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Alin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:37 pm Such clients would use on-premise cloud.

There is no such thing. If it is on-premise it isn't cloud.

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I told my boss that I thought the only way to do this would be to manually change them on subsequent sheets, but that anytime the BOM on the first sheet changed you would have to update them. A macro would help somewhat, but it's still a manual process and can lead to errors. I also thought maybe a...

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Alin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:31 pm A huge bug in SP3:
BR10000357296: Unable to select through assembly primary planes

Huge? A minor annoyance at best for me. The primary planes are hidden in all my templates.

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SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:58 pm I have collected a few macros over the years that are supposed to delete dangling objects in a drawing. Running those didn't delete the lines.

Upload a part and drawing file if you can.

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A few months later, I've finally gotten my simple script to run as intended. Three hours of initial coding got me about 90% there, the last 10% has taken three months and 40+ hours. I'm starting to passionately hate PDM. Learn how to write regular PDM add-ins using the PDM API with C# (VB.NET if yo...

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2021 sp5 Have a look at the 'Date Created' "Date Modified' and 'Date Accessed' of the files in Windows Explorer. If any of them are invalid (before 01 JAN 1970 or after 31 DEC 3000), there was a bug (supposedly fixed in 2019 SP5) that would cause crashes from the File...Open dialog. Perhaps yo...

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What SW and PDM version are you using?

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@sorekllc Do you need to provided finished CAD files or just outputs (PDFs, STEP, DXF, etc.) ... ... ... Solid Edge: Has a free "Community Edition" with few limitations. Drawing prints will have a water mark on it that says "Community Edition" on it. ... ... ... From their websi...

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SW is the only one I've used, but I've been using it since 2009. As most of you know I'm not shy about pointing out problems with it, but I go weeks without a crash. I'm not trying to minimize someone else's experience, but I can't help but wonder why some people have frequent crashes and I rarely ...

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They need to go away. They reference geometry that no longer exist. From the KnowledgeBase QUESTION: After I delete the dimensions, why do I still see the virtual extensions of sketches and edges that were created with a virtual sharp? ANSWER: The 'Find Intersection' command creates an intersection...

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I'm not at my machine, but I think that you can select them at the intersection point.

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There isn't much to see:

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SPR 549857 --- It should be possible to reference Display State names in notes

https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/ ... :SPR549857

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I agree with him. Does anyone know what purpose that setting is supposed to serve (other than frustrating users)? Maybe whoever put that in there has a financial interest in a company that makes heartburn medication, or alcohol? image.png The best part about this button is that when it is 'ON' (i.e...

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That's probably better than what I'm currently doing, but I think I'd still have the same problem when it comes to construction lines. Possibly. You should strive to eliminate sketch entities on drawings if at all possible. Perhaps if you could provide some detail on what you are trying to do that ...

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Mike Gera wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:46 am Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds interesting. I've never done anything with surfacing. How would I go about it?

Create your sketch:

Then Insert...Surface...Planar (or use the command from the Surfaces toolbar):

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I noticed that as well. Thanks. Is there a setting that will throw an error when over-definition occurs in an .SLDDRW? Nope. You either have to select the sketch or the view to see any errors. Have you considered an alternate approach? You can create a planar surface from your sketch in the model: ...

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https://help.solidworks.com/2021/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_FAQ_Sketch_Relations.htm#fja1450446799806__Toggle_Display How do I toggle the display of sketch relations? Click View Sketch Relations (View toolbar) or View > Hide/Show > Sketch Relations to toggle the display of sketch relations. If y...

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You have two over-constrained sketch relations in your drawing sketch:

They are preventing the sketch from updating correctly

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I don't quite follow the assembly structure. Are you saying another sub-assembly file for the "As used" version of the purchased assembly that uses the purchased assembly? Yes. You purchase a part or assembly and give it a part number. You drop the part or assembly into another assembly b...

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Since this is a 'modified' purchased part, why not just build that into the assembly structure? TopAssy +---ModifiedAssy +--PurchasedAssy Then you can fiddle with transparency and such in ModifiedAssy without affecting PurchasedAssy. Add in the component line font and the new See through transparenc...

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I had not, but that's a good idea. I don't know exactly when the folders became corrupt. As for restoring archive folder, a little loss of work is not as concerning to me as creating an inconsistency between SQL and archive for the document. If you haven't seen it, there is a detailed article in th...

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Thanks @JSculley! Based on the title that looks like exactly the same sort of root cause. I couldn't make the `support.3ds.com` knowledgebase link work. Sadly it came up "search yielded no results". 3ds knowledgebase comes up empty.png This is the entirety of the report: image.png So, not...

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Might be described in this KB article: Article ID : SPR1240822 Abstract : Parts, Surface - Trim, Untrim: Untrim - It is not possible to untrim a cylinder due to the position and direction of a cut extrude feature Link : https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:SPR1240822 Listed as implemented...

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Mine is purely operational. It's been a good 5 years or so since I last read a 2D Drawing or used SolidWorks and am struggling to decipher the components from one another. So how many components are in this diagram please?4f9df4e73296dc770033d46700caf45.jpg The drawing is showing you a family of pa...

