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john@layketool.com

For those with hole wizard features and the unabsorbed position sketch there is now a hot fix available to download. Also it has been fixed in 2024 SP5 that is available however if you have any holes created in 2024 SP4 hole wizard that already have the sketch unabsorbed, editing the hole wizard fea...

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Seems like most of the time this is not due to system memory but because of what's called GDI objects. We used to have to change the number of GDI objects in the registry but people say that it doesn't work with Windows 10. One of the things that used to peg out this amount was having a 3D mouse. Fo...

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The tangency relations are supposed to add themselves automatically. Not the case on your end..? It seems that the first transition from the line to an arc will get the tangency relation added but the transition from the arc to the 2nd line will not add the tangency relation unless you position the...

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The one reason that the VAR is asking so many questions about systems is every one is set up different and has different hardware components that they will need to try to duplicate especially on random crashing. That would be like doing a test drive for buying a porsche in a yugo and saying it's not...

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are this fixtures to measure on CMM or for some machining ? there are datums for this 6 points and you want to place points in different places ? never understand why they love this points, maybe for making problems, there should be something stronger instead of pins. saw some fixtures where whole ...

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I tried the new sketcher and see the value, but I'm still mostly using NX1872 because I prefer to use the Direct Sketch environment, which got dumped before the new sketcher got introduced. If they would bring Direct Sketch back, I'd upgrade to latest version immediately. You can toggle OFF the new...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:44 am Got one in forum asking how to change drill depth to point of the drill.
So the drill depth will be different for all sized drill and tip angle.

In 2023 they added an option within the hole wizard to go to either the drill point end or the transition point like it always has done.

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I feel that the new sketcher environment is actually harder to use. Trying to make changes to a sketch after it's done seems to be twice as hard to figure out what relations/constraints are and how to change them. I've disabled the new sketch environment and use the legacy one as I'm faster with it.

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We design gages and fixtures for the manufacturing of turbine blades. One of the challenges of designing these is finding the optimal place and orientation to clamp and hold the parts to keep them from moving off of their datum features. The parts are usually located in what is termed a 6 point nest...

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Actually it does work with Assemblies you can use the File -> pack and go to save as a previous version. To be honest I found this when simulating a belt and braces pack and go as the current version as a backup (plus check it opens!) then I was confident enough pack and go as earlier version to a ...

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Has anyone else checked this out yet: https://help.solidworks.com/2024/English/WhatsNew/c_wn2024_welcome.htm?id=66b874aa16d84c46b8bd06dddbe569f3#Pg0 ? I just started glancing at it, and it looks like there's some good stuff in it, including something I never thought they would do: https://help.soli...

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With the stand alone desktop license you can open multiple sessions of Solidworks including different versions. As for loading the same part in 2 different sessions, you can do that but the first one you open will be the only one you're able to make any changes to since the others will open "RE...

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You may have to open each of the part models that it created in the assembly and then choose the disconnect from original file. Do you have the option for your customer to export it out as a parasolids perhaps. Another option may be to have your customer change the exort options if possible to flatt...

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I have had the same issue. There was a bug introduced in 2023 that would change the decimal precision to 6 decimal places at random times and wasn't anything to do with any of the user settings. It appears that they have found that bug and fixed it in 2023 SP3. I have not had any issues with this si...

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Yes I've noticed that as well. Not sure why or what is causing it but seems to be when editing the part within the assembly. Seems to be a random issues as well. Tryng to capture the Rx is not an easy task either because it doesn't seem to be a repeatable feature enhancement. <ll> It's also like tha...

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I haven't noticed anything new that they "broke" during the upgrade to 3.0. One thing they did fix that was driving me

was the decimal precision randomly switching to 6 place decimals all of the time.

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Newer version SW use newer version Parasolid which older version SW cannot open. The best thing I've found is to set the default parasolids export to an older version than what may be used. We used Mastercam for the longest time and the parasolids kernel was always 2 or 3 versions behind Solidworks...

