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When working on a part, inside of an assembly, Solidworks ALWAYS picks an external reference. For example, if drawing a circle on the face of the part I am editing, it could reference the origin of the part I'm working on, or it could reference the origin of the assembly. Picking the origin of the part would mean no external reference, but SW will pick the origin of the assembly, requiring me to open the part and correct those external references.

I know it is possible to turn off the creation of external references. I don't want that, I use it regularly. I just want, if given the option, for SW to pick the local reference over the external one.
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SPerman wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:40 pm When working on a part, inside of an assembly, Solidworks ALWAYS picks an external reference. For example, if drawing a circle on the face of the part I am editing, it could reference the origin of the part I'm working on, or it could reference the origin of the assembly. Picking the origin of the part would mean no external reference, but SW will pick the origin of the assembly, requiring me to open the part and correct those external references.

I know it is possible to turn off the creation of external references. I don't want that, I use it regularly. I just want, if given the option, for SW to pick the local reference over the external one.
Yes, I have taken to selecting from the tree instead of selecting from the graphics window when things are close together/overlapping.
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SPerman wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:40 pm When working on a part, inside of an assembly, Solidworks ALWAYS picks an external reference. For example, if drawing a circle on the face of the part I am editing, it could reference the origin of the part I'm working on, or it could reference the origin of the assembly. Picking the origin of the part would mean no external reference, but SW will pick the origin of the assembly, requiring me to open the part and correct those external references.

I know it is possible to turn off the creation of external references. I don't want that, I use it regularly. I just want, if given the option, for SW to pick the local reference over the external one.
We don't keep external refs very long as they destroy file management, but we tried using weld beads in assembly models and I'm guessing you haven't or you would say it ALWAYS selects weld beads, even when viewport is set to not display them!

The selection concept in Solidworks is backwards and fundamentally flawed with decades of workaround and band-aids instead of just fixing it.
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bnemec wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 9:59 am We don't keep external refs very long as they destroy file management, but we tried using weld beads in assembly models and I'm guessing you haven't or you would say it ALWAYS selects weld beads, even when viewport is set to not display them!

The selection concept in Solidworks is backwards and fundamentally flawed with decades of workaround and band-aids instead of just fixing it.
I always break external references after created. I frequently use the assembly to locate mounting holes, and then go into the part, delete those relations and constrain it locally.
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My pet peeve at the moment is not being able to kill the incessant "updating bounding boxes" on opening larger assemblies. (SW 2020).
This seems to slow down document opening to a crawl.
There doesn't seem to be any macros for removing this behaviour.
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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.
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When I replaced it with normal geometry, everything is fine.

So looks like another feature that I am never going to use again in Solidworks. hhhh
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DanPihlaja wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:52 am 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 that I am never going to use again in Solidworks. hhhh
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I wonder how tall my sheet of paper will need to be to show that many rows on a revision table. Certainly a curious default for it to arrive at!
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dave.laban wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:16 am I wonder how tall my sheet of paper will need to be to show that many rows on a revision table. Certainly a curious default for it to arrive at!

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Must be the conversion factor to go from Metric to 3DEXPERIENCE (i.e. nothing makes sense when you go 3DEXPERIENCE). ;)
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