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Bradfordzzz

I have just downloaded and tested the mirroring function.
I can confirm that the first testing's of this have finally worked.
I will do more testing, but so far so good on the mirroring bug being resolved.

Bradfordzzz

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:53 am https://www.amazon.ca/M4-2-1-41-20mm-He ... B0040CYX34

You sure you need to CNC cut it?
How many are you making?

Needs to be CNC'd on the end of a pin, and the threads need to be longer.
GM is sending us CAD for it. yay !

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JSculley wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:14 am Machinery's Handbook lists this thread under 'Metric Self-Threading Screws'. The data is taken from ANSI/ASME B18.6.5M

Yes .. there is a self tapping screw version of this as well.
the bolts are similar, but they aren't tapered like the screw, and they don't have the cutting tip on the end.

Bradfordzzz

Good morning,

GM uses a custom bolt.
M4.2 x 1.41

Would anyone happen to have a CAD file with this thread actually modeled?
the CAD we get from GM doesnt show the thread.
We need to CNC cut this thread.

Thanks,
Mark

Bradfordzzz

I am certain that once the mirroring bug, and the pack n go bugs are fixed along with many others (hopefully by service pack 5.1), that will be it for us. we are not benefitting from any of the updates that are worth all of the piñata of broken features we are continually getting. Insanity: doing th...

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I think we need to have the Mission Impossible them song play whenever we open Solidworks. at least we would open it feeling a little better, then going into it already knowing our day is just going to suck. <()> One of our designers (All Hail Mitch) just discovered that if you rename the part so t...

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Is it actually the numbers that are causing the issue or is it the number of empty spaces in the file name? That's something to look at as well. You also have a special character in your file name. In most larger organizations, the use of special characters are extremely limited- and for good reaso...

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I would not advise making the move to 2022 SP3.1
Way too buggy and no end of that in sight.

2021 SP5.1 worked good for us, although I know others did have issues (i think mostly with PDM which we dont use)

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Alin wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:37 pm I do not see how our ideas differ. I pointed to a major bug, while you pointed to a humongous one. Where is the disagreement?

and that right there is why we Love you Alin ! LOL

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At least this major bug got solved in 2022 SP3.1. https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/iquestion:ZeczF-2QTwiq_L8W4V2W4Q I think you and I have very different ideas of what a major bug is. mates that go slow vs mirroring that doesn't actually work....

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We have software that translates any of our customers data to any format of our choosing. At this point .. I would rather just pay for the upgrades for that, so it will always read and translate the customers data for us, and not bother to upgrade "Solid doesn't works". stick with the anim...

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I've had this conversation with my boss and the final conclusion was that we're better off paying it then cutting subscriptions to save the cost because if we do end up having to pay later on to upgrade again, we would have to pay the backdating which would make it a bigger amount and thus make it ...

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Once we get service pack 23 from Solidworks, and most of the bugs that affect our day to day are pretty much resolved, I think we are done. We wont continue with our yearly service upgrades. I cant see paying a "Value added reseller" for this any of this "value" we are getting. W...

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BTW. Solidworks SP 3.1 is now available for download.

and no .. still doesn't mirror correctly.

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HI @Bradfordzzz Do you want me to try a particular file/ mirror function? I have the SP3 early release and a very simple mock-up showed no issues mirroring a feature in a part and a part in an assembly. Thanks for the offer SimmoCini . I have the SP3 early release as well, and we found this to be a...

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I had another play around with Pack and Go. It seems that there is a bug so you have to apply a suffix. By doing so, I seem to have no issue with P&G. I keep my working files with no suffix now and any P&G backup gets its own suffix. That work around seems to be working here for me as well....

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our Var is saying SP3.1 to be released July 11th.

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Alin wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:14 pm SP 3.0 has been retired, to be replaced by 3.1.

Thanks Alin. Fingers crossed for some kind of a working product.

Bradfordzzz

We have also found a new issue.

When you make a part independent and then rename the part, it automatically makes it a read only file.

then you have open it, and save it and now its not read only.

LMFAO! this is just insane.

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I think we need to have the Mission Impossible them song play whenever we open Solidworks. at least we would open it feeling a little better, then going into it already knowing our day is just going to suck. <()> One of our designers (All Hail Mitch) just discovered that if you rename the part so th...

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Tera wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:37 pm Forget about the fixes. What else is broken?

Every New version and every new service pack is like a piñata of broken tools.

Bradfordzzz

None of the features we use daily that are broken have been fixed yet.

So my first thought is basically just this ...

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Hi Bradfordzzz, I always thought I am doing something wrong with pack and go and now found this forum that clearly proves it's a bug. What is your workaround if I may ask? I do not use a PDM so I rely on creating revisions via pack and go. It creates a new folder with all the parts I need and chose...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:49 pm I would pressure them for a fix in 2022.....get your management involved and ask to speak directly with SolidWorks. If its costing you money, spell it out for them. Frustrating I know, but if your are loud enough, it can be done.

We are definitely pushing for that. Its not right.

Bradfordzzz

Solidworks 2022 SP3 has been released, and you will all not be surprised to learn that the mirroring is just as broken as it has been.

hhhh

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Update:

Just heard from our VAR. Mirroring issue will not be resolved until 4th quarter of this year.

in the mean time, i guess its 1 handed vehicles to be sold until the end of the year.