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In you blog article you might want to point people at the license for Visual Studio Community . You shouldn't say this: "whether you are creating tools for yourself, for your employer , or for a larger audience" without mentioning this: ================================ "If you are an ...

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DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:46 pm Have that person do a stringent body check.

Nope. The model is clean.

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I have a user with a similar problem. A multi-body imported model where when you try to apply an appearance at the body level, it doesn't seem to work. The appearance popup shows that it is applied, but the display doesn't show it. The appearance tab in the feature manager shows nothing except the b...

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I like that trick they show, I keep forgetting it's available. We learned quick to keep feature works turned off as it doesn't do well with any of our SE2019 models. Nevertheless I turned it back on to try this both ways. It doesn't go like the demo. I need to keep it in mind when models come in fr...

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This is slick and worked for geometry like yours.

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From the Knowledge Base (https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:QA00000116774) QUESTION: Can a camera view be inserted in a drawing? ANSWER: No, camera view is only available for models, not drawings. And SPR 333953 requesting the ability. https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:SPR...

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It is a part created in solidworks, exported from the file ( not an assembly.) This is what is exported out of solidworks. image.png This is what appears in Ideamaker (the only software other than solidworks which will open the file.) image.png I just duplicated the entire process to make sure I di...

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When I try to open this file in Windows10, the BambuStudio error log has this to say: 2023-06-20 12:06:30.679563[Thread 0x00005778]:Slic3r::_BBS_3MF_Importer::_load_model_from_file:1505extract 4th file Metadata/model_settings.config, total=14 2023-06-20 12:06:30.679563[Thread 0x00005778]:can not fin...

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I have a macro that I wrote several years ago that saves the model as a .3mf file. It worked fine until I upgraded to windows 11. Now, if I try and open the .3mf file, the slicing software (multiple) says the file does not contain any geometry. I went to my macro and changed the extension from .3mf...

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https://www.solidsolutions.co.uk/blog/2 ... ole-table/

Tedious for a lot of holes, but it will keep the order.

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Latest update:

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Solution S-065813 shows an example of how to use the CardInput hook. One interesting thing about it is that when the OnCmd handler is called with the CardInput command type, the subsequent code is wrapped in a lock statement. If you aren't doing the same, it wouldn't surprise me that you are having ...

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There's a toggle to turn off shaded sketch contours. Add it to your toolbar and turn it on or off as needed:

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Who created the add-ins? And on what 'tab' do you want to consolidate them? Command manager, feature manager, task pane?

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There isn't direct API call to set the component display mode. There is a SPR requesting it: SPR988885 - An API is required, on IComponent2, to allow setting component display mode As a workaround, you can use the RunCommand method: status = swApp.RunCommand (swCommands_e.swCommands_Comp_Display_Hid...

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Not for PDM specifically but I use a self-managed Gitlab installation for managing my SOLIDWORKS/PDM add-ins and source code. It's running on a Linux VM hosted on one of our in-house servers and its authentication is hooked into our Windows domain so users can login using their Windows credentials. ...

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Seems like a limitation. You can use an alternate approach by using a list and some buttons instead of a text box. image.png Another approach might be to look for the text box getting focus, and then store the value of the AcceptButton property of the parent Form in a variable and then set the value...

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Amazon AWS and MS Azure have 12 month free tiers and a signup credit. The free tier machine specs are underwhelming but you might want to give it a try.

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Um, do you mean for that to also apply when the pdf task is run when drawing is approved and the approvers are peers who are working in SW? If a drawing requires approvals, our QA procedures require actual pen and ink signatures. So, the PDF is generated, printed and sent around for signatures. It'...

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How does that work.....while they are working? Or do they just know on transition, to sit back and wait? They know to wait. It's often the last step of a multi-step process: create item number in ERP, move and rename model and drawing to match item number, generate PDF. For revisions, it pretty muc...

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If the people kicking off the things that are causing tasks to be created have SOLIDWORKS installed, you are better off skipping tasks altogether. I just have a PDM add-in watching for state changes and then initiate PDF generation on their machine, using the running SW instance or starting one if S...

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DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:42 am A technical correction:

That appearance in your picture is applied to the "features" that create the bodies. Not the bodies themselves. If the appearance had been added to the bodies, then the appearance would show up under the bodies folder.

Correct. I've edited my post to clarify.

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sometimes the solidworks appearance is just driving me nuts only one appearance apply at part level, but it is not showing in graphic o[ (seem to happen most frequently on part save from assembly, aka Save as Part from assembly) image.png This is because the imported body features have appearances,...

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phpBB indexes words in its database. Indexing phrases is a whole different animal. However, make sure you have this option selected in search options: image.png It seems to do a good job of looking for the word in the order specified. For example, searching for enhanced graphics gives 61 results and...

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But, I'm convinced this method is more streamlined than the official bug reporting system over on 3DXP...About that, did they ever get that up and running? I submitted a request on the new 3DEXPERIENCE|3D Dashboard 3DSupport (yes, that's what it is actually called) last Wednesday. Essentially, I as...

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