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KennyG

The TB says 3rd angle, but I swear the views look like it was generated as 1st angle. The chamfer on the left should be represented as a hidden line and the bend tangents on the top view line up with the bend radius of the underside on the front view, not the top side.

KennyG

I've also got one that is not compatible with Win 11 (no TPM chip), so it is stuck on Windows 10 too.

KennyG

Given that Windows 10 is on borrowed time as its planned obsolescence is only about a year out from now (October 14, 2025) and hardware vendors are no longer focusing on it for firmware/driver builds due to Microsoft's pressure on them to only support and sell Windows 11 on new hardware, I would rec...

KennyG

dave.laban Are you using the free version of Aras Innovator or do you have an active subscription? CarrieIves There are 4 SolidWorks connectors for Aras which have different functionality options and levels of integration. They are all made by 3rd parties, not Aras so you would be dealing with thos...

KennyG

No, HELL NO! No F king Fortran! It's worse then LISP. I've not used it since Fortran 77, but apparently it went through a major "remodel" with Fortran 2003 to support modern coding standards and object-oriented programming. Its latest update is Fortran 2023 (minor update) with the last ma...

KennyG

It is still used in commercial apps with heavy math. We use some DOE analysis tools, and they require installing the Intel Fortran redist. Apparently, it is super-efficient with large scale numerical arrays.

KennyG

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:03 pm Yes, old program/library need to update to new Windows API to use long file path.
Some of them are still using code from 8bits DOS.

Yes, I've seen a few that convert paths to the 8.3 format still... It is so annoying!

KennyG

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:03 pm Yes, old program/library need to update to new Windows API to use long file path.
Some of them are still using code from 8bits DOS.

Yes, I've seen a few that convert paths to the 8.3 format still... It is so annoying!

KennyG

It's a default setting to limit the path to support older apps built in the 32-bit Windows era. The true path limit is actually closer to 32,767 characters long, but you would need to enable the longer paths and I'm guessing many apps may not like it. Here is the MS Article on it. https://learn.micr...

KennyG

This article may help. Has instructions for SolidWorks 202 and up to change the view to "Z up" on data imported from a "Z up" system.

https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/which-way-i ... nate-icon/

KennyG

Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 11:51 am Twelve gauge.

That's pretty heavy.

KennyG

@Glenn Schroeder What gauge is the sheet metal that is formed from?

KennyG

Trust me when I say this can be done with PLM that has a good configurator tool such as Teamcenter with Rulestream, and much more robustly as it can include things that are not modeled like paint, adhesives, and lubricants. It can drive the CAD system to generate models and drawings, but that is not...

KennyG

Do you have any PLM application? Seems this would be the place where product configurations would be defined globally with CAD just consuming them.

KennyG

@KennyG What do you use? We actually are looking for something to handle Parts, BOMs, and simple ECO process. No CAD data, that will remain in PDM along with our primary ECO system. It doesn't have to be connected directly to PDM but we do need to transfer the part data to a DB so our PDM ECO relea...

KennyG

@matt Perhaps a version issue due to ZEL X probs using the latest Parasolid version...

KennyG

Here is the correct link for the tutorials:
https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/2 ... /xid486886

KennyG

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 ...

KennyG

In ordered mode, SE works a bit different in that it offers two ways to create sketch-based features... You can draw the sketch as a Profile of the current 3D feature which makes it a private sketch just for that feature and must be edited under that feature. or You can create public sketches using ...

KennyG

Need to know what modeling mode you are in... Synchronous or Ordered? If you try to extrude the same shape several times, you will end up with solids occupying the same volume which most likely is why you are getting a warning/error. Assuming an Ordered sketch as Synchronous sketches aren't a "...

KennyG

For those users who need full featured enterprise PLM and need to manage your SolidWorks data and associated ECO's, what do you use? I'm not talking about SolidWorks PDM, but other enterprise systems like Enovia, Windchill, Teamcenter, Aras, etc... How is your experience with the CAD connector integ...

KennyG

@Jaylin Hochstetler You may want to check out Property Manager while in the FoA file. You can have a different a Document Number specified for each member, thus having a different Part Number for each.

KennyG

There are a few things to remember when using them: If something applies to all members, set the Apply to All Members switch, and then don't forget to turn it off when editing individual members. There are certain features that can only be applied to All Members, so they will be disabled till the sw...

KennyG

For those users who need full featured enterprise PLM and need to manage your SolidWorks data and associated ECO's, what do you use? I'm not talking about SolidWorks PDM, but other enterprise systems like Enovia, Windchill, Teamcenter, Aras, etc... How is your experience with the CAD connector integ...

KennyG

Is this being done to push folks towards their 3DX apps and away from SW desktop?