Bradfordzzz

There really hasn't been much that has impacted us with regards to the various Service packs. They have been features that are low use for us ... until they broke mirroring and packngo. 2 very major features for us, with no fix in site. I guess we are only going to be building cars that don't have a...

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My second thought was to uninstall sp2 and go back to sp0. I had serious problems with pack & go in sp2 concerning broken references. Back to sp0 and it seems I can use this feature again. Why should we pay this amount of money and still suffer? Never thought I would say this .. but I miss Soli...

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Maybe we need a new thread called "Second Thoughts" ?

Like .. on second thought .. I wish I wouldn't have installed 2022 at all!

and @AlexLachance ... before you say I told you so .. I know I know

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I see "2023 B1" listed in the Knowledge base for your SPR but its possible its fixed in 2022. The "Fixed in: field only shows one version but I've had some in the past shown fixed in a future version but it was also fixed in a future service pack of the current version. How many seat...

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Frank_Oostendorp wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:23 am And the VAR answered? Something like:
- Subscription fee is not only for us, we have to share with Dassault?
- Most of the features are working?
- We try to escalate this bug to get a quick fix.
- Don't forget to schedule your next payment

actually .. no response yet

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You could suggest your VAR to postpone the subscription fee until 2023 B1 as well? ;; no joke ... i sent that to my VAR "So .. since we wont have a working software until 2023 … does that mean we don’t have to pay for the yearly subscription fee until then also? I mean .. the whole point in th...

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Have just been told from my VAR that this wont be fixed until 2023 B1!

how can that be serious? WTF.

So .. did the automobile manufacturing companies decide to only make 1 sided cars?

Unbelievable.

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SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:21 am It looks like SP2 is available to the masses.

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We see it there too. doesn't fix the mirroring issue, but hopefully it does fix some of the other bugs.

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:41 pm I want to maintain a link between a left hand part and right hand part.....I just don't want any assembly involved.

I see. Thanks.

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:37 am I would use the "Create opposite hand" in an assembly mirror, but it creates a reference to the assembly I don't want.

Wouldn't this option take care of that reference issue for you?

Bradfordzzz

I've tried to follow this in the "Who likes SW2022" thread but there's a lot of material in that thread. Is there a concise explanation of the bug behavior or what workflow(s) it affects? The work around sounds like the bug is just when mirroring parts in an assembly? Is mirroring body in...

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Hey when we're having an issue we often end up having horse blinkers and not seeing obvious routes to solutions, it happens to all of us. Just glad to know you have a working solution to an issue that seemed to have been causing you major headaches! I think it would be a good idea for you to have a...

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For those of you that might not know ... There is a bug in Solidworks 2022 that affects the mirroring of some details. Not everything is affected .. but here is a little work around that might help you out until a bug fix is released. Here is the work flow. 1. Select the items you want to mirror, an...

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Having it promoted will have the assembly not show in your BOM, but the parts inside it will. Wouldn't that solve your issue? :P Well yes .. of course it would ... which solves that issue. Now we just need to figure out why I'm a meathead and didn't think of that myself. LOL Thanks Alex. That helps...

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Im fine with sub assemblies really .. in these cases however, it just messes with how items appear in our BOM's.
totally workable .. just out of the normal way .. and therefore .. more work.

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So .. one of our designers has discovered something that kind of works ish.. Here is the work flow. 1. Select the items you want to mirror, and form new subassembly with those items 2. Mirror that subassembly , and select the “create opposite hand version” as normal 3. You will see now that the mirr...

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Honestly .. the only 2 things that are problems for us in this version are the mirroring, and the packandgo. packandgo is workable. it takes extra time, but we can manage until a patch resolved that issue. The mirroring on the other hand .. any work around that we have tried is just not ridiculously...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:02 pm You'll eventually be met with a "We've fixed it in SolidWorks 202X!", most likely only to be bit by a different bug that affects you similarly. Sorry for the pessimism.

I don't think we can call it pessimism. Let's just call it what it is ... Experience.

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You can escalate to critical if you haven't already. You have to do a write up though, something like: "X bug is costing our company $$$ in losses and affecting productivity" Signed " CEO of ACME Rocket sleds" Thanks! I have already done that actually. and I have sent a follow u...

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I still have high hopes that it will be all that we want it to be.
if we keep pestering about the issues we are having.... they are bound to listen at some point ... aren't they?
maybe? even a little?

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:01 am It all depends on how you define working.

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Well right now, I am defining it by the errors I am getting when mirroring

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I would imagine they have a series of standard data sets that they do all their testing on, so each feature probably passes with those particular models. It's then when there's something different in the model that it falls over. However they are doing it .. its not working. maybe some tweaks are i...

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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, I was a SolidWorks VAR. This was in the days when there were two releases a year. One of the Swx support folks, who still works there, told me that there were two developmental versions of SolidWorks, with two teams of programmers. They could not maintain ...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:03 pm Makes me wonder what it was that they "fixed"

It makes me nervous. and I have that uneasy feeling of .. what can I actually trust is right?

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