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There is a simple way with surfaces that only requires a single sketch. Start with this: image.png I'll show one side, but the process is the same for both sides. 1. Create a sketch on the end face and offset the ID edge equasl to your land length (2mm): image.png 2. Use the sketch to create a split...

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Thanks @JSculley , was thinking about that, but not sure how to implement it. Normally you would know the total number of actions/events and then show the percentage completed on the status bar. In this case, I want to delete all instances of a file outside the PDM on a network drive and replace it...

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Use a progress indicator in the status bar:

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See Feature::GetErrorCode2 in the API help.

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Most people do not model standard threads. They are resource intensive and cosmetic threads are sufficient for most purposes. Having said that, if you wish to continue doing so, you can create a library feature.

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This was timely (and unintentional.) I created this sketch (with an unintended self-intersection), attempted an extrude cut and got this error: image.png No problem, I thought. I can just select a region. image.png image.png So I'm back to cancelling the operation, fixing the sketch and trying agai...

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See the Remarks section of this page in the API Help.

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I see, thank you. My knowledge level just tapped out with those words so I consulted with Gemini. This looks like something I could manage to really screw up. Chimpanzee with a loaded weapon syndrome LOL. Just out of morbid curiosity, can you provide a bit more detail of how you went about getting ...

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We avoid using regions. Testing that we have done indicate they lead to more changes in geometry IDs when editing the profiles. Absolutely. This is just a means to allow you to create the feature that will fail otherwise while you go and fix the problem. I made extensive use of regions on one model...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:12 pmZTG

Again, you can simply select one or more regions (they can even have ZTG)and carry on:

I would never do it, but if the goal is to preserve a couple of property manager values while you go fix something else, it works.

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SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 1:06 pm Here's one example:

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You can just click the 'Selected Contours' box and choose one or more closed contours and continue on your way. I'm not sure how you would end up with that error in a new feature though.

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Sometimes it is as simple as missing something in the sketch for an extrude. It would be preferred if you could create the (failed) extrude feature and then go back and fix the sketch. I can't think of a way that a new extrude would fail based on the content of the sketch. You can extrude a single ...

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CarrieIves wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:10 am @JSculley - Thanks for sharing that it was a registry setting. I have noticed that sometimes those views are there and was wondering how they appeared. It must be a newer thing. I don't think I noticed it until we were using SW2023.

I'm using SW2017, so it's been there since at least then.

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It's not a folder on your hard drive. It is an entry in the Windows Registry.

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I believe you are talking about the saved views here: image.png These saved views aren't saved in the templates. You will see the same list of saved views in parts and assemblies. They are stored in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 20xx\User Interface\Saved Views

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PDM add-ins are much simpler to create than SOLIDWORKS add-ins. You don't really need a template. The API docs have a reasonable starting point here

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If only I could do it. Then for parts with one sheet body, or with one construct body, I would do: I made a direct link between the auto-updating sheet metal thickness property from the body and the Special Configuration Properties (yes, there is a Thickness global variable, but there are construct...

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To my knowledge, this can't be done with a PDM computed BOM. If you add a column for the file name in your BOM, when you export it to excel you can use the Consolidate function in Excel to quickly combine the rows that have the same file name and total up the quantities. A PDM add-in could also hand...

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We are talking around each other. Let's look at it a different way. If you could do what you are asking, how would you use it? In other words, why do you want to be able to do this?

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Apparently I don't understand something. Because it makes sense to me. In Solidworks there cannot be two bodies with the same names in a part. If we create a sheet part with several sheet bodies, then they will have Sheet<1> Sheet<2> or whatever you want. Even if in a part with Structure bodies you...

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What should SOLIDWORKS do when two cutlist items have the same user defined property? Which one gets to populate the file property? What you are asking for doesn't make sense.

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They aren't visible at all. Same folder to copy tree into. Refresh the explorer. Lather, rinse, repeat, crash out...... Just another fun day ending in 'y'. I'm trying out some other theories in doing the copy tree. I'll post again if I find out anything through my trial runs. Have a good weekend. B...

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But if you try to save as that PN, it says it already exists and you can overwrite it. It sounds like the files have been created but not added to the vault. They won't show up in a search, but you should be able to browse to the folder and see them there. The icon will be slightly transparent and ...

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I've never figured out what the last %% option does. It's not documented. Anyone figure it out? I believe it adds an actual % character. Since '%' is used to identity the dynamic triggers (%!1 %2, etc), you need to 'escape' the % with another % if you want the % character in the actual command stri...

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If the built-in values available when connecting the button to a command string aren't what you need, you need to create a custom add-in and have the button run the add-in. Launching a browser with whatever URL info you want is trivial from within an add-in.

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-I don't want to have to remember which or how many or where things were hidden. I just want to instantly revert to the display before I started hiding things. But what is the definition of 'before I started'? Since it isn't a group operation, SW has no idea that two hide operations are related. Th...

