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I've seen so many weird things in Solidworks, but this one is the worst. Following @Glenn Schroeder's advice, copying and pasting the view solved the problem. I have no idea why copying and pasting the same view, shows the hidden lines, while the source view doesn't show it. Glenn million thanks. I ...

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No matter what I do and how I add a view, the hidden lines in view doesn't show up. It's only a specific assembly. Other assemblies have no problem. I've tested it on 2 machines with tried my own templates and SW's default templates. No improvement. Is there anything I can do to show hidden lines? -...

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Bradfordzzz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:48 am None of the features we use daily that are broken have been fixed yet.

So my first thought is basically just this ...

Forget about the fixes. What else is broken?

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:09 am Opera for example allows more than just straight line movements:

Yes, Opera was the first browser to implement gestures. But Chrome and Firefox has gone beyond that.
You can set as many as 10 drags per gesture.

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Tapani Sjöman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 13, 2022 6:52 am When I select a component from an assembly tree, there shall pop an origo for moving or rotating that component. I don't like it. Can I disable that somehow? Could not found a solution by myself.

001_Selection_Origo.png

You have to turn off Instant3D

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First: the activation of what it is you want to do should NOT happen until you release the mouse button over the function that you want to do. With all respects, I think you've misunderstood what a mouse gesture is. They are not on-screen-buttons. they are gestures. Gestures started with browsers l...

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Honestly, talk with your VAR's. They will certainly try to help as best as they can, and the argument you just made of being dependant of next year could be one you could use to either get some sort of "rebate" or maybe even have a free year added to your current subscription(Wouldn't tha...

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Mirroring issue will not be resolved until 4th quarter of this year. o[ o[ I wonder what will be broken then. In my experience with SW, correcting something means breaking something else. To me, it's a new type of marketing. If they don't resolve mirroring bug, we have to extend our subscription. W...

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Is eDrawings free? We have 3 licenses of SW Premium. How many PCs are we allowed to install eDrawings?
Sorry for hijacking thread.

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You also can export your assembly to eDrawing and save it as html.
Any browser (edge, Chrome, Firefox) can view/section/measure your assembly.

I often access my assemblies with my phone with this method.

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Free online 3D pdf to STL converter
https://products.aspose.app/3d/conversion/pdf-to-stl#

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azreal1031 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:27 pm you can double click a face in a part or an assembly, and it'll show all the driving dimensions.

For me it shows all Driving and Driven dimensions.

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gupta9665 wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 12:42 pm You can enable Measure and STL export as needed.
eDrawings HTML.PNG

I have neither Enable Measure nor STL Export.
SW2022 - SP0
Any idea why?

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Edit : Sorry. Found it. I had to activate it in Solidworks Export options.

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so that you don't need a 'file/folder-tree-system' anymore. I am just looking at my music library and my photo library on my phone right now and it's 100000000000000x better than with a file/folder system. The amount of files in a folder could theoretically be limitless. However, every time when th...

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gupta9665 wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 4:24 am Try the attacdhed file.

Perfect with Edge on win 11.

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

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@TeraDid this work in a previous version? We are on 2019 and it seems I ran across this before and it was related to virtual components not updating. Problem affects assembly renames in PDM as well as the "update references" code cannot 'reach' into virtual components that are embedded in...

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3. Why can't you re-name virtual Parts from the Assembly tree? I don't. Not that I can't. I simply select pack & go, then Replace the old name to new name (using replace all). The assembly has 158 parts. All sheet metal. 102 parts are OK. the rest ends up with broken references. No matter how m...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 8:36 am Pack and Go works fine in SW2022, as long as you don't try to re-name components as part of the process

All components are virtual. So there's no renaming.
Can you test if pack & Go has any problem with virtual parts?

thank you.

PS : Are you using SP2?

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Frank_Oostendorp wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 6:23 am @Tera,
yes, Pack&Go does not update references in new saved assembly. Supposed to be fixed in SP3.0.

Why something that has been working for years breaks in an update?
Is it possible to uninstall SP2 and go back to SP1 without uninstalling the whole application?

Thanks.

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Is there anything wrong with Pack & Go in SW2022 SP2?

It seems I can not Pack & Go an assembly. The task ends without any error, but the new assembly is full of broken references. I really hate SW.
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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:30 pm Did you try clicking on "Customize Menu" to see if it will show up?

Yes, It's what it shows on customize :
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I'm on SW 2022 SP2. Another bug?

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I select the inner surface of a hole and select Smart Fasteners from the ribbon. Solidworks 2022 adds the smart fastener, but it's on the opposite direction. How can I flip the fastener? Every site or help page I see talks about a Flip button that I can not find. - 22.png - How can I flip a fastener...

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There is one regression I found right away. (Search for SPR 1230978.) In 2020 if you do a concentric mate, a 2nd set of breadcrumbs appears to allow you to flip the mate or lock the rotation. According to the SPR, that option disappears immediately after it appears. I know some people hated this fe...

