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RichGergely

I'm on 2023 SP5 and have not noticed any huge issues in my workflow. We are currently discussing dropping our support next month when it come up for renewal. With special deals on new seats all the time it's cheaper appears to be cheaper to go 4 or 5 years then buy new licenses, only thing we don't...

RichGergely

I'm on 2023 SP5 and have not noticed any huge issues in my workflow. We are currently discussing dropping our support next month when it come up for renewal. With special deals on new seats all the time it's cheaper appears to be cheaper to go 4 or 5 years then buy new licenses, only thing we don't...

RichGergely

LOL I got nothing against you or Russian. You just type out textbook definition of "Money Laundering". Yep, a sure way to get your company audited and the [fan] . Major red flag for the authorities. If you do your own tax returns you will have to falsify them to hide it. If a accountant d...

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I think in the current climate you will find it very hard to find work in Europe or the USA. Companies will just want to avoid the possibility of any questions being asked. It may be even tricky for a business to pay you without being asked questions. My Business Bank Account last year sent me a mul...

RichGergely

If anyone's looking to make the "Top Ten" an actual useful tool for both users and developper, please go and vote on these. Give us a Vote Down Button https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/community/swym:prd:R1132100503382:community:NuvjIL0QTDKJKkb2P1AjjA?content=swym:prd...

RichGergely

Ask for an SPR number and post it here, I'll see if I can pull some strings or at least put my "user weight" on it. https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:BR10000359158 https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:BR10000359158 And then you need to remember even if you go for ...

RichGergely

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:09 am Unacceptable. Ask for a HotFix for 2024 SP5.

Well I have now asked for the hotfix for SP5, see where we get on that

This is just stupid.

RichGergely

SP5 in assembly - Check previous version with any sub assembly suppressed crashes SolidWorks every time. Don't know if this is SP5 specific but I can't remember it happening in SP3, maybe I didn't have sub assemblies ever suppressed when I used it in SP3. Not sure on that. Had a mail bad from my VA...

RichGergely

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:54 pm Running your own server is much smoother for now, I haven't seen many people shouting success at their cloud experience on the platform.

It was more of a theoretical position rather than the reality

RichGergely

Well I think it really depends on what type of business you are. Quite simply if you are a large business run over multiple sites where many CAD users are working together it would make sense to use the cloud version. For the rest of us it really isn't that important and of little use.

RichGergely

You can get a good deal on the nVidia RTX A4000 card at the moment as the new version has been rolled out. Plenty of 'open box' on the market. Sure the a4000 isn't as fast as the new version but it's not a mile behind and it still is substantially better than the new 2000. If you can get an open box...

RichGergely

So is that what is going on! Every so often SW crashes while I am working with other programs & I could not figure out what was going on! I quite often have sub assemblies suppressed while working in my assemblies! grumph Seems to be for me, every time I use the function - Evaluate - Previous R...

RichGergely

SP5 in assembly - Check previous version with any sub assembly suppressed crashes SolidWorks every time. Don't know if this is SP5 specific but I can't remember it happening in SP3, maybe I didn't have sub assemblies ever suppressed when I used it in SP3. Not sure on that. Also seems to do it when ...

RichGergely

SP5 in assembly - Check previous version with any sub assembly suppressed crashes SolidWorks every time.

Don't know if this is SP5 specific but I can't remember it happening in SP3, maybe I didn't have sub assemblies ever suppressed when I used it in SP3. Not sure on that.

RichGergely

I have never seen this on any version, I tend not to save out bodies from split but on some occasions do.

Currently on version 2024 sp5.

Probably worth checking what Dan says.

RichGergely

Probably not what you want to do, but the contrast can be good if the components have different appearances. I work to avoid having the material assignment apply an appearance. It's not easy. Dwight Pretty well what I do, apply material without appearance. I also tend to apply a different colour to...

RichGergely

Work generally gets in the way of reporting. Just to update all, we've had a very successful upgrade to 2024 SP 4.0 actually across a great many workstations and laptops. Very stable and have had practically no issues whatsoever. Greatly appreciate all that commented on this. I've updated to SP 5.0...

RichGergely

You also have the UOS note often on scale.

RichGergely

A drawing wouldn't be a drawing without that old time note on it.

Drawings, well I'm actually doing some at the moment. First time in over 4 years, everyone else didn't want them anymore.

RichGergely

I ended up dropping my college CAD laptop about a week or two ago. Fortunately it was okay, but it started doing this high pitched whine. Open it up, found the issue. The fan housing in the graphics card fan had a slight dent from where one of the bottom vents got bent. Fortunately fixed that but, ...

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Today I am listening to a angry wasp living in my graphics card. I can safely say the bearings are shot in the fan and it is driving me round the bend

. New graphics card can't come soon enough.

RichGergely

Congrats @ctsturdiv. If was starting a career today I would probably lean toward the architectural/civil side instead of the mechanical like I did as there is so much more outsourcing. Architectural/civil seems more secure for a career these days. I think the biggest pull towards design within the ...

RichGergely

Those views are in first angle as far as I can see. The third angle in the drawing template is for fun.

RichGergely

Taking away the barrier issue riding under or over, a car smashed to bits at the front in a crash is usually a reasonable good sign in a crash test. The crucial bit is keeping the occupants safe inside and all the crumple zones taking the impact without forcing objects into the passenger area. https...

RichGergely

Well ' IF ' they actually did it properly and you could just select to run in a compatibility mode for either 2022 and 2023 then all would be 100% great. But what they have done is left you to do that job while implementing new features, like in the instance of hole wizard, which default to non-comp...

RichGergely

Well I do know one thing. Yes the saving to previous versions is a blessing but it is also a painful bind. Saving 2024 files to 2023 you have to be really careful with the hole wizard or it won't be compatible. It's so easy to trip up every time you use hole wizard, you forget to untick one box and ...

