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JMOS4

Hi,

Unfortunately, it combines the parts after you add a new study so this is a one and done fix so may have to rename files with a -1,-2,-3, etc to get it to work with multiple studies.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all,

Found the Solution, you need to not create a cut list automatically (uncheck 1 & 2) and then delete the cut list and all the bodies are treated separately.

You will have to start a new simulation to get it to work.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, Doing a Simulation and for some reason the Simulation study is taking 16 bodies and condensing them into 6 and all duplicate parts are only under 1 label and only 1 is selectable any ideas on how to ungroup vs saving each part new with a separate label? image.png as you can see solid body 3 ...

JMOS4

Hi all, Was curious if anyone has tried an older version of SolidWorks like 2006 and loaded it on Windows 10 and got it to work? I know it wouldn't run back in the day on Vista even in compatibility mode. Reason as found a post to load old R14 AutoCAD on Windows 10 and to my surprise it works, so fi...

JMOS4

You could probably write a macro that recorded all of the mates in assembly 1, and then applied as many matched in assembly 2. The exploded view information would probably be a separate step. Hi again, Might have been an option if I thought of it before I created the first exploded view but since i...

JMOS4

Have you tried copy/pasting the feature/configuration? If it 'works', it most likely won't give you the desired result but the jist of it should be done. I don't work with exploded views so I've never tried. Hi again, Trying to past a configuration from another file only results in the file getting...

JMOS4

Hi all,

I have a file with an exploded view and a totally separate file with 70-85% the same parts and want to know is there a way to copy it to the new file.

I know you can copy from 1 configuration to another but have not seen anything to do what I am asking.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, Has anyone experiences when closing a Design table with other Excel applications open SolidWorks errors out on headers from those Excel files? A few times this has happened SolidWorks crashes a few times I just closed all the excel files and reopened the design table and seemed fine just cur...

JMOS4

Hi again,

I figured it out and seems to work

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this is Afterwords but just right click on the configurations and you will see it

Thanks again,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, I have a file that because of the way it was modeled the hole patterns are patterned so adding a fastener to a set of holes SW does not recognize them as something you can driven from a pattern, my work around was to add a sketch in the assembly and use that to drive my fastener locations on...

JMOS4

OK. What your VAR said about this? Hi again, New place and rather small so no idea if we have a VAR, just deleted what I could and moved on, as with most cad jobs now days no one wants anyone to spend time fixing an issue, just get the design out the door so to speak. In my past most solutions I ge...

JMOS4

Hi all,

Well, it must be a glitch in 2020 SP5.0 as I deleted all the derived configurations and remade them as configurations and go figure it works as expected.

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Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi again,

Wish I could, but work doesn't want anything out if you know what I mean.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, It's definitely a Monday as they say I have spent much of today messing with a sheet metal cover that the dimensions would not update correctly or be driven by a design table. So, I remade the part file from scratch and manually added each configuration and a derived flat pattern for each. T...

JMOS4

Hi Again,

As with everything now days it's all proprietary, either way not sure if it's a legacy issue or something else.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi Again,

I tried highlighting the fields usually I just select all and delete and reinsert the current properties as this was a old file.

But as you can see I highlighted a row and no luck:

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, I have a Weldment file I inherited and for some reason the custom properties are all linked, and I cannot delete them as "Delete" is greyed out. image.png Configuration Specific also has this going on as well: image.png This weldment was created with part files in a part file, stil...

JMOS4

Hi all, Yes that is tedious, but it works, FYI preselect the tag format otherwise it renumbers them so if letter or alpha-numbers or unique set that up first. too bad you can't edit the fields as stated i need to but charted letters in the chart, my work around was to type them out in excel and make...

JMOS4

Hi again,

I want the same tag information just I want the holes to stay numbered the way they were in the excel table that was previously in the drawing.

As you can see things are not in the same order.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi Again,

I looked in the help files and no answers, hence me putting out the question. got a case into GoEngineer, but got told to make a case so maybe 2-3 days from now I will get a answer or not.

This shouldn't be that difficult to fix or it is simply not an option to change it.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi, Yes, I have looked all over the Google universe and here as well. Additionally, is there a way to edit a value and change it to a "-A" as the particular hole is charted based on length of the part. I have tried to click on the cell as one does with a BOM, but will not allow me or is th...

JMOS4

Hi all, I have a chart on a old drawing that is in Excel so went to redo the chart with a Hole table, but when I select the holes in the order of the original chart it numbers them at random, is there a way to manually number them as the renumber chart has not been successful at making it correct to...

JMOS4

Hi again,

If I understand correctly the mass of the object multiplied by gravity 386.2in/s˄2 will give me the force on the piece of metal.

Inquiring as I am trying to come up with a spread sheet to gives some rules of thumb to correlate with the simulation.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi,

Trying to understand how gravity effects a piece of unsupported sheet metal, so to develop a loop (extra Material) for a stamping machine line.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi, New to the whole Simulation thing, but trying to understand the effects of gravity on a piece of sheet metal and was under the impression that gravity put a load of 14.7psi at sea level (atmosphere pressure) on a given object yet SolidWorks simulation has a value of 386.22in/s˄2, for sh!t and gi...