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Million thanks.

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It is future version for me , so i cant open it , but you need to be careful with sketch patterning library features. I cant pattern library feature and sketch pattern at same time , BUT if i pattern library feature first and SW accepts it. than i can go back to edit that feature and add sketch pat...

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I'm trying to sketch pattern the selected features in a very simple sheet metal part. Unfortunately SW denies to finish the job. The seed for sketch pattern is A sketch above selected features. It seems that BrPattern is causing this problem. If I exclude BrPattern Everything's OK. I think I have do...

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More than 24 hours have passed and still I don't see SP2 in my portal.

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It seems that it's my lucky day.
How many times I try, I don't see the problem explained in mirror. Tested on different parts/assemblies.
Maybe my assemblies are not complicated enough. (only 152 components and all sheet metals)

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All of a sudden my part turned black in one configuration. There is no appearance applied, so it can't be deleted. Being black makes it impossible to see what I am doing. I have restarted solidworks, but the problem returned. Please see this GIF. Does anyone know how to make this go away? Appearanc...

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Right click ribbon, select Toolbars and then select Layers. Add a layer by clicking New button. Give it a name, set the color and line thickness as you like: - 1.png - In your drawing select the line you need to change its color, in property manager under Layer, select the layer you just added. - 2....

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SamSpade wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:04 am For more complicated designs (with compounded angles and non 90° bends) I would opt to use the convert to sheet metal tool

Can give an example file when you prefer to use convert to sheet metal?
thanks.

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Almost 2 months using SW2022 and I just noticed this one.
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I wonder how many more new features I'm missing.
Maybe I should read What's new more carefully.

http://help.solidworks.com/2022/English ... e_axis.htm

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Apparently it never occurred to anyone that if that component was already Fixed that box should be checked? @Glenn Schroeder Mine is checked. If I select "Configure Component" for a fixed component in an assembly, the checkbox you're talking about is checked. If the component is float, th...

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Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately breeze link doesn't contain this function.
I'll try another theme. But as far as I remember, all other themes show the title of the post above all replies.

Thanks again.

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I don't use forum's default theme. It makes me crazy seeing the title of the first post above all and every reply, and in such a big and bold font (just like the header of a breaking news in our daily paper) Though the color is not perfect, but I find Breeze theme in many ways better. At least it hi...

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SolidMuse wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:31 pm I use it for getting parts rotated into a close approximation of where I want a part before applying mates.

I stopped using triad long time ago. I'm much comfortable to wheel click an edge or axis and rotate around the entity.

Just give it a try. You may find it faster and easier too.

cheers

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In my opinion It's the most annoying feature in SW. I turned it off from the very first day I upgraded to 2022. For those who asked, yes, it goes away if you turn off instant3D. And if the component is fixed or fully defined by mate, you can not move the component using it. So it's totally worthless...

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Customer impact is set to high. At least they know how bothering it is.
We hadn't any problem in 2021 version. I hope they correct it in sp1.

Thanks for the link.

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This is probably SPR 1229251 "Sheet Metal - Export DXF DWG - if 'view sketches' is enabled, additional lines are added around the origin". Please try to check "Views -> Hide / Show -> Hide All Types" before exporting. That was it. Million thanks. Problem solved. I searched for t...

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When I export a sheet metal flat pattern as DXF, the coordinates are exported too.
How can I prevent coordinates being exported?
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Thank you.

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Austin Schukar wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:40 am Unfortunately you'll have to manually add these properties after you know the cutlist and part names, unless you invoke some sort of API, but that wouldn't be trivial

Thank you.

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Thanks for the info.

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I'm trying to add View Mates Button to mouse gesture or one of my tabs, but I can't find the button to add it.
Or maybe button name is different with its tooltips.....
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Where can I find this button?

thank you.

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Austin Schukar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:54 pm but you could just create a new custom property and link it to:

"SW-Bounding Box Width@@@Cut-List-ItemX@PartX.SLDPRT"

How can I do it in a template. Because the template has no cut list or part name yet.
Thank you.

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I searched for Font in options-Document Properties. I received a long list, but everything was set to Century Gothic. I changed the overall drafting standard to ANSI, and everything is OK now. It seems that there's a problem with JIS. I modified ANSI to what I need and everything's OK now. I really ...

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RonE wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:25 am You're looking for the derived sketch: https://help.solidworks.com/2022/englis ... etches.htm

million thanks. Never thought of using derived sketch. I was looking into convert entities all the time.
You're a life saver.

thanks again.

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I have a sketch that contains ONLY a lot of points. How can I have another sketch on a plane parallel to this sketch and convert all points without picking one point at a time? If I edit (add, delete) points from the first sketch, I need the second sketch update accordingly. Is there any solution fo...

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Can you try changing to a different font? It may not be a long term solution, but might point you towards the source of the problem. I don't have used this font. I think Solidworks is trying to change used fonts to Arial Unicode MS and it can't find it. - 2.jpg - Edit : Just as a test, I changed th...

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