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Petertha

SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:25 am It appears that SW is always going to default to the smallest angle for the first item selected.

An initial dummy reference line with smaller angle did the trick. Thanks!

Petertha

Just to clarify, I did delete the example shown & tried to select the angle reference lines in the opposite direction thinking that might do the trick, but it always defaults to this counter-clockwise orientation. The reason I would prefer this optionality is my rotary table increments in the op...

Petertha

Is there a way to toggle the angular dimension reverse to the default using the same vertical zero reference? (166 would be 194 & 124 would be 236 degrees). SW-2024-SP3.1

Petertha

Sorry for duplicating one of my own posts, but this follow-up better belongs here. Well I don't know what I was doing incorrectly before, but it turns out I can use Derived Sketch function to copy/transpose a sketch to any other plane, thus creating a new sketch. I was able to transpose to a part fa...

Petertha

Well I don't know what I was doing incorrectly before, but it turns out I can use Derived Sketch function to copy/transpose a sketch to any other plane, thus creating a new sketch. I was able to transpose to a part face but that's just an additional capability. When its first inserted to the target ...

Petertha

Thanks for replies. Hopefully the end result will add some context. The task was to 3D model this piping system based on partial datum references sketched in the source 2D DWG file. I first needed to select the necessary pipe entities DWG & copy them into my 3 primary planes, preserving their di...

Petertha

I was hoping this is where I could define the destination SW view to place the DWG but it seems to have no effect? It always comes into SW Front View

Petertha

You touched on some things I'm still struggling with a bit & the reason for these workarounds. When I go through the import wizard to bring in a DWG file, I assumed I could prescribe which SW plane to align it with using the drop down selection. But it always seems to place it onto SW Front View...

Petertha

I've imported a DXF from a 2D export. In hindsight this should have been obvious what was going on, but I started drawing my own construction lines within the sketch to evaluate things. Like is this feature symmetric to that feature, or is that point horizontal to that line...etc. But because the en...

Petertha

Thanks for reminding me of derived sketch. I should use that function more in normal modelling. What I had not appreciated is that if I changed the dimensions of the base sketch, then all the derived sketches also get updated which is very useful. Its important to do the key selections in right sequ...

Petertha

Thanks for that video. I was just blowing past the little sub panel that pops up after the 2D file loads, but turns out it has some useful utilities to specify & reorient sketch elements to preferred planes & reference those positions to develop 3D model. Easier than what I was doing manually.

Petertha

I can kind of visualize what you are doing because I have a bit of (amateur) experience in this area where gram counting & strength is a big deal. But not fully comprehending the goals or maybe accuracy expectations behind the end result. SW accurately computes surface areas of a 3D parts. So yo...

Petertha

I made a dummy part to demonstrate the workflow I am intending to replicate. It is derived by a profile curve in one plane (say top view) and another profile curve in a different plane (say side view). Then project those 2 curves to make a composite (3D) curve. Then sweep a section profile along it....

Petertha

I'm on SW24 sp3 & so far so good. This was a simple example to flush out the workflow, the more complicated part is yet to come. But at a simple level if I make a change to the master part (grey) changes become faithfully updated in the mirrored part (pink) which get saved out to the standalone ...

Petertha

Looks like I missed this check box during the 3-step mirroring wizard. Nothing really happens until you save the 'mirror generator' assembly then it kicks out a part. But I was able to open the mirrored part standalone or apply it to another unrelated assembly or make unique drawings etc. So I guess...

Petertha

I've made this dummy example to ask my workflow question. The grey part represents my left hand master part. I made an assembly from it & mirrored about right plane using 'opposite hand version option', which yields the pink part. Now, going forward, any change I make to grey part gets reflected...

Petertha

SW-2024. Whenever I move the display state window upward towards the configurations list by gripping the pane title edge with little hand, it always seems to eventually snap back to the bottom again once I have returned. (It's just a personal aesthetics thing in order to make a more compact combined...

Petertha

Thanks for good tips - it works!

Petertha

I can't seem to find a method to align a section axis to, in this case, a hole axis. It will lock on the center point, but just free floats over the axis. I tried overlaying a coincident line via Sketch and/or a terminating point to guide it with a second reference, but the section axis does not see...

