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bnemec

Very much agreed to prefer add-in over macro. As for running the macro from local disk. Wouldn't that be the case if the macros are in the vault? There is no file sharing with vaulted files, everyone works from local cache. Well, I guess there are plenty of times where two processes on the same host...

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mp3-250 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:06 pm
car bumpers and front grills are a collection of garbage.,

as in recycled water bottles, CRT housings and old toys?

bnemec

Maybe something more similar to the SolidWorks cert tests where you have to model the part, then make changes to it. Speed modeling generally doesn't lend itself to editing easily/faster later. Would be interesting to see synctech vs history in this case as well. Yes. I would try to take it a step ...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:51 pm 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.

Also Solid Edge, Drawing View Tracker and Dimension Tracker dialog boxes. They have all the info you would like.

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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 per...

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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?

Nope. You'll need to install Solid Edge cir. v19 for that.

bnemec

To simulate this without going offline then online a bunch, you can access the cache by simply adding two backslashes to the path in the navigation bar. I forget where I saw it but I'll definitely remember it. See GIF Cache access.gif Edit: I tested it and it only allows you to delete the cached it...

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I was surprised to find that we can manually "cache" files on client workstations by working offline, then copying the file into the correct folder, then switching back to online. Most of the files that have corrupt archive folder on the server archives are cached in various user workstati...

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2019 was current when we switched to SW so that's what we have; I wish we would have used 2018. Actually, no, in hindsight I wish we would have not switched CAD systems, but anyway. I'm seriously considering updating PDM to 2023 and leaving CAD at 2019 for a while. There are a few enhancements in PD...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:45 am I believe it's an obligation if they want to remain "gold partners" or something along that line.

Ah yes. That makes sense.

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I'd stay on 2019 if we could but CustomTools 2024 won't be compatible with SW 2019.. The kind of little things that forces updates :/ Doesn't sound very custom if you cannot keep the version of SW you want. Edit: clarified later the version is forced by DSS and the "Gold Partner" stuff. S...

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If you haven't seen it, there is a detailed article in the KB on how to manually recreate the index.xml. It can be helpful when dealing with recovering from corrupt files/folders. That's perfect, thank you. I started reverse engineering the xml files in the archive of other files but this detailed ...

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Have you checked the System and Event Logs for the Archive Server? They may shed some light on what may have happened. I haven't dealt with anything like that myself but it may benefit you to restore just that folder from a backup drive, although you'll potentially lose some progress. I had not, bu...

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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"? I started with Windows drive scan tool which said it couldn't finish the online scan and to try offline scan. Which I can try tonight. Chkdsk was execu...

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Has anyone dealt with corrupt archive folders in the archive server? I am seeing this only on the hex-decimal of doc id named folders (contains thumbs and versions of ONE vault file). The 0 - F folders are all fine. Trying to browse into the folder on archive server gives typical windows corrupt dir...

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Does anyone know if there happens to be a Windows OS setting to change this new behavior? This is affecting GDI limits in other than just Vault folders. I understand resources are resources whether they are consumed by one process or spread across several. The trick is if there's a leak (PDM is not ...

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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 c...

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A user 'would never revise a component without revising the assemblies above it' - Big woah on that idea! The whole point of Revision is that it is an interchangeable change. Rev B or rev C should both fit in the assembly. If the PN changes, then it's a non-interchangeable change. This is at the fo...

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This is sorta a tool for this in Solidworks PDM Pro (not sure if included with Standard): https://help.solidworks.com/2022/english/EnterprisePDM/FileExplorer/c_updating_file_references.htm?id=c3d4fee87669482691fec65983a8e3df#Pg0 Update References . But it's arcane, and doesn't always work the way y...

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Not soon enough.

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:48 pm It's ok, as long as you don't lose any.

Well poop

Getting closer though. "It can be done" is good motivation.

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:31 pm You got me to use SW.
You'll pay for this
DeleteFillets-03.jpg

I'll be off work till Tue.Wed.
Not telling you how it's dome until then

28 faces
28! combinations
Keep trying

LOL. YOU WIN!

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Solidworks direct edit: https://help.solidworks.com/2023/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_Deleting_and_Patching_Faces.htm Delete Face, Move Face. Tried that first, will not patch. edit: Unless you're saying there's a handy extend and knit faces feature that I'm not finding? Like this one: https://www....

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Try Direct Edit, reduce radius size. Is that in the Fillet X pert? I cannot figure out how to select anything, just says "Please select only face belonging to a fillet or a face with filleted edge(s)." Maybe because we're still on 2019... Attached a step and xt of a section of the part.

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SPerman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:58 am I think the problem is the two fillets overlapping. That seems to be the geometry that SW can't figure out how to patch.

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Yep, exactly. Nothing to patch, the face is there, just need to extend it.