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Thanks, I'm starting to dig through some of those posts to glean information on the plans for transferring everything over. [sarc ]It's really cool of them to disable access without the new solution already in place. [/sarc] Well that seems to be way DS likes to operate. They did the same thing whe...

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That's odd, it works for me. Try logging in to their platform and then clicking on the link. Maybe that will unlock the door to haven. I can access the downloads from the mySolidworks.com/support page. You have to log in using MySolidworks and then pick on support. Then you have to pick the desktop...

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We are wanting to change our default drill point angle from 118° to 135° to conform to customers standards. Is there a place to do this easily. I've checked in the Hole Wizard database & I see nothing for the drill point angle default. We don't want to have to manually do this for every hole tha...

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The one issue I have with the subscription online based software is the constant need they seem to have in doing updates. It always seems like when they send out an update to the program, there is no way to drop back should that update break something that worked before. Some places have to test an ...

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I use both Solidworks & NX to design gages & fixtures. I'd much rather have a root canal than try to design anything from scratch with NX. Can it be done, sure but plan on it taking twice as long if not longer than it does in Solidworks. Drafting in Solidworks is hands down the better of the...

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It looks like you have not changed any of the body appearances. The very first line in the tree shows a default light grey color but if you would go in and change the body colors of individual bodies, then you should see appearance colors. I tried it on a part with features but no appearance assigne...

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Ahem. 2021-11-18 15_37_37.jpg They did try that one year & they fell flat on their face even though the beta testers told them it didn't work with their new so called "colorblind" light blue/lighter blue/light grey color scheme that it gave everyone headaches trying to figure out what...

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They can give us all the new features they want but when they discontinue the one thing that's going to screw over a bunch of users then why update. We're not going to update or renew maintenance unless they give us back the functionality to allow us to work remote without having to continuously for...

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I told my VAR, but since I'm not on subscription the only leverage I had was to tell them they are now not even being considered when I pay for CAD again. I've emailed my VAR which is Trimech out of Virginia three times & have heard absolutely nothing in response to what they're going to try to...

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I added a bit of code to help check for the top level component's "Exclude from BOM" value. This should work for the rebuild function now. I tested it on an assembly that was a couple levels. Public Function swmRebuild(swAppIn As Variant, partIn As Variant, featureIn As Variant) As Varian...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:53 pm WTH are these dotted lines, and where did they come from?

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THat looks like the cosmetic threads after you moved them in your model before opening up the drawing. We see that all the time & have reported it but like all other bugs they don't pay any attention to them.

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Finally got an assembly made to test it.... If Not tCmp.GetExcludeFromBOM2(swInConfigurationOpts_e.swThisConfiguration, tCmp.ReferencedConfiguration)(0) Then cCnt = cCnt + 1 Need to add (0) after the function, and it does work for myself (up to that point) I replaced the lines "If tCmp.Referen...

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I'd try replacing the lines: If tCmp.ReferencedConfiguration = Cfg Then cCnt = cCnt + 1 End If With these: If tCmp.ReferencedConfiguration = Cfg Then Dim configOpt as Integer Dim configNames as Object [size=150]If Not tComp[/size].GetExcludeFromBOM2(configOpt, configNames) Then cCnt = cCnt + 1 End ...

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We have a macro that someone did that goes thru the assembly & counts all of the components and adds a property to the parts with the quantity that we use in our part callouts. The one thing that this does not do is to take into account those parts that are marked "EXCLUDE FROM BOM". D...

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There isn't a setting specifically for alternate position views that I know of, but there is a setting just for new views in general. If the alt pos view is different from the main setting, you'll have to change them every time you create one. image.png Yes I have the main drawing view created with...

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Does anyone know of a way to create the alternate position views in a drawing & keep the Tangent Edges removed. I have the main drawing view created & have it set to have the Tangent Edges removed but when I create an alternate position view in that view, it always creates them with the Tang...

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Online licensing allowed a user to be able to work from their main system and then take a laptop or a second computer home & work on that computer. It would automatically log the other computer off so you could continue to work on the home/laptop computer. It was similar to a network license but...

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