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TRKemp

Haha it's all good, pointing out these things is always a good thing anyways since not everyone has deep knowledge of the program :P I thought there was something new I missed out on. There's a new thing they dropped a year or two ago that's supposed to be an upgrade to Enveloppes but I haven't got...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:01 pm I've been using it for a few weeks. For me it's been no better or worse than other versions.

I echo this part of the statement.

TRKemp

Sorry everyone. I guess I was late to the party.

Carry on.

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You got me all excited to learn more about envelopes, until I saw this in the help: "envelopes are never included in the bill of materials" To me, thats whats great about them. They can be a couple surfaces.. or full assemblies.. but they are strictly used to help your designs incorporate...

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For me at least, the best enhancements that have happened in the last 5 years are: Envelopes Cylindrical bounding boxes Envelopes are a game changer in terms of design flexibility. It free's up so many options for creating smart reference geometry, as well as alternate views .. I wish I had them bac...

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Interesting thread. I've always wondered if I could add an extra sheet for customer specifications / notes / job specific requirements without it being included in the final sheet count. But it does sound like its still a complicated problem, with no easy solution.

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Thanks everyone. Dan - i have my templates assigned and the option for "prompt user to select," so both are true statements. I have several different drawing templates, so its necessary to choose which one is needed, rather than let solidworks default to a single one. I agree with your sen...

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This is new behavior since my 2024 install, but something i changed in my defaults / settings may be the culprit.

Have any of you seen this prompt when selecting the "SPLIT" command, and do you know how to disable it? It's a bit of a nuisance.

Thank you

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It has something to do with my use of global variables in the property text string. I can't really see another way to add length to the bounding box and still insert it into the text string, however.

Nuts.

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How are you building the description string for the bounding box method? Im using a global variable. I have a variable set for the length of "trim stock" I want set at 1.5" Then a I have a variable set for the bounding box length + the trim stock length That variable is inserted into...

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The units outputted in the BOM are driven by the part, therefor the part requires to have units rounded off if you want fractions, not the drawing. Here is an example where that is not the case. This part is also a cylinder, constructed to have a blind end condition, and therefore uses a straightfo...

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We were on 2022 SP05 for a couple years and I never experienced any of that behavior personally.

That is definitely strange.

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@TRKemp Not sure how you are linking your custom properties. I did it in the model.....maybe you are doing it in the drawing BOM? Here are my settings: image.png Custom properties in model image.png Thanks for your help. Im linking the custom properties to the model as well, but using the drawing t...

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Thinking we need to steer this ship back to the actual topic? "FYI - 2024 SP04 is now available for download" Just a suggestion [stir] Thanks - I will help. New for 24 was a cylindrical bounding box (finally!). We use a material type BOM and I've wanted to make "smart" pipe segm...

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If you havent already, you might try posting this on the official forum. You may get more traction.

Its an interesting question, just not one I have any constructive feedback on for you unfortunately.

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Anyone getting constant crashes when working with Exploded View in SP4? I just reinstalled Windows and fresh SW 2024 SP4 with factory settings, yet can't do more than a few explode steps before the program CTDs :D Did you elevate this with your VAR? We ended up going back to SP3.1, but Im curious i...

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I do update them when I upgrade, both to ensure maximum compatibility and also to take notice of whatever has changed, but I don't recreate from scratch my parts and assemblies to have them in the "new" template, which is why I was glad to have someone from Dassault tell me this. If I eve...

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We use hole wizard too much to have an issue with it - I'm going to uninstall 4.0, install and test 3.1 and hope it isnt a big backwards step. Not much talk in the other thread about big problems, so I'm hoping this is a sound decision. I'm under pressure to get these new stations rolled out .. so t...

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After I had my VAR involved I had discovered this post in the SWYM: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/community/swym:prd:R1132100503382:community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg?content=swym:prd:R1132100503382:qnaquestion:G7ae-fjORIyUrfSt0fthPg&answer=swym:prd:R1132100503382:qnaansw...

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Not a problem! Happy to reduce the SW induced anxiety in any way I can.. haha.

As an update - my VAR replicated the graphics issue mentioned prior. Its now been elevated to SW.

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Did you try Mirroring at all yet? From a purely functional standpoint, I see no glaring issues. I've mirrored a couple assemblies using different options for the mirrored geometry - external files and also my preference, adding derived configurations. No missing components or failures to note. At a...

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One additional comment: The envelope publisher appears to be working correctly. In 2022 SP05 when publishing an envelope group to another assembly, the "destination" envelope would not update after changes were made to the "seed" assembly, thus rendering the feature kind of usele...

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No problem, the file transfer performance for me is such a big key of whether an update is considered stable, so I wanted to make sure I shared that. Even 2022 SP05, my VAR had to perform a "backport" from an earlier version to install the .dll file that manages the pack and go function, s...

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So heres a short list of some things I noticed after 6-ish hours of testing. Pack and Go seems to function as it should - tests did not yield any strange results or missing virtual components. Updating referenced file locations for models was successful Using the RMB "rename" tool was succ...

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Sounds like a graphic issue if they are not selectable. Do you have enhanced graphics turned on? That could be the culprit. When going to that option, i see a new one called "Hardware accelerated silhouette edges". Unchecking it removes some of those lines, but they are still there. I als...