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Any specific reason you're calling VBA a "dead end"? It's easier to learn, easier to understand, easier to debug, has more tutorial/sample code available, more concise, easier to share, easier to deploy..... Easier to learn? Not really. Especially in a macro context where the underlying p...

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Using the API is more of a 'want' than a 'need'. Open source software guru Eric Raymond once said this: "Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch." If you want to be a programmer, you have to have a problem (itch) that you want to solve (scratch). For me...

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That is what I do right now (or just close and reopen the document, which is the same), but for example if my active document is a large assembly containing part C, then it can take a very long time to reload everything, rather than just load back into memory these few documents that were closed. B...

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After modifying part A and returning to part C, File....Reload will update C with the changes in A. Before using reload though, make sure you save C so that any changes made in C aren't lost.

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From the Knowledge Base : =============================== For older versions, or if you need to collect archives for referenced files as well , you can use the attached tool to copy individual file vault archives for selected files in a vault. With a copy of the vault database and the copied archive...

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One of the needs we have identified is to have a controlled expiration of a document. For instance, we obtain a file from a vendor, but we are required to destroy all copies of it after 30 days or on a specific date. Is there a way to do this with SWX PDM Pro or even to notify someone that has chec...

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There's a System setting:

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Bryan O wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:46 pm I'm playing with my title block layouts and I cant figure out how to Center/Center justify the text in a given space.
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Any tips

Can you upload your template?

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Nice work. The appearance is surprisingly less painful. I second the post timestamp instead of how long ago request. Also, can you just get rid of the "Answered" label? The number of replies is shown and most humans can do the if(numReplies > 0) logic pretty quickly. It doesn't always say...

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Very nice! Do you think it would be possible to extract the actual date/time for the post and display that rather than the "1 hour ago" nonsense they persist with? The data seems to be available when you hover over their vaguestamp. image.png At first glance, it's not straightforward. The...

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Thank you, that's a good suggestion. I will try to implement that RayIntersections. True, selecting both faces would make it easier, but it's very awkward to do, since none of them are visible, and you have to do Select Other twice. It is much easier to simply hide one body to reveal one of the tou...

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laukejas wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:10 am Since there might be many bodies in the model, I think the best way to find the other body is to find the touching face, which should be identical to the one user selected.

Is there a guarantee the faces are 'identical'? What about a part like this:

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You have right. ST8 There is no tangent condition at the keel! Also, I don't understand why this sketch isn't parallel to the others. This can cause contact errors on the small lower surface of the bow Also, I believe ST1 has an incorrect pierce point. It is piercing the control point polyline and ...

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josh wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:12 pm Did you forget to attach the script? :-D

It's not quite ready.

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A little something I've been working on. My current view on CADForum.net: image.png Default view of the SWYMp (with 'compact' view enabled): image.png My current view of the SWYMp: image.png Nearly twice as many posts on screen. A lot of clutter removed: Useless compass Facebook-style 'likes' Dassau...

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Surfaces are an efficient way to do this. The main issue is that when you slice a cone at an angle, you get an ellipse. So, your branches have to transition from a circle to an ellipse. The attached model uses surface lofts to create the ID and the OD and the ends are then capped so that it can all ...

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Can you post a closeup of the image on the left? I can't make out the dimensional information.

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Once I wrapped my head around the proper geometry it is rather simple. I was trying to force helix of 2 different pitches and angle of rotations to accomplish the geometry I thought I needed. It kind of worked, but was the wrong approach either way. I need to do research into equation driven curves...

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The only place you can "transition" from a helix to a flat is directly along a radial line. Any line that is not exactly a radial line cannot have a transition from a true helix to a true flat without a step. Anything you bodge together with surfaces may sorta look like a helix, but it wo...

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What are the required helix parameters? The numbers in your model seem manually tweaked as you said.

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Hello everyone, Sometimes when designing, I forget to run my important macros. Therefore, I came up with an idea and started researching: when finishing a drawing, I want a macro named Last.swp to run automatically when closing the part file. Can I do this, and do you have an example? oa I found th...

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The issue with this part is that SW doesn't like something about the relations in your profile sketch. If you delete them, the sweep with guide curves completes without errors. The trick will be to determine which relation(s) it doesn't like. Update: After some further tests I see what's happening. ...

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The shape can not change on a sweep, it can rotate around the center and/or contort when using "keep normal constant" setting, but the shape never changes. To get it to jut out on the left side like your skecth shows you would most likely have to do a loft or a series of extrudes/cuts. Th...

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Same think would go for if you have PDM, then you almost have to 1 part file for each or you will have issues. Our hardware models are configured (via design table) and we've been using PDM since 2010. No issues. The part number, description, etc... are configuration specific properties. I have one...

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