Looks like I got the privilege of being one of the few noobs on this forum!

When you add the images, it's tempting to click "place inline", and that adds a duplicate line of text. Either delete the line of text or use the Delete button @Jaylin Hochstetler shows. From my experience if you click "place inline" it will only show it in the body of the messa...

Try clicking the delete file button.

Do they have a member counter over there? It sounds too transparent for that sort of group. The SolidWorks community there show 4794 members that I guess they imported. But who can tell, you can't search the list and scrolling thru it is futile as like everything else there, it's a ginormous displa...

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:58 am The dark version is way too dark, the borders need to stand out more and the background needs to be a shader lighter then the post backgrounds or vice versa.

I agree on that one.

Here's a chart showing the difference between this forum and 3D SWYM. I'm not sure that the 3D SWYM members are correct but it still gives a good illustration of the difference.

Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:25 pm 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:

I noticed the same thing. Though I do like the Prolight theme. It looks a little bit more modern and professional.

rather than MB parts. Sorry, what is MB parts? Here is a good example of a multi-body (MB) part. It has weldments and sheetmetal all in the same part file. We use this for everything that is welded on the machine and then the rest of the parts are put on in the assembly. In my mind if your using SW...

If I have to do any work from home (which isn't very often) I use RDP. In fact, I even use it here at work with my laptop. If I have to resolve an issue out on the floor I'll take my laptop out there and remote into my CAD computer. Much easier, don't have to have SW on my laptop and I can utilize t...

This video is where the light came on for me. https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resour ... al-design/

That video still amazes me after seeing it for the 2nd time.

What's the $$$ of private files w/ Onshape?
Having your files on a cloud always sort'a scared me 'cause what if they decide to raise the price to some outrageous price. Sure, you can quit paying but tough luck getting your files.

Yea, it wouldn't take much to have better service than SW. Though I do agree with @Glenn Schroeder that not all VARs are the same. Our current VAR is GoEngineer and we have had fairly good luck w/ them so far.

Select nearly anything, then hit CTRL A and it automatically filters for the type of thing that you selected and selects everything. Want to select all edges of a part file? Select an edge, and hit CTRL A. Want to select all faces of a part? Select a face and hit CTRL A. Want to select all notes (a...

First off, Awesome products!!!! You're welcome to swing by my place any time if you want to test some out! Thanks for the comment @bnemec ! They definitely are awesome machines! We actually have a dealer in Wisconsin: West Shore Tool Service Pestigo, WI, USA Just in case you're ever interested in o...

Thanks for all of the info guys! Are you doing all one off projects where once the design is released you never see it again? We do virtually no one off projects. We are a company that manufactures our own product lines so our files are used for the entire life of the product (which is usually 10+ ...

Asking for a friend... It's time to consider moving on. So many problems with SolidWorks 2019, so many lost hours, days, ... , and from what I read it's only getting work. This tool is no longer a viable CAD software for medium to large assembly projects, period! With that said, which CAD software ...

I use Breeze.

Here's a version of the Multi-body DXF macro, that Mike posted, on steroids! It allows you to either browse for the "DXFs" folder location or enter the address of the location instead of putting it in the folder the part is located in.

Select nearly anything, then hit CTRL A and it automatically filters for the type of thing that you selected and selects everything. Want to select all edges of a part file? Select an edge, and hit CTRL A. Want to select all faces of a part? Select a face and hit CTRL A. Want to select all notes (a...

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I have a Logitech MX Master (I absolutely love it) mouse that I have 10 gestures mapped on it. It greatly speeds things up mostly in other programs as I use the SW mouse gestures setup in SW. I'd really like a 3D mouse but that costs money and I'm guessing y'all know how it goes when engineers need ...

Thanks for the info bnemec ! It's definitely good to know before we dive into it. We definitely plan on getting a free trial b4 we up and buy it. I think with the free trial we will better be able to tell if it is a fit for us. We had a demo w/ Siemens (Sean Barry and Kyle Aruda were the demonstrato...

Thanks for all of the info guys! Are you doing all one off projects where once the design is released you never see it again? We do virtually no one off projects. We are a company that manufactures our own product lines so our files are used for the entire life of the product (which is usually 10+ y...

I know this is a controversial subject, but I'm curious what y'all have to say. We are actively looking into SE and I would love to here some of the pros and cons. What are some of the pros and cons? What are some of their good points and bad points? How do their workflows compare? What features doe...

I totally agree with you, matt ! I'm always interested in finding something better. Like you said I can almost guarantee SW is going to kill SW desktop sometime in the next 10 years. Why would they not? SW they have to pay rights to Siemens to use the Parasolid kernel and 3DX they don't b/c they're ...

As far as converting, how many of your old files do you need to use going forward? percentage. I would say we would probably have to convert around 80% of our files that are currently in use. We have a lot of really old files we no longer use that we would not have to convert. The other 20% of our ...

2. I can't find a way to insert screenshots. My usual practice on other forums is to take a screenshot, paste it in Paint, add circles and arrows, select a region, copy, and paste directly in the text body. That doesn't work here. It may be possible to insert one after saving it as a stand-alone fi...

Thanks for the info @matt!

The more I research into SE the more I discover SE is more geared toward assemblies, rather than MB parts.

We are checking into SE and have a couple questions someone might be able to answer. How does SE handle multibody parts? From what I here it is more assembly oriented, is that correct? Currently we put everything that is welded in one MB part. And then everything else is put in the assembly. Then we...

I recently learned a new one from Betty Baker. It's one of those cases where I can't believe I've been using the software as much as I have since 2009 and didn't know about it earlier. I've often casually noticed the asterisk at the end of the file name at the very top of my monitor, but never gave...

WOW! That's impressive!

And, I do look a little bit nicer than my avatar (depends who you ask though). My theory is; if I have an ugly avatar people will expect me to be ugly and then they won't be disappointed when they meet me.....

Hi Everyone! Good to see all the familiar names from the SW forum! To introduce myself, I'm Mike's coworker (it's tough [sarcasm]). Between us we can figure out most problems, but when we're stumped we go to the gurus on the forum. I'll have more questions than answers, but glad to be here. Thanks f...