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Opened in a text editor but the file format is not readable. You could write a SQL query though. SELECT CL.Name as [Card List Name] ,CLV.Value as [Card List Value] FROM CardLists CL JOIN CardListValues CLV on CLV.CardListId=CL.Id WHERE CL.Name like 'Document Types' -- Put your card list name here, o...

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Entropy eventually wins

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bnemec Some these we considered in the past. I can't see Dassault adding much more to PDM when they'd rather move everyone to their cloud PLM platform. Since we are moving to Windchill, we will no longer be able to store the SolidWorks configuration files in a vault. WC has some ability to do this ...

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We keep most of macros in PDM with the folder set to cache latest on login. Generally works pretty well. The only catch is if you check-in a new version, we have to tell everyone to cache the latest, or logout and back in as the auto caching only triggers on login. Be nice to have a push function.

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m2shell wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:52 am Can I at least use "the AI" to have SW automatically fix dangling dimensions & notes?

Rather do that myself, I don't the trust the software will reattach in a way that is correct. Maybe if I get an option to review everything it fixes.

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I'd be interested in the "robust" modeling competition where the focus is on data maintenance and integrity. I've seen (and dealt with) enough speed models for one lifetime. Edit: Nothing against TTT. I enjoy his videos and commentary. I'll tune into his broadcasts and videos when time pe...

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KennyG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:10 pm Any Solid Edge users interested in representing in Tool Tall Toby's "2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP of 3D CAD SPEEDMODELING"?

https://tootalltoby.com/Leaderboard/

I could for the "slow modeling" event if he ever has that. Me Solid Edge skillz are lacking

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I think the confusion is with the compatibility of the PDM Add-in for Solidworks. As long as the PDM version of the client installed matches the PDM version on the server, there should be no issues. The add-in within Solidworks just isn't supported to work past like 2? versions and may force itself...

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....updating PDM to 2023 and leaving CAD at 2019 for a while Four Versions between PDM and SWX? Is that possible? Is there not a limit of max. 3 Versions ? Officially no. I've been told it works, you just won't get much in the way of support. We are testing the same now where I work, 2023 PDM with ...

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I do use configurations extensively. Definitely when we have tabulated parts. However, they seem to have a bigger hit on performance than display states. On our current project, we have a top level assembly that we can open in three minutes and can manipulate without waiting. This is the first proj...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:34 pm Have you talked to those call center AI?
Talk to them enough and you won't know how to talk.

The problem with AI and big data is: if you ask AI to look for a pattern, it will find one.

Like FEA, garbage in, garbage out.

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I have a few years ago but don't remember if we were able to do anything about it. Maybe some sort of disk scan and repair like "chkdsk"?

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In a highly vertically integrated company the "revise vs new number" question seldom fits into a flowchart. We have found a list of things to consider or questions to ask works better. Of course the engineers and management lean toward revise as much as possible to avoid the painful "...

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This gets complicated pretty quick and I just don't see an easy "where-used" solution. Here is a common change we see. Holes get changed to slots, at least not for us. image.png The part change is considered compatible and doesn't warrant a part number change, just revision. However the ch...

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That said, after Intro to CAD and Principles of Drafting, I was able to reproduce AEG's 3e classic The World's Largest Dungeon Region C in AutoCad, import into GIMP to lay basic texture, then put into Roll 20 to lay in assets. One of my players had to go out and buy a new computer for it since it c...

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The BOM shows 5 unique parts.

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NX meets Solid Edge.....or Catia meets SolidWorks

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bnemec wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:12 pm We're working on going to 2023 sometime late this summer so it's nice that it has been fixed.

Yeah, I'm planning our 2023 upgrade from 2020 late summer as well......if I last that long

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bnemec wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:17 amFIFY

Well, I did want to him to actually find a job

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Frederick_Law The drawing does little to insure the holes are aligned across both flanges. There is a lot of room for tolerance stack up with the dimensions and standard ± tolerancing. I don't know the design intent so its hard to say for sure, but the holes need to be toleranced relative to each o...

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We are using AutoCAD. Though I think some of the later classes use Revit and Solidworks. If you go the mechanical route, I'd learn as much SolidWorks as you can. I don't think many are still doing AutoCAD for mechanical design. BTW, I'm an old D&D grognard (Started on 2e AD&D), although I m...

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I could see that especially for the simpler stuff in drafting (ie: need a simple bracket) , but a lot of the places around here (Louisiana) seem to want on-site and don't like remote if my casual research is accurate. Yeah, local smaller companies are still hiring and likely always will. Pay and be...

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The jobs are out there, but my feeling is that salaries for drafters and mechanical engineers has stagnated some. If my own company is any indicator, it's because there is more outsourcing of engineering and drafting jobs to other countries like Brazil, India, and China where the wages are a lot low...

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ctsturdiv wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:12 pm Hello! I am currently preparing to begin my second semester for an AAS in Drafting and Design.

Welcome. What software are you using at the school?

