select the edges using the offset surface agai...

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FYI

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

As always, it is behind a login wall.

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The MK# is assigned with name value is because of the following code: If z < 10 Then swCustPropMgr.Add3 "Mk#", 30, Name & "" & z, 1 ElseIf z >= 10 Then swCustPropMgr.Add3 "Mk#", 30, Name & z, 1 http://help.solidworks.com/2014/english/api/sldworksapi/solidwor...

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My 2 cents when it come to selecting CAD... 1. Take "CLOUD" or whatever it is called with a grain of salt... the last thing you want is someone holding your data/design hostage because of a "CLOUD" or server issue... 2. Learning Curve matters... Don't expect people to switch CAD ...

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I never like re-attaching dimension in SOLIDWORKS.... 80% of the time i cant get it to work... Ironically, i am always able to reattach dim in CREO... If only SOLIDWORKS has something like "EDIT ATTACHMENT" like CREO (Never thought i will say this one day...) http://support.ptc.com/help/cr...

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Ranting here a bit...

This is our "NEW And UPDATED" JIRA interface...

Which genius think it is a good idea to make a user-input field grey?

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FYI, in case anyone want to know "HOW" to insert code block into a SWYMP

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Have you considered using ANSYS ICEPAK? We normally use ANSYS ICEPAK for thermal simulation. I mostly use it for system level thermal simulation but had not done enough board level simulation to comment on that, but i do know that it can import traces layout (The only complaints i have with ICEPAK s...

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Ironically, the printer was working well with almost zero down time for the past two year (since covid).
It seem like once it is down, all the issues come together

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Whelp.... seem like we are having issue with our Stratasys uPrint too :X

The printer had been down for months due to 5V PSU.
Finally got the 5V PSU replaced and now the belts and Rod is having issue

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I think i got it once or twice last week while posting a reply.... (I originally thought it was due to my vpn :X)

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Did the cost increase due to the increase of bugs?
Or maybe the cost increase because the so call 500 R&D engineer is working on SYWMP instead?

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Personally i "created" mine in PPT and then save as png then convert to bmp... Most of the time i will get the "base icon" (eg: icon for Save, Dimension, Note, etc) from solidworks help page. After that change the icon colour using PPT recolour function so that it will not get co...

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Came across this post from my VAR... https://www.cad-vision.com.my/solidwork ... shortcuts/

The amount of inaccuracies/error

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Not sure have i share this before.... but sometimes i really wonder what people is thinking when they apply colour

Green for not compatible

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Graphic problem. Make sure you have SW certified graphic card

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I went ahead and downloaded the SE on the link here.. It is touted as free for personal use..!?!? (There are caveats, of course. But.... IT'S FREE..) And the webpage says they offer free training too.. I will definitely look into this.. https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/plmapp/education/solid-...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:05 am The Copy Settings Wizard should take care of that.

The copy setting wizard basically "copy" all your solidworks registry...
So if your registry is corrupted when you copy the setting, reloading it will corrupt the registry again

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16MB to 200MB is kind of nuts....

Is the setting turn on by default from the installation?

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So... i am not sure will this help... If you create a backup of your setting using SOLIDWORKS COPY SETTING Wizard, you can actually "examine" the *.sldreg file in notepad to see what customization you made (and maybe even fix your corrupt registry) image.png One trick i learned is to renam...

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Happy 1 Year Anniversary!

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This hardly counts as a most impressive trick. All the same, I did not make a new thread for this, and could not find a thread like, "What did you learn that you never knew before?" Today I learned more lazy. When entering today's date into custom properties, I typed in the month and date...

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I can upload my part template if you like. It's not perfect, but the closest compromise I can find. Front plane - X+ to right, Z+ up. Right Plane - Z+ to left, Y+ up. Top Plane - X+ to right, Y+ up. My biggest complaint is when sketching on the front plane it switches to Z+ being down, but that is ...

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It's been (almost) 1 year since this forum had been created... In case anyone is wondering.... The following charts show the some statistics of this forum Captured Date: 06-MAR-2022 Number of Registered User against Time: User-06-MAR-2022.png Number of Topics by Board: Topic-06-MAR-2022.png Top 20 U...

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Is there anyway to set this msg to "Dont ask again"?
Use copy setting wizard to transfer my shortcuts, macros and customization from SW2019 to SW2020 and this keep poping out everytime SW2020 is launched

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Frankly speaking, SOLIDEDGE is looking real good to me (with all the "promotion" by the user here). But the grass is always greener on the other side.. I would not recommend CREO though... Unless you enjoy "sticking your elbow in your ear and place your knee behind your back and then ...

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