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Sorry, I thought I have had attached the part. Seems that I've forgotten.
My apologies. It's added to the first post above now.

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33.png - This is a very simple sheet metal part. I have a Ø6.0mm hole added with hole wizard. When I edit hole's sketch (Sketch49) and add a point (near in blue circle), Solidworks keeps giving me Zero Thickness error and denies to add the hole. How adding a hole to an existing hole may cause zero ...

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I don't have any trouble with bend lines:
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Can you upload a simple file?

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After a couple of months of 2022, I can definitively say I wish I were still on 2020. I'm crashing several times a day, SPerman We didn't have any crash since upgrading to 2022 SP5. Not even once in all our systems. And breadcrumb problem has been completely solved. But our assemblies are somewhere...

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Thanks to all. It seems that our subscription will be expired on 2022/12/31. Though 2023 sp0.1 is available for us, we don't upgrade to a 0.1 version. God knows how many bugs there are. For now, I downloaded all SPs of 2022. I don't think downloading previous version has anything for us. Because we ...

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Our admin is hospitalized for covid and won't be back for a while. I've been told that we won't renew our subscription and have been asked to take care of the situation until she's back. I can contact our var, but I simply thought I can find the answer to my questions on customer portal. MySolidwork...

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@ddemar5651
I have the bend line in DXF too. 2022 SP5. I assume it's something on your side.

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We had this problem in 2022 sp3 and bellow. At the time, we had to switch on both View Bend Lines & View Sketches to be able to send the bend lines to DXF.

But after SP3 this was solved (for us). You may want to test with two options while they are ON.
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dave.laban wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:11 am Alpha 1, so the absolute first iteration of a SW version before it even goes to public Beta testing.

Thanks

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dave.laban wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:44 am this is now available as of 2023 A1

a newbie here. What is A1?
thanks.

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berg_lauritz wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 2:18 pm So now they disappear quickly?

When I mate two components, the floating buttons (Lock rotation, change alignment etc) are displayed under the mouse pointer. It will stay there until I click it or move my mouse a little bit

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This seems to be a battle of SR. They implement the feature, people complain and they kill the feature. Other people complain and they re-implement the feature. I thought there was one SP where there was a switch for this, but if so, I can no longer find it. The story is a little bit different. The...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:51 am The software knows that a tap drill that long doesn't exist and did you a favor.

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Well, it seems that in SP5, one of our problems are solved and another one is added to the long list. In SP5, after mating two components, the toolbar to lock the rotation or change alignment etc stays on screen. It used to disappear since we upgraded to 2022. and now we have another problem. When w...

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Both ways did the job.

Million thanks

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In this very simple sheet metal I need to add a chamfer to the blue edge. It doesn't go through the whole length. So I can not use chamfer or break corner tools. -- 2022-10-06_10-49-37.png -- Drawing a triangle and using it for cut-extrude cuts the whole thickness and will result to this. -- 2022-10...

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@DanPihlaja Yes, I know. But I thought it should be ON to show the color mode.
No idea why it should be off to show the colors.

Color Display = OFF --> shows the colors. Isn't it a little strange.

Anyhow, Now I know.
Million thanks for your help.
Problem solved.

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I'm trying to change the color of a single line in a sketch to red. I select the line and then use Line Color button from Line Format toolbar and change its color. As soon as I fully define the line, it turns back to black. If I first fully define the line and then change its color, it stays in red....

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.....with brain mode not turned off ..... I really didn't like this. You may have not received the solution you were looking for, but there are more polite ways to say it. Don't forget. Here's not a help desk. All members are volunteer and sharing their experience for free. A thank you was more app...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:22 pm This is the Solid Edge sub forum. (I made a similar mistake a few months ago. )

Sorry, didn't noticed.

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If it's not constrained, you'll have a (-) sign at the left side.
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Well it's strange, but the problem is solved. I opened one of my templates, and saved its drafting standard. Then opened a new drawing from Solidworks default templates. In option - Document Properties loaded the drafting standard I had saved and saved the result as a template. Thanks for all the ad...

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Well, I just tested it on Solidworks default templates.
It shows the custom scale in the list.

But if I use my own templates, the custom scale doesn't show.

Does it mean I have to rebuild my templates?

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SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:49 am What is the path to Drawing Scale Standards?

https://help.solidworks.com/2020/englis ... scales.htm

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It's set to default path. %install path%Solidworks\lang\English\

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I've already restarted SW. Even rebooted the PC.
I'll check what happens if I use Solidworks' default templates as soon as I'm back at my desk.

