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matt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:04 am SolidWorks users have always been afraid of errors.

Yes. I hit that wall hardest in sheet metal, when I've made extensive changes in a flange sketch and then have to dump the sketch if it causes an error.

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All I have an occasional issue where my normal Solidworks pointers don't show, just the hourglass pointer. I can still operate Solidworks with that pointer, but it is hard to pick things, and it seems to indicate that Solidworks is more likely to crash than is usual. The problem seems to come up whe...

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We use display states. They work for assembly steps and for showing hidden items. I use a view with a title stating that certain items are hidden for clarity in order to show some interior components rather than use a section view or, worse, a configuration.

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Alex Say I have 4 inserts in a plate, I have the assembly open, and I filter so only the inserts show. If I box-select all the inserts and create a Selection Set, the count is 5. If I select all the inserts individually, the count is 4. Note that I am certain there are no duplicate inserts at any lo...

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I now find that the count shown for a Selection Set is wrong if you box select items. A box select adds one to the count, where individual selects give a correct count.

I'm on SW2022.

If someone would confirm this, I'll add it to the bug list.

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DeanD wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:02 pm For any threaded component, setup a derived configuration with threads suppressed.

Better to leave off the threads in the main configuration.

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It is recognizing and NOT recognizing spaces! It is breaking the name "ConfigurationConfiguration Configuration Configuration" into "ConfigurationConfiguratio n ConfigurationConfiguration" The "n" dropped off because it didn't fit in the width of your text box and ther...

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rkagerer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:21 pm I've tended to avoid splines when I can as I find it harder to exert control over them . . .

I recommend Style Splines. I find them easier to control. The methods of control seem more useful and stable.

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In a similar vein, I hate that Solidworks won't let me do many things I want to do because it thinks it knows better. I can't move a child feature above the parent. I can't create a sheet metal flange with errors. I can't delete all the features and sketches I want to delete in one command.

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Try making the 3 main planes show (not hidden) and dimension to those. That will work in most situations for what you want to do. I try to dimension to main planes in sketches whenever possible. You can always hide the main planes later, if you don't want them to show in the model. I do leave the ma...

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Frank_Oostendorp wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:50 am Why would I do that?

To solve the problem in reverse, per the original post, in third angle projection.

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Frank_Oostendorp wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:21 am To make it more confusing:
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Try moving your bottom view to the top, as the OP shows it, while still using the third angle projection.

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Dwight wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:59 am
I would guess the OP's picture is first angle projection. In third angle, it is a two-body shape, best I can make out. I'd be glad to share in a private message.

Well, not necessarily two bodies, but still fairly funky.

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The model is very simple, but it's for studies so I won't show it. Let me just say that the projection is in the ANSI standard and may be more difficult to imagine for people who use the ISO standard on a daily basis. Remember, ISO is the view from the side we are looking at, ANSI is the projection...

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We do a lot of projects that are similar to previous projects. So we usually Pack n Go with a new name to a new folder. For various reasons, we have decided to start putting one part per drawing sheet, regardless of drawing size/complexity. We were going o save the drawings with a 2-digit number ad...

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Can you tell more about the file comparison tool? Is it for assemblies? For parts I just import one, "Derived part" I think they call it, into the other then do boolean subtract. I'm guessing the comparison does more? It does that basically, but both ways, so you can see what material was...

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It turns out that it was running fine and did produce results. The "common" volumes were bad, but the "removed" and "added" volumes looked right.

Good to know that, in this case, a static memory level does not mean the process is hung.

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All I am running a file comparison that has been going a couple of hours. I suspect it is screwed, but I don't really know. In Task Manager I see CPU being used but memory hasn't changed in a while, which is usually a sign that the process is stuck in a loop or such. Anyone know if that is the case ...

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Thanks, Deepak. I'll see what i can do with it.

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Is there a shortcut or macro with which I can fully expand the tree of an assembly file? I don't want to use the asterisk shortcut, which also expands the trees of the part files in the assembly. I just want to show all the items and items in subassemblies.

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I am using a 32" monitor at work and I like it a lot, much more that the two 22-inch displays I had before. The resolution is QHD 2560 x 1440, which is great for using the display close, about 20 inches from my eyes. It just about fills my area of vision and everything is easy to see at a 100% ...

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Jacomuller wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:25 pm This property is then used in the drawing for the assembly.

You could have a hidden view of ZPAINT in the assembly drawing and link the drawing to the ZPAINT finish property directly, instead of going through the assembly model.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:35 am Why not use two directions and have only the original occurence be repeated in the second direction..? That would give you the desired result I believe..?

Kind of, but the convenient thing would be to build on center then pattern on center.

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They provided a "symmetrical linear pattern" instead of a midplane option, which I've wanted for years. The symmetrical linear pattern only allows an odd number in the pattern. Granted, having an even number means you have to delete the seed, but I can't image that's such a big deal, and I...

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Being able to pre-create a hole wizard sketch is huge . . . I read the description and, based on the illustration, I don't think it works the way I would want it. It appears that if you preselect a sketch, it uses it as a reference sketch, not as the Hole Wizard sketch. I hope I'm wrong, since I di...

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TTevolve wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:08 am . . . I always end up making each from scratch. . . .

I assume you'd copy the left hand part file and edit the tree to make it a right hand part.

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It sounds as if you want a Design Table, which does what you describe. Do you want advice on doing a Design Table, or do you already know about Design Tables and hope for something else?

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I believe it's either 2 edges or 3 points.

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Yeah, especially because they created the metric system. I should have put it in purple.

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I can't imagine working in French fractional inches. Maybe not as weird as working in first angle projection, yet it seems to go against everything.

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I have not found a way to set the size of chamfers in the hole wizard features, but I find favorites to work fine. What's the issue there?

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I much prefer using Hole Wizard for an entire set of holes, as opposed to creating one hole and making a feature pattern, as you have in your example. A sketch pattern in a Hole Wizard feature puts the set of holes into one feature, where all dimensions may be edited together, and it drives a hole c...

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I forgot to mention it earlier, but the reply above from @jcapriotti reminded me. I don't know which version you're using, but beginning with SW2023 you can set the Style in the document properties (and of course in your Drawing Templates). I've been wanting that for a long time. It might seem like...

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I added your line to collapse the exploded view and it works great. Thanks very much.

I find that the line I already had . . .

swModel.ShowConfiguration2 ("Default")

. . . does take it from a derived configuration to the "main" configuration. So I'm all set. Thanks.

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All I have a section in a macro (see below) that first creates a Default configuration if there isn't one already then sets the Default configuration to active. I would like to add some lines that will show the main configuration (do you call it "main"?) if there are any derived configurat...

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Thanks, Deepak.

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When a design table is first opened, SW2022 opens a window that offers a list of configurations and properties available to add to the table. After that first open, this window does not appear. Is there a way to get back to this window?

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:13 am Depends on you're going to make this thing. This works fine for 3d printing but not for injection molding.

Adding draft for molding is something yet again. I was just talking about the basic geometry.

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Harry Looks good. I like how you pushed a concept to your result. I hope you understand that the edges are a little strange not because of some quirks of the CAD feature but because you transition from a normal cut on the front to a normal cut on the top, which has to twist those faces in the transi...

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If I try and pick the sketch point by clicking on it, I get the same error. If I select it using a window, it works. Thanks, that led to a solution. I had created construction lines to anchor text features in a sketch. When I realized I needed to hide the construction lines but show the rest of the...

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I have a couple of points in a sketch that I want to delete. Solidworks claims they are endpoints, but they are not, and there are no associated curves to delete. Any way to get rid of them?

The part is proprietary, so I won't upload it.

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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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