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Dwight

I don't understand the fear of configurations. I use them extensively and they never give me any problems (that I didn't create myself.) I do use configurations extensively. Definitely when we have tabulated parts. However, they seem to have a bigger hit on performance than display states. On our c...

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Looks like it went away.

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matt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:53 pm Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I knew it was set that way at one time, but I've long since forgotten.

Hi, Matt. Can you get rid of the sticky? I tried, but it keeps coming back, stuck at the top of the SW General threads.

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The pin went away. I've no idea why.

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I see a couple icons in the listing for this thread that I don't on others (the red face and a pin). Also, the thread stays at the top of the list of threads. I can't find any controls to change it. This something I did locally? Something else?

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Don't know if activate Display State would activate the config. I checked. I find that when display states are linked, you only see those linked to the active configuration in the list. You can add more display states to a configuration, but you only see those, while the others are hidden. I don't ...

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Doobes is sitting at the tickertape, waiting for the SW2023 What's New to show up.

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If you want to use 1 configuration/display state, then linking them is the way to go. If you have a bunch of display states, but want to use them throughout your configurations at will, then unlink them. I have used both ways. Just depends on what I want to do. Yes to this. I do rather have them un...

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I think at most we have maybe 10. We typically unlink the display state from the configuration. Ten is no problem. Yes, do unlink display states from the configurations. We use display states instead of configurations as much as we can. That includes avoiding exploded views and sections, if possibl...

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SteveH wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 4:16 pm "uplift in price" is one of the most insulting euphemisms I've seen.

Yes, very much. I'd like to get my hands on the one who came up with that.

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Hrm, I don't think it's a setting. Could your assembly have errors in it and that would then perhaps explain why it is not highlighting these...? No errors shown. I have a drawing with a BOM, and selections there are highlighted. I created the assembly BOM after the drawing BOM. Maybe because I tur...

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Just now I added a BOM to my assembly model, something I don't do so often. I found that selecting the line number in the BOM (so the whole line goes gray) would select the components (turns the items blue in the graphics window). I saved and reopened, and now it won't do that. Is there a way to bri...

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Increasing the lighting will brighten it up considerably. It will also drive nuts anyone trying to do a rendering with it later. My workaround for the unmanageable SW lighting is to move the Directional1 light around to the front and around a 30-degree latitude, then crank up the brightness with th...

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You are right, if you select a any note in the graphics window, the location is not shown in the feature tree. If it's a note in a view, the view border lights up. If it's a note on the sheet, nothing is shown.

A not completely bad option is to hide all the views.

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I think services for 60-inch-wide scanning are not all that uncommon. At least get a quote. Someone like https://www.e-arc.com/large-format-scanning-services/.

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Just to further what was said, the search window accepts text editing and will start searching as soon as it can, like as soon as I get a couple of characters typed, way before I am finished. It gets so busy searching on those couple of letters, it won't accept more characters. To avoid this, I will...

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I worked on a callout some more and was able to change one. It's flakey, though.

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I find in 2022 that I cannot edit a hole callout locally on the drawing. It's kind of funny how I can change it in the dimension text box, but it keeps coming back. This is new for 2022? Is there a way around it?

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bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:19 am I assume the CAD/PDM admin does not frequent this forum?

What's the issue there, bnemec?

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Can you just do a normal save in SW or do you have to use a "TC" save? In SE we can do a normal save which saves it in your cache then you can do an "Upload" which updates TC and leaves the item checked out to you. We have ours set up so when you close the item it automatically ...

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Jaylin I do have the structure editor, which is nice for reviewing the structure and exporting to a spreadsheet. I haven't used it to push a structure down into Solidworks, and I don't know if it even can. I would imagine there'd be more things you could do directly from SE, maybe do a quick save. W...

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We are also using Teamcenter now which ties nicely with SE for the most part. But I'm finding out from talking with support that in the Siemens world SE is considered in competition with NX. The developers do NOT live in the same building. Which means NX ties much nicer with TC. Jaylin We are now u...

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If I change an assembly component to a different configuration, I am peeved that Solidworks flags the component as changed.

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As far as I know it's always been required to be "User Specified Name". Help file seems to indicate such as well... Although reading all the words still makes me go crosseyed. https://help.solidworks.com/2020/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Bill_of_Materials_Multiple_Configurations.htm Than...

