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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:18 pm @matt , there are two DraftSight subforums showing.

And no activity in either one.

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It was probably written by the same genius who thought that flipping a mate alignment requires an additional rotation.

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That is an improvement. In 2023, Zup still means Z down when sketching on the front plane. (At least how I have my template set up.)

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DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:17 am It is possible that it changes display states when it solves? If so, make sure it is hidden in the other display state.

There is only one display state.

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I am doing some simple FE on this part. I've hidden this sketch dozens of times. Every time I solve, it unhides itself.

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If you start a sketch on the front plane, which direction does the Z axis point?

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When it is too much trouble to buy another Domain.

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I see the same behavior in 2023 SP5.

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Investigating a SolidWorks assembly performance issue: 800 parts 90 unique 30 sub-assy 9 unique sub-assy 860 top level mates :o I was thinking, why so many mates? Fasteners mostly it turns out. There are sheet metal parts with lots of holes, some round, some hex, some key slots. The user built the ...

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I have no idea about the source of this information https://www.quora.com/What-CAD-software-does-SpaceX-use SpaceX uses a variety of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software including CATIA V5, Siemens NX, and SolidWorks. Here's a more detailed breakdown: CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Intera...

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I haven't used it since I left my last job in 2017. Back then it was extremely robust. The idea of crashing while doing nothing of consequence was unheard of. Switching from NX to SW felt like a major step backwards. In fairness, some of my problems were from trying to use SW as if it were NX. I wou...

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HercalloY wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 12:41 am Works perfectly in NX. Modeled it exactly as you did (for curiosity), no problems (and no problems when done in a number of different modelling methods either).

I haven't done much sheet metal work in either program, but from my limited experience, NX has way fewer issues.

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You might be able to take this and modify it. It says it generates a random part number but you might be able to change it to generate a serialized number.

Revision control app macro (release)

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No problem :) I never expected this little tool to gain so much popularity, after all, it does maybe 1% of what PDM does, if that. But I'm glad you find it so useful. I will post the v5 in just a moment. If this had been available a few years ago I likely would have never purchased PDM. It appears ...

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From time to time I need to create a section view to share with co-workers. This is much more effective when you can actually see what is happening in the section view. Unfortunately, with some materials applied to parts, it just gets washed out. You can see how the parts with dark colors keep the a...

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I haven't found a way to control this.

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Frustrating... it worked well for months and now this. The only thing that happened is that I showed how to use it to a co-worker. It did not work on his computer, but I'll debug that after, if I manage to get it working again on mine. I think the root problem will be that the filename doesn't have...

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NM. I found the additional modules.

In the quick little bit of testing I did, I only got the "subscript out of range" error if there was no "_" in the filename.

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I think it is failing because there is only 1 instance of "_" in the FileName string, and you are looking for the 2nd one.

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I think style favorites will do what you want.

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I'm confused by your answer. Are you saying you have "do not scale" on your drawings, and then saying that knowing the sheet size is helpful if you need to scale the drawing?

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What about using an Extrude Cut, Thin Feature? I don't use library features, so I'm not sure if this is feasible or not.

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I also struggled with the fact that what it calls the X-Axis, is not the global part X-Axis.

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I am also curious if anyone still has the sheet size on their drawings. It seems unnecessary given that most prints are delivered in digital formats these days, and you can't control what size sheet they print it on. I have both in my title block, because when I created our first print I copied some...

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My guess is if you change this setting, it will load the referenced file when you load the part. I think it will always show the "?" if the external reference isn't loaded.

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:26 am Can't find anything on it except for some high level generic marketing content that tells you absolutely nothing.

Isn't that the modern definition of modern marketing?

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You could try treating the multi-line note as a paragraph.

Get and Set Paragraph Properties Example (VBA)

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Siemens just launched a product that maybe nobody asked for, a cloud-based version of Sold Edge, Solid Edge X, as it will soon be known, SE-X.

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SheetFormatVisible Property

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Here is another one. (This came from a customer, so I don't know the history of this assembly.)

The assembly isn't exploded, but the explode lines are showing.

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I still don't understand how this isn't a bug. There is no exploded view for the configuration that is selected. I don't care what state it was in when the file was last saved. If you open a configuration that doesn't have an exploded view, the assembly should not appear exploded.

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Does this help?

https://help.solidworks.com/2022/Englis ... ations.htm

It shows creating a column with the header "$NEVER_EXPAND_IN_BOM"

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I haven't tested this, but it looks like this is it.

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\Solidworks 202X\Material

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I received this email today: "If I was on a 450 MX bike I’d be running a 56n/mm spring- on my E bike I run a 600 lb spring." grumph Not only did they switch from SI to Imperial, not only did they drop the "f" in lbf, they completely dropped the "/in" from the descriptio...

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It is a wonderful start to the week. We rent the back portion of our shop to a machine shop that does 95% of our machine work. The owner has been on dialysis for a decade waiting on a Kidney. Over the weekend he had stroke, and while it isn't as bad as it could be, he has a lot of therapy ahead of h...

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It was about 5 years ago list time I checked, and NX was significantly more expensive, comparing apples to apples. They might have had a low cost entry point, but if you want assemblies, and sheet metal and basic analysis it got expensive in a hurry. If NX is now half the price of SW I need to start...

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Bambu filaments are pretty good (PLA /PETG) and they offer refills for their smart reels. The refills sound like a good idea. After throwing a couple of $25 balls of spaghetti in the trash, I decided it was not worth the hassle. On one of them, i didn't have the 2 halves of the spool fully seated. ...

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Their solution is to subscribe to Co-Pilot. (Their AI.) It will find and sort all of the information for you.

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As I understand it, per our IT guy, Teams is the framework for the file storage. The actual storage is done in SharePoint, and the interface is OneDrive. We've never done anything with SharePoint. At first we used teams quite a bit, but over time it has just become a big sink hole of information wit...

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I know I sound like a Bambulab salesman, but with the X1C, printing ABS is not any more difficult than PLA. I never went to PETG due to the stringiness and zits.

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This is one of our customers.

He takes information from his bot farm and feeds it into ChatGPT, which identifies printers that need service.

https://www.instagram.com/perryparts/reel/DBL7a6GxQaz/

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I would think ABS is all I need for this.......of course, I say that then I find maybe CF is useful in some cases. I am working from memory, which for me is a dangerous thing to do. I want to say that CF doesn't add much, if any, to the ultimate strength, just makes it more brittle. Of course, this...

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I see a lot of people who are unhappy with BL using Qidi. I bought one of their units before buying the Bambulab, and it wouldn't print anything. I assume they have since addressed the problems I had.

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I would probably make the panels oversize, and then trim them as needed. But if the goal is a cavity, the cutter part may be unnecessary.

Again, I'm speculating because all we have to work from is a few screen shots. Are you able to share the models?

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I think you need to reconsider how you model this part/assembly. With the lack of information provided, I can't make a suggestion.

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You can't monitor prints from devices outside of the local network. There may be other limitations. I've accepted that privacy no longer exist, so I don't worry about it.

As it is, I frequently send prints from home to the work printer, or vise versa.

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There is very little that I don't like. There are minor UI issues, but my 50+ year old brain thinks most modern UI's are lacking. My biggest complaint is that only one account can be connected to the printer at the same time. So if you want to share the printer with someone else in the household, yo...

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I have replaced my home printer and both work printers with the Bambu X1 Carbon.

It has taken 98% of the drama out of 3d printing. For the most part, it just works.

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