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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:27 am Seen a few comments here about sites like Youtube being blocked for some and I was surprised this was still going on.

Oh, i can relate to that...
Once i was trying to join a SOLIDWORKS event hosted by our VAR...
But they hosted it on YouTube and i cant even access it...

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Hmm... not sure what happened... did the guest theme changed again?

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Here is the code to paste into the "Code" custom property if you want only unsuppressed components: 1 Dim vComps As Variant Dim Cnt As Long Dim i As Long vComps = Assembly.GetComponents(False) For i = 0 To UBound(vComps) If vComps(i).GetSuppression2 <> 0 Then Cnt = Cnt + 1 End If Next i A...

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It is possible. You have to bury API code in a custom property, link an equation to that property, then link another property to that equation. Steps to achieve (Please follow closely): 1. Create two Text type custom properties. One called "Code" (or whatever you want), and one called &qu...

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Is it possible to have custom property that capture the total component inserted in assembly (parametrically)?

Eg: inside the assembly file, there are 5 components, the custom property should show 5, when user insert or remove components, the custom property will update accordingly...

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Nice

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Who gonna know and remember which tag to use for their question? If I know what I'm looking for, I won't be looking. Exactly, we have the same tagging stuff in JIRA, and filtering using tags is basically useless because we have too many tags in different name/wording that mean the same thing... Eg:...

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I think i forget to mention that we could not change the bom grouping setting due to our pdm requirement.
The bom must always be set to Display configurations of the same part as separate item.
I edited the main post to reflect this.

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If the part number and description are the same for all 3 configurations, it should group them if you use the last option "Display configurations with the same name as one item". But you have to use the "User Specified Name" option under the configuration for part number. I am a...

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I dig around and there is suppose to be a few SPR open for it and I am not sure it had been solved yet, SPR 1018568: Systems - Pack and Go: Some virtual components in Pack and Go are losing file references (suppressed). Not that it helps, but it shows fixed in 2021 sp3 which is in EV right now. Gla...

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I know i am trying to fit a round peg in a square hole but thought that i will ask for some opinion anyway... :? We are trying to setup our bom table as follows: image.png The part configuration grouping is set to Display configurations of the same part as separate item all time. This grouping setti...

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I am indeed using mix of virtual and non-virtual. I dig around and there is suppose to be a few SPR open for it and I am not sure it had been solved yet, SPR 1018568: Systems - Pack and Go: Some virtual components in Pack and Go are losing file references (suppressed). The issue is pretty "rand...

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TexStudio - Great for long documentation, if you know HTML or coding, it's pretty easy to pick up. Otherwise, it has a steep learning curve. https://www.texstudio.org/ Wow, never thought i would see LaTeX folks here :D. My LaTeX got a bit rusty after I left uni, but it is indeed a great tool. Some ...

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Sooo, about those large assemblies with lots of virtual components...Say ya want to change something, ya make a pack 'n go of that asm...You may not get all those virtual components in the new assembly. Anyone else experience that? Have they fixed it and if they have, what release? Pack and go and ...

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To be frank, i am not convinced at all, especially with the We have been preparing for a long time to migrate all of the content If you had been preparing, → You will not only inform the user 5 DAYS later after your decided the cutoff date → You will not need any user to tell you to make things goog...

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https://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2021/03/the-future-of-the-solidworks-communities.html#_ga=2.47014247.1922106472.1616503559-4eb55880-1742-11eb-bbae-ed2da884e436 We have been preparing for a long time to migrate all of the content and provide everybody access with the same credentials for ...

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I had lost count how many workaround/question/troubleshooting that i had solved by using the old forum... I would say 75% at least for me? The remaining goes to SOLIDWORKS help and VAR blog post (although rarely help)... Whenever i faced an issue, i will normally just google search and click the fir...

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I had been working on some ECAD/PCBA file recently. As I would like to have the PCBA file as only one single file (to ease file management), I was wondering what is the performance difference when it come to large multibody vs assembly with lots of virtual component? Eg: Multibody part file with 500...

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When I was a CAD admin, I considered the need for enforcement a failure of the hiring and training processes. Ideally you have people who want to learn and follow company practices, and where need be, help improve them. Enforcement is reacting to failure. Common sense company standards and training...

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mike miller wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:32 am This is what @HerrTick had to say....
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This!

I was trying to look for this exact image in the Solidworks forum but cant find it hahaha

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I can't see your whole text box in the video. When you add a new line, the box increases in size, but if the box is already up against the top of the screen, maybe it's pushing back. I went over 26 lines with mine and I don't see that happening here. I'm using firefox on a desktop with a large moni...

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matt wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:38 am Is your scroll wheel on your mouse maybe rolling back a little?

