Anyone with experience or recommendations to share with regards to integrating PDM with SAP? I see there are several companies providing a type of integration/connector between SAP and PDM. So I guess it is either one of these or developing something custom. The main goal is to transfer part lists s...

Exported STEP files may be invalid due to Windows region settings Steps to reproduce: Open Windows region settings Set Format to English (United States) Open Additional settings... Under the Number tab set a new value for the Decimal symbol , like comma "," or some other character (Window...

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:16 pm Check this out:
https://www.cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=2951

Nice, bookmarking that for later. What I uploaded is perhaps better described as the "Windows icons from Solidworks". The UI elements seem to be covered by that other thread already.

I recently gathered some SOLIDWORKS icons which I needed for some slides, attached them here for anyone interested. The ICO files were extracted from various SOLIDWORKS 2023 directories using IcoFX and the highest resolution available (typically 256x256) were exported to PNGs. It is not a complete s...

As a side note, the sample models from Cadbooster seem to make use of some clever entity naming, in addition to having a mate reference created for the same edge. I assume this is used by their Lightning add-in, but I wonder if this also helps to correctly reattach mates when using "Replace Com...

That's not a good idea! If you create your parts this way, the file size of the individual parts will be significantly larger than if you create them as individual parts. The more configurations the base part had, the larger the individual part will be. Apparently, a few "corpses" of the ...

I am interested on this too... :? My personal preference is either Part with single configuration OR Part with multiple configuration driven by design table Avoid toolbox whenever possible, not to mention standard license does not support toolbox I had heard good and bad thing about Part with multi...

Depends. Will the part change? "Library" part don't change. Like all standard nut and bolt. Do you share SW files with supplier/customer? One part one config is small file. Easy to send. Only part used will be send. One part 1000000000 config is a huge file. Not easy to send. If you 100 o...

We are about to set up a new library and have been debating whether it is best to use configurations or individual part files for things like fasteners. Here's my main concerns: Assembly performance, where upwards of a thousand fasteners could be used (but maybe only 5-10 different types) Effort in ...

We are making steel components for painting which often cannot be fully coated, but only require paint on select surfaces. Our supplier prefer to have the surfaces split into three categories: Surfaces to be painted Surfaces to be masked (no paint allowed) Surfaces that don't need to be painted, but...

How do you guys create assembly manuals? We need to deliver printable instructions for in-house assembly, as well maintenance manuals with illustrations of how to disassemble and replace certain parts to the customer. For subassemblies with <10 parts we can usually get away with a simple exploded vi...

Fun fact: The first continuous release 1847 represent the year Siemens was founded. I heard the other version numbers was supposed to mark other important years in Siemens' history, but not sure if that is true. The latest minor release as of today is NX 2023, so we have just entered the future. Tog...

dave.laban wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:51 am Do you need it to be network licenses on your secure network or could you get away with standalone licenses on those machines?

I thought about it, but wouldn't those standalone licenses require some kind of activation as well?

Seems like email activation should be possible then, thanks

We have a small air-gapped network for confidential projects, consisting of a server and some workstations that are "never" to be connected to the internet. Now we need some Solidworks licenses available there as well. We have an elaborate process of moving files in / out of this system, b...

Touché, it's just one of those things that have annoyed me for a while. If it is not intended I would imagine some dev would notice it at some point, but I will lower my expectations.

Anyone know the rationale for why the default display state is named differently in part and assembly templates? PRTDOT: <Default>_Display State 1 ASMDOT: Display State-1 I tend to rename the display state in my part templates to Display State-1 to match the assembly template and avoid confusing it ...

I am planning to set up a small PDM environment on a virtual machine on Azure (max 5ish active users). It will most likely be hosted in region "Europe North" and connected to our corporate network and will be accessed from 2-3 locations in Europe. Not sure how the responsiveness would be b...

When I first learned the basics of NX and SolidWorks in university about 10 years ago, I preferred SolidWorks for its UI and sketching in particular, with NX 8 - 9 looking like some old-school Win 98 software. But after having used both on and off for some years, NX just feels like a technologically...

More jokes and memes please, I need to influence my co-workers