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Something i noticed right away in this version - maybe its a graphics / performance related option someone can help me "sus" out? This is a sheemetal cone, or loft. In this version, there are random linear graphics that appear. When depressing the scroll wheel, they dissapear temporarily, ...

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I typically wait until SP05 - but we have some new workstations going in, so it's forcing my hand. Just thought I'd pass the word if anyone's been waiting for the next iteration. I'll report back if anything major pops up after we've had some time on it.

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I'm sorry for not responding to your previous post. I have been trying to recreate the issue that I posted about with the normal cut & one of the sheet metal features. As I had stated in post #3 it was a workflow I don't normally use. I do a lot off my work in multi body part & very little ...

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What sheet metal anomaly? Do you have a link? Was the "enhancement" introduced in 2023 or early 2024 release? Thank you. It was explained in the second post, strange behavior with a normal cut. We use and rely on the sheetmetal aspect of SW quite heavily so any sign of an issue always giv...

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Will be following this thread to learn the same.

Any updates on that sheetmetal "anomaly" ?

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Not that I'd call it an improvement, but turning on "enhanced graphics performance" and turning off anti-aliasing produces a reasonable comprimise between the model and drawing. The edges on the model are at least defined with a consistent black edge, albeit a rather thin one. The drawing ...

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Full AA turned on

Edit: Full scene antialiasing does look terrible in drawings as mentioned. Going to be a non-starter for me.

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FYI: If you are running in 'Software OpenGL' mode, you are basically not using the graphics card to do any of the graphics processing mathematics. The CPU is doing it all and telling the graphics card, 'Here. Display this'. Things may look better in this mode, but performance (rotating, large assem...

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What graphics card and graphics driver are you using? Looking up your specs, it looks like you should have R515 for your A4000 card in your Dell 3660. Can you verify? Edit: Also, check to make sure you have Full scene anti-aliasing enabled in [System Options] -> [Display] -> [anti-aliasing]. This w...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:09 pm Get some screen shot of the washed out edge.
Could be graphic setting.
Turn Graphic setting to Performance. No fancy shadowing, anti-alias.
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I turned these options off, but no improvement unfortunately. Thank you though.

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Model with Enhanced graphics turned off. Edges underdefined and washing into the next component.

Model in Open GL Mode

Model in Enhanced graphics

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At a minimum, at least I'm not in this boat alone. I was also on 2020 SP5 for a few years and agree it balanced both aspects well with EG turned off.

Maybe this will be a big benefit to others as more feedback comes in.

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Since upgrading to 2022 SP5, Ive been having a graphics issue related to my models / drawings. Without "enhanced graphics enabled" my model edges are washed out and underdefined, its hard to spot face tangency and ensure that edges aren't intersecting. This was never a problem pre-2022. My...

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TRKemp I recently went thru exactly the same issue. My update to 2022 SP5.0 damged my DXF bendline output too. I actually did the exact same thing you've shown here. Although, I saw this method some years ago when an older version failed the bend line output but this did not fix that then. But I tr...

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I recalled another recent thread about bend lines in dxf from 2022. viewtopic.php?p=24905&hilit=dxf#p24905 I don't' know if it's related or not. I was going to suggest using map file to make sure the bend lines are on a layer and that layer is on in whatever software is opening/reading the dxf,...

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Okay.. So using some advice from a thread I found on 3dswym.. I tried these options: image.png Which displays the lines again... image.png Im only puzzled because I've never needed that option before. I can only assume something is missing in the registry or something similar, causing this to occur....

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Btw - trying another option like 'annotation views' and checking "current" does not change the result. I haven't been able to get the lines to populate under any circumstance thus far.

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Can anyone else report this instance on their installation? I've experienced it on several occasions now. Even simple sheetmetal patterns won't populate the bend line geometry when exporting to dxf.. image.png Wondering if a backported .dll file from 2020 SP.5 would be something I could request my V...

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This is also a good resource for learning surfacing technique in solidworks - from basic to advanced. Most of the basic tutorials are free, the advanced are sold separately or as bundles throughout the year. Jan is a little heavy on the emails, but will respond to your questions personally should yo...

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Curious to hear to feedback also. I've got the files downloaded, planning to upgrade our office to this version soon.

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I suppose it is possible that they were able to "fix" it without the use of the search button that collected all of the virtual component references, but that seems unlikely. I suppose I won't know until I try it at some point in the future. SP5 perhaps.

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Ok, thanks for checking for me. It was supposedly "fixed" in SP.2. Dear Tyler, This is a courtesy e-mail to notify you that the following issue, which you reported through your local SolidWorks reseller, is addressed in 2022 b2. This Service Pack is available to download from the following...

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I'll bite. Could you confirm that this SPR was fixed?: SR# -- 1-23626682349 SPR# -- Description ----------------------- 1194201 - Assemblies - External References, Virtual Components: Virtual Component external references status becomes out of context after parent assembly is renamed You should be a...

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Really wish they'd ditch the annual upgrade platform, stop labeling it "Solidworks 20XX", and just allow users and company's to build functionality from a base platform ( just simply call it Solidworks ) by allowing the purchase of individual enhancements that look appealing to that specif...

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It's not likely the cause of your specific situation, but I've had surface features affect whether or not hidden lines are visible on a component before. The surface feature doesn't even have to be covering the body where you want the hidden lines to show, it just has to be active in the view. Hidin...

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