Thank you.

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I don't know why, but it doesn't show up

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Is there any way to add a custom scale (1:3) to this list?
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Thanks.

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2. Color does not reproduce well and will lead to loss of information on a legal document. Photo copying or printing to b/w or grayscale will cause loss of emphasis and this can lead to dimensions or other information being lost. Think of printing yellow text or lines to a grayscale print..then cop...

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@gupta9665 you're a star.
Million thanks.

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Is there any way to change the precision of numbers shown in custom property manager? I've changed the precision of dimensions in document options and the dimensions shows as it should be: - 3.png - But linked dimensions to custom properties still shows as dual precision. - 1.png - Is there to make ...

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@Mike Gera Thanks.

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I saw a drawing in previous forum several years back. The moment I saw the drawing, I was convinced we should go for colored drawing. Now all of our drawings are colored.

This is a copy of the drawing I saw in previous forum.
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Mike Gera wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:05 pm One thing that I forgot to mention is that you need to set the Bill of Materials options to "User Specified Name" to reproduce it.

Fortunately or unfortunately I can not still reproduce it.
Do you have the spr for this bug?

thanks.

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JSculley wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:04 pm Pre-release 0.3 is now available which includes:
Search as you type

Remembering dialog location, size and settings between invocations

thanks

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Try setting a different "01 Flat Pattern" value for the "2" configuration. Then, close the Property Manager and come back to see if it all saved. Mine does not. Maybe yours is working. Just tested. I have no problem. They saved as expected. I tried changing them both manually an...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 10:32 pm Guess we'll see in a month or two.

I hope so. Because I really can not make my boss sign for upgrading to 2023 after the mess they've caused in 2022.

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Mike Gera wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:44 pm I discovered a bug in SP 3.1 today. Configuration-specific properties do not work.

How exactly? It seems to be OK on my side.
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Hansjoerg It really depends on the situation. I normally try to use relations as far as possible. I added a different version for your groove library feature. You don't need any sketch or plane to add it. Just select the edge of your shaft. It mostly uses relations. It can still be improved and cor...

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This is another version. You don't need any plane at all. Not even a single sketch. Drag the library feature to your shaft, select an edge and you're done. The groove will be inserted. If the groove size is different every time, click over ride dimension check box and change the size. If you use the...

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The following SPR (SolidWorks Performance Report) status has changed to Implemented. SR# (Service Request): 1-24384108056 SPR#: 1230978 Description: Quick Mate lock rotation/flip alignment option disappears before making any selection. Status: Implemented. Version: 2023 PR1 Does it mean we have to ...

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JSculley wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:20 pm The first and third are possible. I'm not sure if the second one is possible, but I will investigate.

Thanks

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If you love Highway Star as much as I do, and you enjoy listening and watching Drums, this one may entertain you for 5 minutes.
I really liked 2:55 ~ 310 and the ending.

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Thanks for the addin. I hope you don't mind several points: I have a triple monitor setup. Solidworks is always on the right monitor. Search Material dialogue box opens on the middle (main) monitor. I drag it to the right one, search and close it. I expect it to be on the right monitor the next time...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:54 am You could uncheck "Welds" in the Annotation Properties.

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Million thanks.
Never thought of that.

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Thanks, but that will turn off Shaded cosmetic thread too.
Isn't there any way to turn off the weld symbols only?

thanks again.

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How can I hide weld symbols in a part?
Thank you.
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Workaround: Create a extrude cut of dia 4 which is tangent to both the edges (any corner). Now use the fill pattern and select that dia 4 feature for pattern and set your required options/settings to get the desired result. I use what you explained every now and then but the problem is in this spec...

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I've never found fill pattern feature useful. 9 out of 10 it doesn't fill the whole area. This is one of those 9 cases Solidworks fails to calculate the correct count of the holes. I have a 172x154 rectangle that needs to be punched out with Ø4.0 holes. Solidworks gives me 725 holes, while it should...

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I like it, but not everyone does. I didn't mention it above, but even with it turned off you can double-click on a feature to show the dimensions, then double-click on a dimension to edit it without needing to open the sketch, but the model won't update until you do a manual rebuild. Having Instant...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:51 am Right click on the view and go to show/hide and see if there's the option of "Show hidden lines"

Going to show/hide, I have only two options. Hide Component & Hide Behind Plane.

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