@matt I hope it is OK to announce that the SOLIDWORKS Power User Challenge #34 has been launched.
If not OK, I can delete this post. Let me know.
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- Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SWPUC34 Has Been Launched
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1292
- Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:15 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Need Advice for Optimizing Large Assembly Performance in SolidWorks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2289
Re: Need Advice for Optimizing Large Assembly Performance in SolidWorks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_XHG4GWja4 Thanks very much for publishing that old video, Frederick. Padrickk I can tell you right now, there is no magic pill to make your assembly faster. You just need to think a bit differently than a typical user: Match the Task with the Tool. I hope matt woul...
- Thu May 23, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Vote to fix broken SW2024 "Enhancement"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3170
Re: Vote to fix broken SW2024 "Enhancement"
Just a note that arrow navigation is still possible in combination with the ENTER key. I tested that in SW 2024 SP2.0. and it works fine.
In a nutshell, press Enter after every edit, then use the arrows to move around.
In a nutshell, press Enter after every edit, then use the arrows to move around.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: New for SW2024
- Replies: 103
- Views: 124063
Re: New for SW2024
I wasn't speaking of that particular feature, but the idea of adding new features with every release. SPs will introduce simple to implement enhancements that have a big impact. Think about what we call “the missing 5%”. Major releases will continue to introduce more complex enhancements that will ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: New for SW2024
- Replies: 103
- Views: 124063
Re: New for SW2024
Very few of us consider this an improvement. As I said in another thread: If the agile philosophy is "We'll fix it in the next release" you have to actually do that part. It depends how much time you spend working with assemblies. This is very useful for me and many of my clients. They as...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: New for SW2024
- Replies: 103
- Views: 124063
Re: New for SW2024
New enhancements are now added every service pack. For users like me who are in LDR mode a lot, having breadcrumbs available in LDR mode is huge (2024 SP1).
Next month (2024 SP2) we get the Component Preview Window in LDR, also.
Next month (2024 SP2) we get the Component Preview Window in LDR, also.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: Enhancement Requests
- Topic: A Place to place our Improvement requests..?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6752
Re: A Place to place our Improvement requests..?
Thanks for sharing, Dave! Voting now.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
Here is one I "might" be willing to continuing paying for support for.... Instantiate tabs into the viewer window for different parts/assemblies/drawings that each are a separate process utilizing separate processor core. Most high end machines nowadays come with at least 4 processors so ...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
Today is the last day to vote on the TTL 2024.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Help in my project
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1979
Re: Help in my project
Nice challenge and quite simple. Are you OK if we record a video demonstrating the technique for solving this problem?
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Subscription cost increase
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13238
Re: Subscription cost increase
xSurface doesn't even come close to nPower in terms of capability. I've spoken with the PM about the need to step outside of the CAD lane and start looking around the SubD modeling world because there's a lot to be desired. nPower is about the best we get natively. That is the add-in SW should buy ...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
You can do both. And it will not get lost if you ask all your colleagues and all the forum users to vote on it.AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:09 pm Because it will get lost in the swamp and noone will really vote on it next year if it's lost so might as well hold on to it.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
I'll be happy to do that next year, if you will remind me when it gets to be that time. The chances of me remembering are pretty close to zero, in spite of my best efforts. Why not submit it now in the ER Community? https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:I23-EB1ZRQyk2sLG5...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Subscription cost increase
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13238
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
Sorry to hear that, Rich.RichGergely wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:40 pm Nice list Alin and appreciate your effort, a few items would help me.
Trouble is I have totally lost interest in the future of SolidWorks, dassault have worn me down to this point.
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2695
Re: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
Looks like I keep failing in explaining the benefits of the idea. Let me answer your points: @Alin my concern was about the man hours the 3d process is pushing on engineers. This functionality will use the dimensions and annotations in the existing drawings. Press a button, and each selected drawing...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
Voted.dave.laban wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:16 am Another low-hanging fruit idea if I might be so bold; https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... k2GOSBg0Ng
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Subscription cost increase
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13238
Re: Subscription cost increase
Alin, Looks like it includes access to the 3DX platform, but very limited to no roles included. Those are extra. The only people excited about the announcement of the addition (forced) to the desktop subscription at Experience World last year were the DSS and SW execs. I like the new share with mar...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2695
Re: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
I thought MDB point was to avoid 2d data at all. The drawing is simply pushing back in the model Annotation Views (if the users needs that). Those dimensions are parametrically linked to the model, so when the model changes, they change. The drawing functionality stays the same (when the model chan...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2695
Re: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
The source of truth remains the model. I will explain in a video, once I find the time to record it.