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If you want group the Part1 configs, without grouping the screws, one has to give the Part1 configs the same P/N. Thanks, I find as you said that the "User Specified" option does work. I was using the "Document Name" option (see image), which *should* make both part numbers matc...

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All The BOM option labeled “Display configurations with the same name as one item” doesn't seem to work for 2022 sp5 as I image it should. I think it did work in the past, but maybe I have that wrong. What I want is to create a BOM that itemizes the configurations of one set of components and lumps ...

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I do have to double-click, but it should work fine without Instant 3D.

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I know I've seen posts in the past where there were problems, so I'd like to hear from anyone using Office 365 and SOLIDWORKS, especially if you are using design tables and other hooks (macros, PDM add-ins, etc) into office apps from SW. I'll confirm the issue with the 32-bit Office 365. I am runni...

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mgibeault wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:47 am No...
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No problem, thought I'd ask, at least. If you are designing those hulls with Onshape, it must be working hard.

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I'll go ahead and recommend the part insert method. There's some hassle in managing the reference file in your PDM, and maybe it depends on the PDM system you are using. We use master model technique for some parts, so we are used to it. In our office, we strictly avoid in-context relations in assem...

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mgibeault wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:25 am Our biggest assembly has maybe 200 parts. The complexity is from a few parts. We have some boats with more than 2000 features in the three.

Can you post a STEP file of the model?

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acmall wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:02 am Goto Tools - Customise - Keyboad tab.Search for Hide the Hovered.

Thanks. Note that you will find it way down in the "Others" category.

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Anyone know where we can download some fancy models made with Onshape?

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George

I see this. Sorry, I have no fix.

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Glenn I've never liked grouping in Solidworks. Way back we would group a dimension with a flag note. However, if you moved the dimension much, the flag would wander away from the dimension or get on top of it. We have since inserted the flag code into the dimension as text. Recently we added that as...

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I voted for SPR# 655170 and commented: I want to show long extension lines for virtual sharps, long enough to see easily, but at the same time not have other extension lines in a drawing extend a ridiculous amount past their dimension lines. In SW2022, the same setting is used for both, so you can't...

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There is a way of making them longer by increasing the extension lines (beyond the dimension) setting, but that would affect all other dimensions attached to that style. Thanks, SamSpade. That's interesting, so I am glad you answered, but what a bad choice of linked controls by Solidworks. Dwight

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I add a sketch to get something like this:

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I do use the witness option. It usually provides a couple microscopic lines, as shown in the image.

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Got it. Yes, I agree that the extrude-from plane should be something relatively stable in the design, not something arbitrary or something likely to get edited.

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Thanks, Glen. I thought just maybe it was tied to some other setting, though I've not seen a hint of that. I will continue to sketch them when I need something bigger.

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Any way to increase the size of a virtual sharp? I see no controls in the settings.

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TTevolve wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:48 pm lol, I had a part I was modifying earlier this week, extruded one direction 2in and 6in in the other direction, totally nuts why someone would do that.

What was odd about it? Sorry, I am missing something.

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The solution I gave doesn't really work. The alternating layers should switch winding direction, so you need two helixes. Seems the cable must stack by a full diameter, rather than nesting. I'd set up the ends to be 90 degrees apart and connect the ends with a sweep that follows a style spline. Dwight

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You can find the volume of the cable and divide by the cross section area.

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Damo

Are they read-only, and is it asking to do a "Save As"? That's when I get the prompts, not when it does a normal save.

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laukejas You might simplify by making all the coil layers in one go. I would also eliminate all the extra sketches and planes, and instead pack as much as you can into a single sketch. I find that makes it much easier to find the control knobs to edit them. Since you are on 2021, you can't open my m...

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Justin My recommendation is to present your attempts at a problem when asking for help, whether in a forum like this or in person - whatever. People will be much more inclined to give help, they will focus more precisely on the issues you find difficult, and you'll be more able to understand their r...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:18 am . . . or just use the Smart Dimension tool instead of Hole Callout.

Sure. It's often not obvious how the hole was made, which makes it hard to pick the method. I'd prefer that hole callout would work only on hole wizard holes, or there was a way to set the format.

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From the Knowledge Base: ====================================== Solution Id: S-068143 Product: SOLIDWORKS 2020 Network Installation Created: 2/12/2015 Technically Reviewed Date: 3/10/2022 Area: Part Sub-Area: Hole Question: Is it possible to remove the suffix "THRU" from hole callouts of ...

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