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DanPihlaja

huh, I can't get that macro to work at all. I downloaded it and nothing happens when I run it. hrmm...

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Simple answer: Yes. Set the scaling up as global variables and then have a feature at the end of your design tree for scaling. And then you have one configuration for the actual part, and one configuration for the mold. I did it at my previous job for thermoformed plastic. Think auto part dunnage f...

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I don't know how you did it to get an angle in your image, but the construction line linking the two is what should tell you that they are aligned. image.png The one from the contest is missing the constraints that you are showing in yours. If the constraints are showing, or this were on a technica...

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I don't think so (although some other enterprising person may be able to figure it out). I thought that it was going to be similar to a pattern, in which you create the pattern, and then double click the pattern in the tree and select the numbers on screen. Or go into equations and select them there...

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Just to make sure that I understand:

You are doing this?

If that isn't working, sometimes I have to run a CTRL Q on large assemblies for it to update properly.

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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. Try creating the first dimension off of the object in the lower right to force the angle dimension to a clockwise direction. It can be deleted later.

This is what I came here to say.

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Happy New Year all! Hope you all had a good break. I went into the far north of Michigan and my kids did a lot of sledding.

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In the almost 20 years that I have been using Solidworks, I think I used that function twice.

Both times I tried to get it to be what I wanted without adding fluff to views that I didn't want.

Then I shelved it and have just put all my center marks in manually.

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When I try to add the hole callout on my drawings for heli-coil tapped holes It doesn't come in correctly. Anyone else found this to be true? What is it that you see when you place it? Unfortunately, I am on SW 2022, so I am not experiencing the same thing. If it is actually incorrect (meaning it d...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2024 11:26 am We all have our path to walk.
Never wrong, just different.

NEVER wrong? Really? Wow.

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I created all of our most used default file locations and consolidated them into a single folder on the network (with sub-folders for each one). Then I assigned the proper locations, and then use the Copy Settings wizard to create a copy of my settings and placed the output file on the same network ...

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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 f...

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This is a table generated from 2 views (starting with Drawing View1). It only lists in the main view of the Feature Manager? I would like to add the holes from Drawing View3. The only way I have found is creating a new hole table from scratch. image.png huh. I have tried selecting edges from other ...

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Hole Tables are a per view type thing. Edit2: I was wrong. See below.

If you have second view, then you would need to create a new hole table.

edit:

If you copy and paste a view, it also automagically pastes a new hole table as well. (at least in SW 2022, anyway)

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When you are in 3D, when you "Fix" a line, the endpoints are still free to slide along the length of the line. You would ALSO need to fFx the end points if you wanted them locked. This same behavior is is represented in the drawing side of things as well. However, since the drawing side of...

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Use a derived sketch?

https://help.solidworks.com/2022/Englis ... Redirect=1

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HercalloY is from Australia, where the DSS people have lost their mind. I don't think the pricing comparison is the same in the US. Interesting, Siemens is publishing pricing on their web site. https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/nx/products/nx-x-cad-online-design-standard/ NX Standard is < $7400/year...

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Mike Gera wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 10:07 am How does NX handle sheet metal?

Sheet metal is my biggest gripe with SolidWorks.

Thanks.

The biggest difference will be the price tag. $3,000-$8,000 per seat for Solidworks. (iirc) $15,000-$20,000 per seat of NX.

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I use assembly, parts and drawings daily. With a smattering of Photoview 360, Motion and Simulation here and there. Have been using it since 2009 (the year, not necessarily the release). We are currently on SW 2022 SP4. Don't really pay much attention to the direction. I guess my take on it is that ...

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I have been thinking on this off and on all day. And I am not sure if there is a better way than you are already doing it. I mean, you can make copies of the original parts, scale up/down, and then use the cavity feature to cut it out of the previous part. But that uses a percentage instead of an ac...

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That link just brought me tot he "What's New" page for the Solidworks Forum.

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I use it periodically. We use it mainly as a replacement for AutoCAD for plant layouts.

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TABL3SIX wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:49 pm Hello all,

New to the forum. Hoping to learn a lot.

Spike from Chicagoland.

Welcome Aboard!!

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You should name your planes and set up your views however you like and move on. Which axis goes up or North or whatever is arbitrary and has no real meaning. I can imagine that people in the automotive space use the out of the box orientation for Zup that DS is using. I would be more inclined to ar...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:15 am I am doing some simple FE on this part. I've hidden this sketch dozens of times. Every time I solve, it unhides itself.

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It is possible that it changes display states when it solves? If so, make sure it is hidden in the other display state.

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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 se...