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2695
Revolutionary Enhancement: 2D Drawing View to MBD 3D View
Update: watch this video for more details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhxRHBsGazQ Are you ready for one more revolutionary idea? What about an automatic conversion of 2D Drawings into MBD 3D Views? Vote for it using this link: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
Re: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
Thanks Alin, I did look up a few of the ideas but I await a list like yours every year, I find that the platform just does not do a good job at putting up front the deserving ideas leaving the user having to go through them one by one which can be quite time consuming. I will read up on this tomorr...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20652
SOLIDWORKS Top Ten List - Curated List of Ideas for Busy Users
Many of you are too busy using SOLIDWORKS and 3DX to find the time to read all the 300 ideas submitted in this year's Top 10 List 3DEXPERIENCE contest. This why EngineersRule.com took the time to compile a short list of 20 ideas split in two major groups: Low-Hanging Fruit Ideas Shortlist (Easy to I...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: Kitty Dump
- Topic: Forum Lag
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2368
Forum Lag
I noticed the forum being very laggy this week. Am I the only one experiencing this?
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: 3D Print
- Topic: What is your 3D Printer?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14903
Re: What is your 3D Printer?
At home I have a Bambulab P1P. So far I have printed only PLA.
I like the speed and ease of use in addition to the generous 10" x 10" x10" volume.
I like the speed and ease of use in addition to the generous 10" x 10" x10" volume.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Subscription cost increase
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13238
Re: Subscription cost increase
Check to see what the new subscription includes. Most likely they added several new tools and services to justify the price increase.
I am not saying that this will make you change your mind, but I hope they did not increase the price without offering extra benefits.
I am not saying that this will make you change your mind, but I hope they did not increase the price without offering extra benefits.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9008
Re: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
I'm convinced the TTL is nothing but a marketing tool. The software team knows what they are going to work on, and is not influenced by the TTL. But the marketing team knows there will be overlap, so they can say "See, we are listening to you" despite all other evidence to the contrary. I...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:33 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9008
Re: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
Automate Tedious and Repetitive Sketch Operations • Select Multiple Edges using Y/N Shortcut Keys https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:8KCue6KnQ6qr8Xd0lbmdeA • Enhance Offset Entities Command by adding a "Machining Mode" https://r11...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9008
Re: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
Large Drawing Performance Ideas • Instant Save As Dialog https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:d501NhWMTW6qcmPxZ6bCGw • Exclude Specific Drawing Views from Standard Rebuild https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:31 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9008
Re: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
Large Assembly Performance Ideas • Add "Rollup and Rolldown to Selected Component" Icons in Assembly Visualization https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:Gs314oIXS6GgJMezIAdLaw • Display States Managed by Tables https://r1132100503382...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9008
Re: Top Ten List: Vote for this one
These are the ideas submitted on behalf of my clients: Fundamental Performance Enhancing Ideas • ESCAPE Should Terminate Any Process and Return the Model/Drawing to its Previous State https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:YxU3ReG0QkqGc0lvBHo6TQ/idea:Bno0bzERT5KUe4z9FPXY4A...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 7:14 am
- Forum: 2D Drawings
- Topic: Drawing slow, lot faster with parasolid imported data
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9058
Re: Drawing slow, lot faster with parasolid imported data
Do you have high quality or draft quality views in the original drawing?
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:59 am
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: How To: Speed Up Mating in Assembly Mode
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10345
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: CAD Agnostic
- Topic: image to dxf
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3168
Re: image to dxf
What I showed above is after all of my work. This is what I was given to start. image.png Autotrace does a good job, as long as you scale the picture way high. I made it 20 meters wide and it works acceptable. Then scale it back down. image.png More information about this technique, here: https://y...
