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Also, vote on SPR 700050: Ability to fade (change transparency) of decals in an animation

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You can apply the decal on a dummy part (suggest using offset surface to copy the faces you want to apply on, while editing a new part) and hide/show that part in the animation.

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Talon95 , initially there were a lot of SW sessions to be presented in-person. I know that, because I was supposed to deliver 5 of those. With the last minute switch to a 100% virtual conference, many presenters did not have time to record videos in time to submit them to the virtual track. In my c...

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Tera wrote: ↑Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:16 pm That was it. Yes, now everything is back to normal.

Million thanks.

Glad it worked. If you want to find out the main differences between draft and high quality settings, read this article:

https://www.engineersrule.com/fast-draw ... ssemblies/

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Try to set the drawing view to High Quality first. Did that help?

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This behavior just started with SW 2022: 1. I'm working in a Drawing, and it's the only SW file open. It has a drawing view of an Assembly. 2. Click on a Part in that drawing view and choose the "Open Part" icon. 3. The Part file opens, as expected. 4. Here's the part where behavior has c...

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matt wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:17 pm There's also this one at the top. I guess it depends on which theme you're using.
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Thanks, Matt!

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mike miller wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:35 am Did you try the one at the bottom of the home page?

Aha, now I see it, thanks a lot! Never crossed my mind to scroll all the way down for that!

Good example of UX optimization

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Matt, would you please add the login button on the Home page? Currently I need to click twice to login.
Unless I am missing something...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:08 am There are no live sessions?

Yes, there are live sessions, mostly HIVE meetings and some delivered by DSS. Otherwise, all the breakouts are recorded videos of 45-minute duration.

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Alin Your Wednesday talk happens to fall right on our weekly model review, a half-hour meeting I hold with 11 other mechanical engineers who are working on our current big project. I put your talk on our agenda. Looking forward to it. Dwight Don't forget to submit your survey response at the end. :...

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Case in point, 38 people voted for my "Breakout Counterbores to Avoid ZTG" idea in the last 24 hours of the TTL. I'm now wondering if that was enough to push it in to the Top Ten or if other ideas had similar surges? Was that idea in particular shared somewhere significant / by someone si...

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Alin I registered and have both your talks on my schedule. Dwight I am very excited about the one on Wednesday. Unfortunately, with the sudden change to virtual, I had to record both of them very quickly in order to submit them before the Friday deadline. I am not completely satisfied with the qual...

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Lucas wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:17 pm Sounds interesting! Please, share the presentation link afterwards. I cant attend to it =(

Will certainly do!

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Looks like the TTL22 Community is now retired. Last notification I got from it was at 3pm ET today.

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IndianaDave wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 10:10 am I can't even figure out how to get to the list...
The 3DX@!#%^ site is just so frustrating and I don't have time to figure it out.

Click on the links for the ideas in this article:

https://www.engineersrule.com/heres-wha ... olidworks/

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Wow! This is so pitiful, only 49 votes so far for the top item. A few years ago we had over 200 votes for the #1 item, and that was when you had a more restricted time period and had to actually vote rather than just "Like" an idea. Voting increased significantly in intensity this morning...

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Do not miss the best presentation of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2022! I saved the best seats for you. If you are working with imported geometry that impacts assembly performance, join me on Wednesday, February 9th, at 12:45 PM EST, to find the best methods to drastically improve your performance. 3DXW22 - Q...

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Do you know if it is better to vote for enhancement requests from the Knowledge base or the ER search? image.png If I search the knowledge base for the number, I get a window that looks like this when I select it the SPR: image.png If I search from the ER menu, when I click on the SPR, I get a butt...

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https://www.engineersrule.com/heres-wha ... olidworks/

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Last chance to vote! I have a short list of last-minute favorites: 1. Assembly: Duplicate pattern (inspired from SolidEdge) https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:RPpH1wlnSpCDnedv0Wkxvg/idea:TbvAJ9F8QLaFWQ0GQaI1BQ Benefits: Combine Insert Component with Instant Mate Refere...

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You can also use the File/ Open functionality to load the parts in a certain named configuration.

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What I don't get is why they are including this site in the discussion without ever coming here or talking to me directly. I've spoken with Billeter, but he's not a company representative, and the flow of information, aside from the fact that there was going to be a presentation on the topic, was c...

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Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:03 am Dont think so
More like a presentation to justify why the hell they need to have two community in swymp i guess?
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Wrong. He will be discussing the options users have in participating on this forum and the official one. When to use one and when to use the other.

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mike miller wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:39 pm That's smart. I wish you worked for Goengineer......

GoEngineer already has one of the best AEs in the world. Have you had a chance to talk to Ryan Dark?

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I am not sure i agree with this :? And i do think that it is really not "FAIR" for those idea which is submitted early.... IT is buried DEEP inside the funnel (it took several minute of scrolling and scrolling just to find some of the idea that i submitted early) I see your point. On the ...

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Is that sarcasm? I haven't found ANYTHING easy on that site. (In fairness, I have put zero effort into trying to navigate that site.) No, it is not sarcasm. IMHO, navigating the TTL and voting on ideas is extremely simple. Read each idea and decide if you like it or not. This year there are not a l...