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Reminds me of the reverse psychology used on kids to get them to do or eat something they don't want to. Without the memory of being "burned" or "humiliated" by bad choices, AI may just end being really an insanely smart but gullible system.......a dangerous combination.

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bnemec wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:34 pm But as many stated, GD&T doesn't help operators set up the machine or load it correctly.

It's like to reading ancient Greek to most people. To take your old quote and rework it "There are two kinds of engineers, those that don't know GD&T, and those that think they know GD&T.

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Hole alignment. If part is punched correctly and flanges are bend correctly, holes should line up. In theory, yes. And measure flange length is easier for brake operator. We "believe". True, the brake operator is really concerned with flange length..........but the design can dictate the ...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 9:23 am Thanks ChatGPT.

Holy Sh!t, good catch.

You know the best ERP is the one you don't have to use.

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What's more important, the flange length or the hole alignment?

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Does the order really matter? We went through something similar when SolidWorks first introduced the hole table forever ago. Turns out mfg really didn't care about the hole tags all that much, we were just used to doing it that way and no one likes change.

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Yeah, already cried on the VARs shoulder some about this. They basically turned off all the old systems without having a replacement ready to go. It's called hitting a deadline regardless if its done because of management pressure. Just found out today one of our top executives thought we had migrat...

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I think you're on to something. I'd pay to see those stiff suits dressed as Wolverine or Sabertooth. I think the Mystery Men is more appropriate for Dassault. The Shoveler: "Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well." The Sphinx: "He who questions training only t...

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Features like Extrudes have it too, you just aren't given the ability to upgrade them. They've made changes to features to give them additional capabilities and sometimes they leave existing features using the old code and sometimes they upgrade them. Wish I had an example but there are examples whe...

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Is there a way to get the design table to recalculate/update without opening it? Not that I'm aware of. You may find some macros / code that does it automatically but it's still an operation that has to open the embedded Excel file and close it. I only use DT for well defined family parts. If the d...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:12 am I was hoping the Siemens trade show was a cosplay event.

I think that's Dassault's territory.....or what they hoped...idk.

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matt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:45 am If I can get a flight, I'm headed to Vegas for the Siemens show. See you there.

Are you dressing up this time

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Thank you all. The right click, select midpoint is a good one I forgot about. The filter bar is ok but equally clunky to go up and turn it on IMO. The dynamic highlight was off on my settings and turning that on helped too. Now I can select two midpoints and apply horizontal or vertical relations. ...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:08 am It generally means the thread has been 'stickied', which means it stays at the top of the forum it is located in, though this one wasn't. Not sure why you were seeing a pin.

First time I've noticed this. Not sure we mortals should have that power though @matt

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I'll have to try in 2023 later but this indicates it was fixed in 2023 beta

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Peter De Vlieger The problem had when using the design table for setting $SW-MASS was that the ability to set "Override" is configuration specific and the default is to not override. So even though I entered a new configuration in the table, then typed a value, it didn't set mass for that...

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Are you overriding the mass properties and entering a manually weight value for each configuration?

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:39 pmimage.png

Looks like one of those post nuclear war movies from the 80's

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There is confusion here on "cloud". There is desktop "cloud connected" SolidWorks which what we use today with an add-in that connects to the 3dx cloud to work on files located there. I'm guess files are cached locally somewhere so it acts as a lite PDMish type tool. Then there i...

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I just don't think the competition is much better. You have Autodesk, Dassault, Siemens, and PTC. They are all large corporations that ultimately make decisions based on gaining shareholders and making sustainable profits. Feels like switching between ATT to Verizon or T-Mobile....will it be that mu...

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This is corporate capitalism 101. Eventually multiple businesses get goggled up into large companies to increase profit margins until there are just 3-4 large companies and anti-trust laws kick in to prevent further monopolization. Good for shareholders usually but leads to less quality for customer...

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My workflow would benefit greatly from having 2 display states: drawing and working. Now, I only have one, so anything I hide in the assembly for the work I am doing ends up being hidden on the drawing. That's a really good idea. In our template, we unlink and name the one display state "ALL&q...

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All these "undocumented" enhancement just give me an impression that DS could not even manage their document and change properly ( How do u expect DS to manage your file when they cant even do it properly from their side /s ) I wouldn't say they are undocumented. Often you can find them i...

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zxys001 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:07 pm Bard said that Dave abused HAL with really bad music... it all make sense now.

Looks like Bard is speaking out of both sides of its mouth. I'd say it has a career in politics

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I could do with some AI generated content on Linkedin. The site has turned into total nonsense garbage but it would appear that there is a audience for it (Covid turned it into some kind of weird social media site). I could get AI to trawl news & social media, find something nice and cuddly and...

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I have added one more "top-secret" enhancement in SW2023 in the original post. Why are these not documented in the What's New? Some of these seem little, but one of my students told me today that one of them will save her a ton of clerical work (clicking once vs clicking all over the plac...

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