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:27 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: New for SW2024
- Replies: 103
- Views: 124063
Re: New for SW2024
No. R&D for SW 2025-2028 is on the way.Cadmonkeychris wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:16 am Just a thought: does this mean that SW is now locked into a final version of parasolid? If so, what are the implications for further development?
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:11 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: New for SW2024
- Replies: 103
- Views: 124063
Re: New for SW2024
Sage advice, as always.mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:05 am This is why I try to test run any SW SP and any new functionality. I've been burned more than once and I recommend anyone reading this thread about this new functionality make sure to fully test it before implementing it in their workflow.
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: New for SW2024
- Replies: 103
- Views: 124063
Re: New for SW2024
I am speechless of how many crazy enhancements were crammed in SW 2024. One of them is something that no one thought would ever be done - saving files to older versions!AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:47 am I'm surprised Alin hasn't spoke of this yet, there's a few interesting adds.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Re: Mobius Strip in SW
Yup. Same.Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:38 pm Most of the links in that discussion don't show up for me, and the ones that do don't go anywhere useful.
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Re: Mobius Strip in SW
@Alin I've said this before.... I'm not the normal run of the mill Solidworks user. What you're point out in no way shape or form comes close to what I'm talking about. It's ok.... you can just agree with what I said and call it a day. I realize that it's hard for AE's to say as such because you ha...
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Re: Mobius Strip in SW
@Krzysztof Szpakowski So let me break it down for you to make it easier to follow.... Geometry Creation Features/Tools like Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep. There have been NO new tools really added of any significant in over a decade. If you look at SW 2002 vs Solidworks 2012 there were huge jumps a...
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Re: Mobius Strip in SW
Thanks to all for the suggestions. For me, the fact that a twisted face cannot be knitted at both sides to a surface body is very interesting.
So, no closed continuous strip of knitted faces can be created in SW if there is a half-twist anywhere in this "chain" of faces.
So, no closed continuous strip of knitted faces can be created in SW if there is a half-twist anywhere in this "chain" of faces.
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Re: Mobius Strip in SW
... and none of them satisfy the requirements I stated.
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:26 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Re: Mobius Strip in SW
@Alin Not that hard.... Here's a model done in Solidworks 2001..... moe-figure-8.SLDPRT moe-figure-2-surfs.SLDPRT moe.SLDPRT Cool. I opened all three files. 1. Moe is not a surface body. As you could see in my video, I acknowledged that a solid body can be created (8 faces). Also, Moe is not a Mobi...
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Mobius Strip in SW
- Replies: 55
- Views: 35179
Mobius Strip in SW
A few of us started a discussion about the limitation of SW in creating a Mobius Strip as a surface body. Long story short, we failed to create one, even when we used multiple faces. https://youtu.be/8T8dXC1Zn6c The original conversation is there https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.co...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SWPUC33
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1631
SWPUC33
Just in case you have time for a little modeling challenge, we launched the latest SOLIDWORKS Power User Challenge, focused on reverse engineering this part.
Link for the challenge: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... GqglTMR3KA
Link for the challenge: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... GqglTMR3KA
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:37 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Is SOLIDWORKS Cloud Services ITAR Compliant?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8124
Re: Is SOLIDWORKS Cloud Services ITAR Compliant?
Such clients would use on-premise cloud.
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SP3
- Replies: 102
- Views: 34101
Re: SP3
I just learned about that this morning from Betty Baker's weekly email tip. It looks like it will come in very handy for those of us who don't like a bunch of reference geometry in the way all the time, but use planes often for mating. Has it always been a thing, or is that a recent enhancement tha...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SP3
- Replies: 102
- Views: 34101
Re: SP3
I just learned about that this morning from Betty Baker's weekly email tip. It looks like it will come in very handy for those of us who don't like a bunch of reference geometry in the way all the time, but use planes often for mating. Has it always been a thing, or is that a recent enhancement tha...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:51 am
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: SP3
- Replies: 102
- Views: 34101
Re: SP3
Huge? A minor annoyance at best for me. The primary planes are hidden in all my templates. They are hidden in all my files, too. That being said I am using the magic “Q” key to temporarily reveal them when I needed. :) So useful! Press Q, select a plane, start a sketch. The plan hides automatically...