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dave.laban wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:47 am It's about on track for the same voting levels as last year.

When #1 has 38 votes and #10 has 21... it does not look good. Browsing ideas and voting is soooo simple to do in the new format.

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As of this morning, very few votes have been registered. That is too bad, because there are a lot of interesting ideas.

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While helping a client in a similar situation, I was quite successful using a combination of defeature and convert to sheet metal to get what he needed in a reasonable time. Convert to sheet metal is fantastic for surfaces (if you have sheet metal parts, of course).

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@Alin, if Javelin hasn't made @TooTallToby an offer, here's a big opportunity to up Javelin's game. Don't worry @TooTallToby, if you don't like the cold up there in Canada, I contacted my VAR about the possible opportunity to hire you (Southeast US). Javelin is now part of TriMech Solutions. So, we...

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As a matter of fact... is it just me or is there really a benefit to use Enhanced graphics or some other settings-thingy to beautify the things on screen while working on the design. I understand that marketing material, like renderings, are a different topic. Now that I think of it. Even in video ...

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Have just snuck in a few ideas, just before the deadline. None of them belongs to me, though.
My clients deserve all the credit (some of them are members of this forum, too).

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I see no need to have a skeleton sketch in a separate part. The master sketch can reside at the top level assembly, and then copied in-context down through the assembly tree. This has always worked well for me. Not trying to contradict you, just wanted to add that in my experience assembly sketches...

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image.png And, yes, that is my NX (then UG) handiwork. Every. Single. One. of those vent holes required individual attention. The previous oversimplified example is from a current project, so I can't share detail or context. Suffice it to say features needed to be patterned on a set of very non-lin...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:18 pm

The ability to expand the Coordinate Sys in the tree to expose it's underlying planes, axis, and origin. Useful for tree selecting when its hidden.

Convert the existing origin and planes to a new global coordinate system with the above options.

Cool. Will add them to the list!

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Great detailed article, @Alin ! This is the first workflow enhancement that I have been excited for in a long time, especially thanks to your detailed unpacking of it. I can imagine the gloss-over that this may have gotten in the What's New presentations that you mentioned. I have some questions wh...

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So...anyone have this unassuming radio button ticked? image.png Is it a big help with your top down design? Please let us know about your experience with this functionality. Thanks, mattpeneguy ! I learned something extremely valuable from you today! This can be nicely incorporated in a company’s m...

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NX and Creo have had fully-functional coordinate systems ("CSYS") since I first laid eyes on them (as UG and Pro/E) back in the 90s. A CSYS can be defined and redefined in just about any way one can imagine one might need. Each CSYS consists of three functional principle planes and three ...

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Autocad finally wins. We spent 25 years telling people that moving the origin shows how unsophisticated they are, and now, as the company is pushing the 3dx version, they cave in to the Autocad way of doing this. Is there anyone who doesn't believe that the long drawn-out Autocad style skid has sta...

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I finished part B. I see you've concluded to not use horizontal or vertical sketch relations, which deals with how the functionality is now...But, should we ask for vertical and horizontal to be redefined with respect to the coordinate system being used, whether that's the origin or an added coordi...

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mike miller wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:58 am I'm wondering why number seven isn't number one. Or is bug fixing no longer a priority?

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Looks like mattpeneguy and I would like to say thanks to the people who came up with the idea to enhance the functionality of the Coordinate Systems in SW2022. I stress-tested this functionality and I am very excited about the potential use cases. Read about my whole experience here: https://www.eng...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:24 pm BTW, who championed adding those planes and axes to the coordinate systems? I'd like to thank them.

I asked the same question here:
https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... NJjqu20FVg

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:24 pm Hmm. That works and should be a robust solution!

Yes, the new functionality is pretty crazy. We can even achieve freedom from the ORIGIN!!!
I stress-test the enhancements and reported the results here:

https://www.engineersrule.com/coordinat ... -and-axes/

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I'm looking to create a pivot point at exactly the Assembly COM. So far I have achieved this by creating a COM feature in the assembly and then creating an assembly sketch with a single sketch point that I drag coincident to the COM point then using this point and a Plane to define the Axis. This w...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:42 pm How can trimming a sketch make it over-defined?

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Because trimming can potentially add new relations. Not ideal in your case.

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Question about repairing the import. When I run the repair diagnostic and it is not able to heal a surface or gap I can delete the offending surface or gap but I am unable to find a way to fill the resulting "hole" until after exiting the diagnostic. Is that correct? Or is there a way to ...

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If you have import geometry errors, you might encounter big performance hits when working with drawings, especially in SW 2020 and newer versions. An excerpt from this article: https://www.engineersrule.com/fast-drawings-of-slow-assemblies/ Unfortunately, with improved functionality, more data neede...

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Alin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:56 am Defeature/Silhouette is available only in the assembly environment. If you need it for defeaturing a part, simply insert it in a dummy assembly and then have fun simplifying it. Just remember to select bodies instead of components.

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