RichGergely

Good to know. Fortunately all our workstations are setup with identical hardware and a split on Win 10 and Win 11 OS's. It will be interesting to see what does, or does not, crop up. If it weren't for many of our customers having already moved to '24, I would wait until SP 5.0. But cant afford the ...

RichGergely

Just seems the way to do it is configurations for the part and just think where to put features in the history if the data you need doesn't transfer when mirrored to a 2D drawing if you need them. Probably seems daunting if you don't do that kind of thing initially but it's pretty straight forward i...

RichGergely

Out of curiosity Rich, why not go for SP5 rather then SP3.1? I assume you mean 2023 sp5 instead of 2024 sp3.1 Good question :lol: I never usually want to load anything less than sp5 To be honest it was a bit of give SolidWorks the benefit of the doubt and secondly I have a feeling the client I am w...

RichGergely

What you can to to get past some of these problems where it looses reference on things splines is do the following - Use convert line to edges in sketch, then do the ungodly thing of fixing the geometry. Now you should be able to use that fixed convert edge reference without fear of it failing on re...

RichGergely

Dean I haven't been getting it for the last two working days. When it was happening last week I was modifying SW2023 models, they were existing sketches/or adding new (?) in a clients model. The last two working days I have been working on my models which are either new or from 2022 and it's not hap...

RichGergely

So far I'm getting more crashes with 2024 sp3.1 than 2022 sp5 and a few other odd bugs. Really fast blinking/flashing curser on the odd occasion in sketches. Exit sketch and go back in and it's fine again. I actually loaded it on to be able to save to older SolidWorks for clients. That new function ...

RichGergely

I think some episodes I got below 10 minutes, probably spent longer fast forwarding than watching. The 'jolly' in Europe was fast forward BS heaven. Having watched too many of these gives you the ability to know when to fast forward. Don't forget we have the Roman tie now. They have managed to find ...

RichGergely

I put myself through watching the latest season of this, I don't know why I do it.

It really is self inflicted torture, why why why

If you thought surely it could not get as bad as last years season think again, they can actually make something that smells worse.

RichGergely

You could try repair installation

https://support.hawkridgesys.com/hc/en- ... WORKS-2023

RichGergely

Any type of save body from the original file still has the appearance bug. The new part that is created, if you apply a colour to that part, under certain circumstance it will then lose that appearance on rebuilds. You have to add the colour to a feature in the new part to totally side step the prob...

RichGergely

Thanks for the feedback. At this juncture, I'm perfectly happy with v2023 SP5.0 or v2024 SP1.0. The maker thing was for future reference. Think of it this way, I'm working with a company who use Solidworks 2018 at the moment and have no issues and are perfectly happy with it. Solidworks 2023 works ...

RichGergely

I bet there is a load of makers licenses out there being used for commercial work. Big deal you can only import or export dumb files like Step/Parasolid, for loads of people that would be enough.

RichGergely

Have both versions on the computer. That will give you the option to save 2024 files as 2023 files if you end up with issues on the sp1 on 2024.

RichGergely

Did everyone in BMW started using SWAMP yet? I wonder how they like the new update. Sounds more like they are getting special treatment, kind of their own platform based on it? https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0439464EN/bmw-group-partners-with-dassault-syst%C3%A8mes-to-bring-th...

RichGergely

Cost is such a big issue, cloud often ends up being a more expensive option with all things considered.

Sure, if your company has a hundred locations across the world and they need to access the same data/software it will probably be the best option.

RichGergely

Did she go kidnapped? Robbed? Worse? Or she's the thief? Well I talked to the police yesterday, they didn't want to tell me too much but they took there time on the phone looking at the case and discussing with 'higher' ranks. The officer took the details of the name on the card and what bank it wa...

RichGergely

Strange thing happened today. My Fiesta ST was stolen back in September. Got a parcel from a auction/salvage company this morning with a credit card in, the name of the credit card was a lady I have never heard of. Anyway, it turns out this auction/salvage place gets the cars that the Police have se...

RichGergely

I had coil whine on a mother board, no one in the house could hear it and the engineer who came out couldn't hear it. Either way the engineer changed it because he understood only certain peoples hearing was in tune to it, he put it down as some kind of warranty issue so was fixed for free. Such a r...

RichGergely

Geeze. That's way too simple.... ;) Prolly the best solution. Thanks to all who chimed in. Appreciate the suggestions. I really wouldn't do that, I do tool design and you have no other way then doing multibody parts for the splits and inserts. Sometimes the history tree gets very long. If you are u...

RichGergely

Alin wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:43 pm I would also love to have SubD brought back inside SW! Like the nPower add-in, only better.

I think it was last year when I put forward SubD in SolidWorks for the top ten and it got kicked out and no voting was allowed on it. Ridiculous excuse it was already implemented

RichGergely

Nice list Alin and appreciate your effort, a few items would help me.

Trouble is I have totally lost interest in the future of SolidWorks, dassault have worn me down to this point.

RichGergely

I like the new share with markup functionality: https://youtu.be/dn5MxM-uvQ8?si=_-HNaOhbjxjXqsGE I hope more announcements will be made in Dallas. For example, I would like to see xShape made available to all Surfacing users as part of their regular subscription, at no extra cost. Maybe I am dreami...

RichGergely

Sure does sound like the cloud services were dumped on as well.

If not it may be time to change VAR. I'm on my third VAR in 14 years.

RichGergely

BTW, I wonder,.. in a Drawing view, does anyone know a way to save the "Draft Analysis" colors? As a Display State maybe or a Config? Are you talking about actual model view of draft analysis? If you are there will be no way to do it, you can't even save as JPG in the 3D model environment...

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