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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. image.png Thank you Not sure why it is bringi...

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This is a GIF file. Click on me. AAAAGH.gif grumph o[ hhhh EDIT: OK, I figured it out. In order to make that shape, I had used the Arc Slot function at the part level and used it cut that shape out. image.png When I replaced it with normal geometry, everything is fine. So looks like another feature ...

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My only suggestion is to do this in a drawing. And share it in a drawing.

And then change the hatch to whatever you want.

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@DanPihlaja I really appreciate your help and the time you put on this problem. 1- I've already tested both modes of "Color Display Modes". The result is the same. 2- My settings for "Color" tab in Adobe PDF Settings is exactly the same as your image. 3- I had tested "Color...

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Display states also don't affect the BOM, so you can maintain the same balloon numbering across multiple views that show different components of an assembly. This is great for complicated assemblies where you want to show step by step assembly instructions. Alternatively, you can ALSO use configura...

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OK I think that I have it figured out. Go to your print preview: image.png You will notice that your Print to Adobe PDF is the same as the print preview. Now go to Page Setup: image.png If you change drawing color to "Color/Gray Scale" then it prints the colored items according to layer. B...

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Using the Adobe PDF printer, I get the exact same results.
Drawing:

PDF file:

I don't use the PDF printer normally..

Let me look at some settings.

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What do you have for this setting in the Adobe PDF printer settings?

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It's already set to color. As you see, the isometric view in pdf is in yellow which shows the pdf printer side knows about the color. It's only Fill feature that doesn't show as color. Thanks anyway for your time. When you click this button, does anything change? image.png I wouldn't expect it to.....

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Was wondering how a cloud based CAD system would handle this, Onshape in this case.. The rebuild time for the same part with a 20 x 100 feature pattern rebuilt in a similar time, slightly faster than my 5 years rig (.65 vs .91 secs). The sketch pattern rebuilt in 7.5 seconds, twice as fast as my ri...

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I found kind-of-a workaround, far from ideal, but sharing to show my progress. Basically I created a single sketch and Cut-Extrude feature, and did Link Dimension on both the size of the square and the depth of the cut, with Cut-Extrude set to cut All Bodies. And then copy-paste that feature. Basic...

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in the digging I have done, it looks like it can only be saved by copying a reg key. Here is one example: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/community/swym:prd:R1132100503382:community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg?content=swym:prd:R1132100503382:qnaquestion:tRA1CV3KSTaeUqpQ0aZI6Q Respo...

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Is this going to end up as a piece of sheet metal that is going to be bent into shape?

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Right, I see, I initially thought of doing this as well (naming bodies), but then realized if there are multiple identical bodies in the part, it gets a bit weird which body should be named, and what to name the other bodies, so now I went to using weldment feature so that bodies are grouped into c...

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That is very smart, and a good advice, thank you. I also use Insert->Part wherever possible, it seems a lot more robust than Insert Into Part or even Save Bodies. Also allows transferring lot more than just solid bodies. What about naming/numbering these bodies/parts? How do you manage that? For us...

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Well, the kind of parts I make, features are shared between bodies most of the time, there is no real way to separate them. As for configs, take this recent project of mine (rope blocks): image.png Can this be done without configs..? Yeah, sure, copy-paste files and make the changes. But what if I ...

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Yes, grouping is rather broken. I wrote a macro for a customer that wanted some special grouped notes... I had to write a "fix all" routine that would go find all the groups and fix their position when they got out of whack. Here I am, thinking that I am a pretty good Solidworks user, and...

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Check if view display is set to high quality. You click on the view and check the view property manager, and under display state/tyle, you will see the high quality toggle. If you have a whole bunch of drawings that need to have views converted to high quality, then you can use the Solidworks Task ...

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Thanks for the replies. We both use SW2022 sp5 and Excel 2407 (Office 365). It's works for him intermittently. I'll check about the clipboard managers. I also don't know that he has any other drag and drop issues in Solidworks. I had thought of this as a Toolbox issue, but the replies take it as be...

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What version of Solidworks and what version of Excel does he have? Is it different than yours?

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I'm glad you're okay. Two of my wife's siblings have homes on Davis Islands (a suburb of Tampa). They both had about a foot of water in the houses. A friend of mine's son lived in Asheville. He couldn't get a hold of him for 24 hours. Once he was able to call, he found out from his son that all the...

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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. image.png I agree that it sho...

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I'm sorry, I had previously sent something, but the company web filter undid it. Here's the attachements. Thanks already for the immediate answers. Here is your answer: image.png So. using that from above, this means the following: image.png And in this one, the bend is coming toward us: image.png

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