JMOS4

hi,

I will have to check the options set as I stated I inherited it and I am usually also never mirror anything as it always finds a way to bite you in the a$$, if you know what I mean, not to mention as soon as you release a mirror part someone wants something unique to one of the 2.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi again,

Wasn't worried about actual threads more the detail print callout which the only work around I see is to type out the tap and add cosmetic threads to the mirrored part, so it looks correct.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, I have 2 parts I inherited that are a RH and LH versions, the person who created them mirrored them and as such I had to add a set of tapped holes to both. The one that was modeled originally, I added the 2 tapped holes and they went in no issues and the detail print recognizes that they are...

JMOS4

Hi all,

Got what should be a simple one, have a projected view and for some reason the center mark won't allow me to rotate.

the setting is there, but is greyed out so what is the document variable to free this variable?

REgards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi,

Guess my eyes are going quicker than I thought, joys of old age.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi again,

I tired it and as you can see no anchor option:

I would have thought this would be an easy one to fix or that the anchors would have imported with the new sheet properties.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi, I am updating a old SW drawing, I went in a replaced the sheet properties with the company's latest and greatest. image.png Now here is where I can't figure out is how to add a revision anchor, the sheet had Template instead of Sheet format and when I right click there is no anchor options: imag...

JMOS4

Hi,

Think you may be correct on both, as can't find it anywhere, too bad the original SW forum turned into monstrosity to search. at least we have this forum.

Betting SolidWorks will get right on that VAR for 2040, lol.

Thanks,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi Again, Found this Variable, but the options are grayed out, so anyone know how to activate these? image.png Not sure if this is the one but expecting some variable like it. I found the ones that effect views but want to change it so it matches in the title block and in any manual linked propertie...

JMOS4

Hi,

Got what should be a simple one where do you define the following as default seems to be a ":" and want to change to "/" for View Scale in a note

Default: 1:1
Want: 1/1

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

I use part-in-part for machining castings. It works perfectly for this since at that point the machining is effectively working on a dumb solid. All the machined features have their own parametric definition. Having visibility of the parametric features of the casting is not only clutter, but a rec...

JMOS4

While I don't disagree with you, I would also like to point out that using the Part in Part functionality should be used very sparingly, and in many cases using an Assembly would be a better option (and you wouldn't be having this issue if this was an Assembly instead of Part in Part). Hi, I agree ...

JMOS4

Just a thought, perhaps you could bring the sketches in from the part and do a sketch driven pattern using the sketch that was used for the pattern of the holes. That would give the desired result I believe. Hi again, I can and going to end up converting entities of the edges of the holes and creat...

JMOS4

Hi,

This is all that is in the tree from the original part(weldment)

as you can see no holes to grab in the tree items.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi again,

Found this option int the machine part but still does not let me select the hole in a assembly to drive a pattern:

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi, I have a Weldment that we added 4 holes with the hole wizard into, this particular place puts weldments (part file) into another part for the machining version or Part into part: image.png As you can see. Now in assembly level I try to fix or even add a pattern of fasteners to a hole that is in ...

JMOS4

Hi Again,

I looked although it did have some virtual parts so maybe that has something todo with the error, never seen it before but at a new job so who knows how things are configured so to speak.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all,

Getting a error with 2023 pack and go it gives this dialog but nothing is red so what gives

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi again,

Got it to somewhat work, thanks wasn't sure Solidworks would do this.

Regards,
Jim

JMOS4

Hi all, Is there a way of charting posts on a chart similar to a hole chart? I have a plate with about 600 post and want to simplify it as doing it with ordinate dimensions is about useless as you can't decipher what leader/line goes where, and I don't want to have to type them all out either. Regar...

JMOS4

Hi again, I managed to get it to work, but makes no sense as I added the 15.005 (not a whole number) dim and works if I make it driven and make the 5.0 the dimension it errors out, even if I go down to another center of circle that is in line: image.png I use the sketches to keep placement from a mu...

JMOS4

Hi all, Ok been frustrating myself, is there a way to purge a sketch of junk as seems like it has relationships to something but there is nothing there, I have went round and round as this is a file I am setting up for a bunch of small parts and using these base sketches to define it If you make thi...

JMOS4

Hi again, Tried the Control T and it puts all the features and sketches apart but when I toggle it back nothing changes CTRL T: image.png CRTL T again image.png seems to be only on that one feature, was fine after I created it and had a pattern I was trying to drag up in a folder and all of a sudden...

JMOS4

Hi, I have an Extrude Cut Feature that the sketch somehow let me drag the sketch out from under it like you would normally see, how do I get it back under the feature it created? image.png as you can see the 40 degree cut extrude has nothing under it when I try to expand the tree (should have Sketch...

JMOS4

Hi again,

Thanks as never noticed this icon before and it did the trick.

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Regards,
Jim

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