KennyG

philem By default, the delivered templates are here for 2024 and the ones you use are in the subfolder for the Standard you selected on install ("ANSI Inch" as an example): C:\Program Files\Siemens\Solid Edge 2024\Template You have the option in the SE Options/File Locations to specify a ...

KennyG

Open your templates used to start new files, and set it there. As AlexLachance mentioned, the Gradient Background setting is a "per file" setting while the Solid Background setting is a global setting. Doesn't make a lot of sense but I think the original intent of the Gradient Background w...

KennyG

@philem I was going to suggest using an alternate e-mail. It basically goes by that to verify what country you are located in and if it cannot verify it usually displays a message saying somebody needs to review your request. Glad you got it.

KennyG

@philem The download is working again, so you might retry the download.

KennyG

philem I answered your post on the Siemens Community as well. It may be due to an issue they were having with that download on their server as it was having issues mid-week and I believe it was being worked on late Friday but wasn't resolved yet. The other possibility is that your location cannot b...

KennyG

That's what I'm running. As long as it's up to date, should provide the best experience. There was a Win 11 bug around MFC controls, but it was like a year or so ago.

KennyG

Not sure as I'm not seeing it. Maybe something that was resolved in one of the 3 updates. Community edition is the initial release with no updates applied. I'm assuming you are running Windows 10 as well?

KennyG

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:56 pm Is is just me or is 2024 kind of slow and clunky going through the command bar menus? Maybe there are some options to turn off that is contributing?

Jason, what are you referring to... Display speed of the form when switching commands or just utilizing them while selecting fields/options?

KennyG

Sorry, I was being thick... In the hole dialog, the units change based on the Hole Standard specified. If you specify ANSI Inch, the dialog is in inches, specify ANSI Metric the dialog is in mm. Has nothing to do with Units or Dimension Format. The Units are set in the Hole DB (Excel) for each Stand...

KennyG

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:09 pm image.png

I believe this is what you're looking for.

Trying to be funny or did you forget what group you were in?

KennyG

SE file extensions are still the same. I saw the same with ZEL X and in that video the icon clearly shows it as an NX file.

KennyG

The File Units controls all dialog units. If you have Dimensions placed, they are controlled via the Dimension Format specified and can be set different.

KennyG

matt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:56 pm Hmmm. Well that shows how much I pay attention.

Well at least you paid attention enough to know they enhanced it... You just missed that it was not completely new.

KennyG

Just to be clear, a recent version of SE added the ability to make features like Move Face in Ordered mode. They copied one of SW's WORST ideas, which in turn was just a bad imitation of a direct edit function. Actually, the Ordered direct edit Move Face and Rotate Face commands have existed in Sol...

KennyG

philem Guessing you are the same poster that posted this same topic on the Solid Edge Community forum and got this answered/resolved there. Synopsis, using Libre Office instead of MS Office so had to perform a workaround to make that work, and installed to a non-default drive so SE was pointing to ...

KennyG

One item worth noting is that SP updates will bring further functionality rather than having to wait for a year. This has been in place for a while but seems like it is a major focus. Though let's see how that plays out during the 2024 cycle.... This is an evolution brought about by Agile Product D...

KennyG

@matt , I don't recognize that UI

KennyG

You can't download earlier versions. They only post the latest version for Community/Student Editions which at this time is 2024.

KennyG

Anyone interested in representing Solid Edge?

https://cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=3223

KennyG

I found information earlier that says you can export to AP242 (starting with 2023), but at this point, I'm not sure what part of their documentation to believe. https://help.solidworks.com/2023/English/EnterprisePDM/Admin/IDD_CONVOPSTEPDLG.htm?verRedirect=1 https://help.solidworks.com/2020/english/...

KennyG

DennisD wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:57 pm You are SOL trying to import AP242 in SolidWorks. It is not yet capable, not even in SWX2024.
https://help.solidworks.com/2024/englis ... eneral.htm

So how are you supposed to work with PMI? Can you at least export to other systems with AP242?

KennyG

https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/ques ... nouncement

KennyG

Joints in Fusion 360 make no sense. How can you take something as simple as mating two components and make it so convoluted a person can't figure it out? They've adopted a DSS type attitude of solving a problem that didn't exist, and then digging their heels in saying, "but its better, you jus...

KennyG

Y tinkerman You do have to be careful with NVIDIA now as the pro GPU models and the consumer GPU models from NVIDIA are all called "RTX". The key difference is that the Pro models are branded "NVIDIA RTX", and each model are typically given a whole thousands name such as "20...

KennyG

I read a while back they were aligning icons with NX. I wonder how many users that actually helps; how many use both systems and need the icons to look similar? I mean, they're vastly different systems, why need same icons? It's bigger than just SE aligning to NX or vice versa... All Siemens PLM pr...

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