Petertha

Thanks. I think you put your finger on the issue AND potentially a larger problem. When I installed SW-2024 I noticed it was setting up folders with '(2)' within the folder description. Maybe I selected the wrong installation option to begin with. IOW it recognized an identical folder name from SW-2...

Petertha

When I make a drawing & invoke the hole callout, it no longer provides the additional information regarding thread details. Just the nominal pilot hole diameter (0.130"). Yet the annotation for the thread is coming across automatically, so it knows its a threaded hole alright. For some stra...

Petertha

I might be wrong about this but seems to me I had a similar issue. Pretty sure I had to have a part view within what ultimately became the drawing template in order to specify & save specific part view related changes. Another possibility is (I think) some display properties get saved along with...

Petertha

My 3 year old 3DConnexion CadMouse Pro (wired) is acting up & progressively getting worse. Skippy & erratic scroll wheel syndrome. If I scroll up, it lags, or goes the wrong direction, scroll some more then it comes back, sometimes overcompensates. Same problem works in reverse. Same issue i...

Petertha

Not sure if I should be posting this question in this sub-group, but here goes. I'm using SW-2024, the bottom rung basic version. I have never used Simulation Xpress, but have always been curious as to its capabilities & limitations. I now have an example project I could use some insight on. Its...

Petertha

Hmm, could it be this easy? I just noticed that for whatever reason my new Part template had 3 point faded as the default. Maybe that originated from the SW24 download templates. But when I selected Plain White, the part was that more pleasing pale blue color & +/- remained that way when I sketc...

Petertha

I've noticed when initially drawing on the front face of a part, the surface color is quite dark grey. To the extent my dimensions are less visible so I'm always toggling wireframe view. But when I sketch on any other part surface, its lighter. What's weird is if I sketch on the front face a second+...

Petertha

Thanks for comments. The example I included is indeed a standard thread profile available in SW, but that was just a sanity check to see if my methodology was yielding the same resultant values as the calculator. On occasion (unrelated to 3D printing) I do require non-standard threads, or matching a...

Petertha

This question happens to be related to threads, but maybe its a more generic question. I keep a dummy part file handy as kind of a mental reminder of how I've been making threads using a handful of dimensions from an online calculator. Its not very complex but I do it infrequently. So I just open it...

Petertha

I'd like to hear any comments from folks using this program who have Solidworks experience - how it compares functionally, hits, misses, limitations... My understanding is SE is locally installed, no cloud storage requirement, no mandatory public domain sharing of files (+++ IMO). Seems like there i...

Petertha

Thanks! I suspect when I copied one template to make a new one, I probably left this setting intact until I realized what was going on. - so what would checking the Use system settings do? Revert to some Windows printer default setup, whatever that was? - by leaving the Set each drawing sheet indivi...

Petertha

Does anyone know if the printer setup is somehow stored within a drawing template? I have rebuilt my SW21 templates to SW24 version from scratch, all working good for the most part. I have separate portrait & landscape versions with appropriate corresponding title boxes & layout, both on 8.5...

Petertha

It's not a folder on your hard drive. It is an entry in the Windows Registry. I see, thank you. My knowledge level just tapped out with those words so I consulted with Gemini. This looks like something I could manage to really screw up. Chimpanzee with a loaded weapon syndrome LOL. Just out of morb...

Petertha

I believe you are talking about the saved views here: image.png These saved views aren't saved in the templates. You will see the same list of saved views in parts and assemblies. They are stored in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 20xx\User Interface\Saved Vi...

Petertha

What setup parameter within SW tells the drawing to automatically notate the threaded holes? I assume it is somewhere in the drawing template options, but it snot jumping out at me. In this example the (bold) M3x0.5 tapped hole is what is auto-populated when drawing is first created. The other note ...

Petertha

Hello forum. I posted on a couple Solidworks topics the other day but didn't see them show up. I subsequently read there was a mandatory minimum, so hopefully this does the trick.

Petertha

Hi I posted this on the main SW forum, but paraphrasing here as FYI. (I'm new to this forum) I tried doing a very simple block engagement representing gears. I drew some circles representing different pitch diameters 12T, 10T & defined them as blocks. I can insert them into another sketch, align...

Petertha

I just installed SW24 SP2.0 so going through the exercise of creating fresh Part, Assembly, Drawing & Sheet templates. I'm noticing a quirk that I have seen before on prior versions, but was not expecting it now because I was used fresh templates from 2024 download. I know from past experience i...

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