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Uncle_Hairball

Funny thing just happened: I just got off the phone with Technical Support and he used the exact words, "Where is the Customer Portal?" He can't find it either!

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Thanks TTevolve, JScully, and SPerman. That macro is going to be very useful to me.

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After inserting some components he partially mates them, then he drags a component and when release the mouse button this component become transparent and solidworks "seems" to stop responding, until pressing ESC. At this point all the mates disappear. Is it possible that the Mate command...

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Here's how the BOM Type/Configuration relationship seems to behave: 1. Top-level Only defaults to all configurations selected, whatever that means. Having multiple configurations selected, but only one displayed makes no sense to me. Which one is displayed? Is it a combination of all configurations?...

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Jason's got it with #1. The assembly does have configurations and the BOM is switching configurations when I select the BOM type.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.

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TTevolve wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 8:59 am Yea, never know when you might need to modify something your not going to show

Now that's funny!

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I just tried a bill of materials in 2023 for the first time. I'm seeing weird behavior. Please help me understand what is going on. Note that the images below are shown in reverse order. The first one is at the bottom and the last one is at the top. If I create a bill with the BOM type set to top le...

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Given the lack of responses, I would guess that I'm not the only one who doesn't use Smart Fasteners. You may find that it is one of many features that have been added to the software that the users don't find to be helpful. I think most of us either use downloaded fastener models, usually from McMa...

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In case you missed it, D'assault has finally released SP3.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 4:25 pm I've read a lot of people saying there was a drastic and negative change in speed from 2022 to 2023...

I can believe that.

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Do any of you guys know whether the performance test for 2023 yields similar results to 2022? I took a baseline test when I got my new laptop and the current test is nowhere near as good as the original test. The only change I've made is to upgrade to 2023.

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I know this problem has been around forever. Ordinate dimension text is on the wrong side of the leader. Has anyone found a solution for it?

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Thanks for the suggestion.

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Excellent! Thanks SPerman.

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Is there a way to cut a solid part with a surface?

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Thanks Dan.

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When exporting equations, there are two columns of checkboxes. Can anyone tell me what these symbols in the columns' headings mean?

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Thanks Matt. I'm just frustrated because I'm getting literally dozens of pop-ups in a row warning me of a conflicting context, which I'm not trying to create. There is no link to the assembly or other components. I'm trying to add a hole to an existing part. This should not be a problem. Again, I ap...

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While I appreciate this helpful warning, I do not appreciate that it appears when I'm trying to create a local feature while editing a part in an assembly, with no external references. I also greatly dislike the fact that it tells me this twelve times in a row. Is there a way to disable this irritat...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:37 pm Not really sure how the situation ended up but people couldn't claim their vouchers after 3DXPerienceWorld ended and there were a lot of posts made about the issue. Of course, they're lost in the swamp now so it's as if nothing happened!

I never got mine, but now I guess I don't care.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 3:30 pm 3DXWorld gave us a great example with all those vouchers that people wanted to become SolidWorks certified.

What happened with the vouchers?

Uncle_Hairball

What's your tolerance for 'centered'?

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Thank you, gentlemen, I expected to find it under Assembly Visualization. It's all a matter of knowing where to look for stuff.

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Thank you all for your advice. XHawkeye's advice is exactly what I was looking for.

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I'm working on an assembly and trying to link the height of a linear pattern to the height of the part being patterned. Somehow, I need to add the part name to the variable I'm using, but cannot figure out the syntax. It's got to be something like "D1@Boss-Extrude1.Part_Name", but SW isn't...

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How can I find a total count of components in my assembly? This used to be simple, but now all I cannot find it.

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File, Options, Mail, Editor Options (button), Advanced, Uncheck 'When selecting, automatically select entire word'.

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The boss is looking for software to create P&IDs. Have you guys used any that you would recommend?

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 8:23 am We use Outlook for email here. It's especially bad about that.

You can turn that 'feature' off in MS Office applications, including Outlook.

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Is it my imagination that the vote counts used to be far higher?

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Did SW change the default lighting in 2022? All of a sudden, all of my models are so bright I can't see any details. Is there a way to change the defaults back to what was standard before?

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There must quite a lot more people going off subscription at the moment. Putting aside the argument of not much is being developed with your subs money. Companies are tightening belts in the current climate, looking for ways to save money, so it stands to reason to save money on CAD subs if you can...

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Is there a setting that controls when SW evaluates/rebuilds the model? The reason I ask is that I often get one or more errors and shortly after I fix them, more appear. It's not that I've got mates or models linked, it just takes its time recognizing all the problems... or so it seems to me. I just...

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After one day on the brand, new computer, I just got my first crash (SW2022, SP5). One a day is a major improvement, which is an appalling thing to have to say.

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Wow, I think this meets the definition of a hijacked thread. I've been raging about SW restoring on the wrong screen for years but have not found any solution. Remember when there was a post from SW (years ago, possibly from Matt Lorono) asking what multi-monitor support means to you? Still not addr...

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I'm on 4.0, so the hotfix isn't going to help. Gotta' call the VAR.

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Thank you all for your input. It sounds as if 2022 isn't significantly worse than any other version, so it's probably something wrong with my installation. I'll try the hotfix, then bug the VAR again.

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RonE wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:51 am There is a known stability issue in 2022 SP0 to SP3.1 (SPR 1236674) that as been fixed in 2022 SP4. For SP3.1 there is a hotfix available (see https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/hotfixes.htm).
Maybe you want to try that first.

Thank you. I'll try it.

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Not complaining (at the moment), just asking for information. Is SW2022 incurably unstable or is it me? I can make it my VAR's problem, but I don't want to waste my time if it's an incurable problem. How is it for you?

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Thanks for all the input, gentlemen. I appreciate it.

I am using Solidworks to generate the .stl, Preform to prepare the print job, and a Formlabs 3L to print.

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You settings should be like shown in the image. This is more than enough for even the higher end process... SLA, Polyet...etc. settings.JPG Alternatively there is also (.3MF) which is "trying" to become the new standard universal file format for Additive Manufacturing. There are a ton of ...

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Gentlemen, I appreciate your efforts. It looks like it isn't possible to eliminate the facets, only make them smaller. I guess I can live with this; it just seems like it ought to be possible to make a circle. Thanks again.

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Yeah, I'm curious too if you can share. I have access to a few different processing programs for our Stratasys printers so they may behave a bit differently as well for processing. Here's a defeatured model you can look at. I greatly reduced the deviation and angle tolerances to decrease the size o...

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Alex and Frederick, thanks for your advice. I've tried everything, but have come to the conclusion that there is no other way. Lots of triangles (which take a long time to generate) and live with the imperfection. Strange that the printer can't use real geometry like .step.

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Curious that they didn't interview anyone from D'Assault. Probably just a coincidence.

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I am trying to export a circular part to .stl for 3D printing. What I've found is that .stl geometry is formed by polygons, which gives a surface that is polygon shaped, not circular (closer to being a stop sign than a circle). Since the 3D printer will attempt to produce whatever geometry it is giv...

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You're probably right, Dan. I've been struggling with bad faces all morning.

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I have a shell in one of my parts that is giving me grief today. It keeps complaining that I must 'Remove Dimension Breaks'. Do any of you know what this means?

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Dropping your subscription does not require you to move to another platform. What's wrong with being five years out of date? Unless your customers or vendors force you to upgrade, the old version will keep working the same way it always has. As an added benefit, no upgrades means you don't have to u...

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And also, does anyone know if now that I am not on subs, can I not access the 3DSwamp..?

If you are not on subscription, you can still access the SW forums.

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