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Don't try to delete everything in one command. You'll need to test and try different sequence. After a while you'll learn which one the delete first. This I end up having to do it this way alot with imported geometry usually to be able to add draft to a feature. As stated earlier, if the face consu...

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Looks like some update in Windows is causing this setting to no longer work. Now instead of having as many explorer.exe processes as I do windows open there are only two. Looks like there is one for desktop & taskbar stuff and a second that houses all the windows. I don't know when it happened, ...

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The backslash operator is actually VBA and is used for integer division. I'm a little surprised the equation editor accepts it... https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/backslash-operator That's interesting. Going a bit off thread but seeing how the \ op...

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Without seeing the data, I we don't know either... post a Parasolid x_t? I would if I could. The screen shots are probably pushing the limits. In this case the base shape to create the dimple is a set of stacked boxes with drafts and fillets so not bad to recreate. Sometimes that's not an option so...

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This is slick and worked for geometry like yours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43dzI_CIOq8 I like that trick they show, I keep forgetting it's available. We learned quick to keep feature works turned off as it doesn't do well with any of our SE2019 models. Nevertheless I turned it back on to try...

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Delete/Fill can work well you delete in order to preserve faces but if the blend consumes the face, you're scrwd in any tool. For some reason SW cannot patch when I delete that top radius like you showed. Possibly due to 10deg draft on the sides, maybe because the rounds were not created in SW. I d...

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For this case I just deleted everything then kinda reverse engineered that little dimple that I needed to keep. Cut it in with a couple of drafted cut extrudes and applied rounds. I'd still like to see better ways of deleting rounds with heal/patch in SW as often times I'm working with shapes that a...

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Is there an intersect faces command in SW?

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I typically use Delete Face for doing this. As long as the "Delete and Patch" option is selected, you shouldn't have to stitch anything. Sometimes the geometry is too complex, but 90% percent of the time this works fine for me. Oh, I should have mentioned SW cannot patch it. If the two ro...

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In Solid Edge there is a direct editing feature called "Delete Rounds" and it works very well IMO. I used it a lot to prep vendor or customer models for other direct edits where all the round faces made a mess. After the direct edits I would just put the rounds back in so they flow the rig...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:13 pm If you go the mechanical route, I'd learn as much SolidWorks Solid Edge 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 moved on from the D&D system back around 3.5.

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True. This boil down to how to put on the drawing: Bend both flanges within 0.010" of each other. Keep 2.000 within tolerance. Of course we got parts failed because the back stop was tilted and the flanges were not parallel but still within tolerance. So we try to update the drawing with enoug...

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We work with the exact same situations. Boiled down, the intent of drawing is to communicate. Engineer/Designer are trying to communicate a bunch of things; design intent, significant characteristics, what the object needs to be. The design drawing does not define how it is to be made. When we purch...

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Best ERP is the one in the demo. Same as CAD, PDM, PLM, Big Mac...

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Just watching paint dry. You guys will like this. AutoDesk killed a good software by buying it and put it on rental: https://hackaday.com/2023/06/09/they-used-to-be-a-big-shot-now-eagle-is-no-more/ Thinking about Eagle, I miss how it would select the element nearest to the cursor when clicked. I th...

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If you do a forced regeneration of all the configurations it will update the DT, or rather update the configurations from the DT information. Will the DT recalculate or just rebuild the configs based on current values in DT? From what I saw it does not recalculate the DT on any kind of rebuild, reg...

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Is there a way to get the design table to recalculate/update without opening it?

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:33 am Just watching paint dry.

You guys will like this.
AutoDesk killed a good software by buying it and put it on rental:
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/09/they-us ... s-no-more/

NNOOOOOO!!!!!

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bnemec

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. I...

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Why is selecting the midpoint of a line so difficult in SW? I used to be able to center hole patterns quite simply by making two midpoints horizontal or vertical. The only way I know to do that in SW is to add a construction line between the midpoints and make that construction line horizontal. Is t...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 1:34 pm We are advised not to breath when we're outside.

Sounds like a 3Dx PLATFORM work around.

bnemec

So, I feel it is probably solidworks itself that creates the biggest issue with this, for me. I don't know if I'm barking up a dead tree here, but I made an enhancement request. "I have a huge issue with windows that steal focus from my current task. For me, solidworks is probably the worst of...

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There was a time when keeping the customer happy was the objective. If you did that successfully, the stock price took care of itself. That is still going on in many markets, just not at solidworks any more (seems to be a trend in software tech right now). It's a normal business lifecycle, been goi...

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@jcapriotti Are you talking about managing API code or CAD file data? I'm confused as you mention PDM configurations but also systems that are for source control.

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:58 pm "Master of the Obvious".

. . .

This article reads like gobbledygook word salad, and it's becoming the norm. 18 more years until retirement...I wonder if I can squeeze it down to 10.

So you're saying it's ready for marketing pubs?

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