Don't think so
Disabled my mouse and tried again, still the same behavior

It seem to only appear on after line26...

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So this is what happen...
Maybe shaking is not the best description

But it seem that it was due to the vertical text wrapping?

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Do anyone notice that text box is kind of "Shaking" when typing at the end of text box? Time to lay off the coffee :D . I don't think this site even has a feature like that. Might be a feature of your browser. Hmm, pretty sure i haven't have any coffee yet :P. Will try with different brow...

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I am using PTC Windchill at work.. How would you classify them as far as entry level, mid-level, or high-end? High end i guess? Although all the UI does not give me a high-end feeling haha. What are approximate price ranges? (careful here not to be to precise and get vendors upset...) I am not sure ...

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Do anyone notice that text box is kind of "Shaking" when typing at the end of text box?

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Thought that i will chime in on this too... TLDR: My experience in CREO can be summarized using this quote from PTC forum: " if you want to get that done you need to stick your elbow in your ear and place your knee behind your back and then do these mouse clicks etc etc" and hope it works;...

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I had been reading some random stuff today and come across this...

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/20 ... 00636.html

Maybe we should consider send one to DSS HQ?

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Was just wondering why we do not have a CREO subforum while we have subforum for other CAD player?

Or is it a forbidden topic?

Now i wonder, how many of us here actually like CREO....

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How about CSWE?

I had finally thinking of trying out CSWE (after barely passed surfacing few months ago) and wonder how should i start preparing...

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Every medium to large company I have worked at or for does this and it's called "Engineering standards" Here we actually have two standards books. One is "Engineering standards" and the other is "Solidworks/Modeling Standards". The "Engineering Standards" is ...

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Hello Zhen, We do have some of these documents over here, but maybe not to the extent of explaining subtle practices that you most likely won't use, like ''don't model threads if you don't need it''. I take care of building most of these documents, and the level of detail and effort put into them d...

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Adding one more that i just come across today....

Creating a sheet metal part that cant be flatten...

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So a little bit of backstory... I recently just help someone fix their CREO files in our PDM because they accidentally remove the family table instance and check in the file, causing a whole lot of issue to other users downstream. And this make me wonder, a lot of time, CAD issue can be avoided by ...

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So it seem that the guest theme was reverted to Flat Blue... Thanks for that

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:44 pm ...
High level global meetings on Windchill can get quite.......boring.

Glad to see a Windchill user here...
At least now i know who i can rant together with

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Flat Style blue

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Wow...

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Adding mine to the list: → Using a mcmaster carr screws with threads modelled in → Use assembly pattern even when they only need to insert just ONE more screw → Importing a PCB without any applying any filter... - editing the revision in custom properties - editing the $PRP... in the title block in ...

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MJuric wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:57 pm Not really a fan of the Prolight...I'm getting old and the text seems smaller and harder to read. I've use the flat blue and just switched to the Carbon and like both more than the Prolight.

I agree with this.
Prolight seem to be too bright imo.
Flat blue work pretty well for me

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matt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:21 am Flat Style Blue is still there

Thanks! How can i missed that

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Well... i doubt this will changes anything, but i keep my hope up! Definitely need to give a big kudos to DennisD for shouting out GPB... Things are getting busy again for my side, but I will still keep an eye on the whole forum migration stuff (and also marking my calendar to countdown the end of t...

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My personal favorite is this theme... but i cant seem to get it now?

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I would say it really depend on what u need.... I had been using CREO for a while now (1year +) and it still pain me everyday with almost everything (also their drawing capability kind of meh and i had been having performance issue for the entire time)... More and more people are jumping to OnShape ...

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Hmm...
Not sure i am doing it wrong or what...
I had changed my theme to Prolight but it seem to be different from what i see when i viewing as guest
My view:

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Guest view:

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Have a Anet A8 that i did not touch for almost 1 year, work ok but i would still recommend new user to get an ender instead, :| I used Stratasys Polyjet Connex 3 Objet500 before, work really great, although it is expensive like h*ll... Using a Stratasys uPrint SE at work now, quite ok overall, occas...

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Is there anyway to "import" a list of material information from csv/excel instead of creating them one by one? Or do we have something similar to toolbox setup?

Similarly, is there anyway to "export" all material information into a csv file?

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I certainly will stay.

I just don't want here to become the next 3DSYWM where we lost sight of what's matter (in this case, CAD)
But I guess I am just worrying too much.

Cheers.

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I see your point matt, but my thought is that unless we have a strong enough community for that particular CAD software, user will not stay. People (at least for me) use the forum to get "answer" for their "question". Unless we have a people like Deepak for every software, people...

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I agree on this.
We dont need another 3DSwym that try to reach everything

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