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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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It looks like I downloaded this last december, so that would align with the issue Diaval mentioned. The download occurs on the PHD web site, but it is possible the models come from CADENAS. Yep. They're from CADENAS. The README file that is included with the download starts out like this: =========...

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You can use the Split tool in DesignX to divide your mesh into smaller sections and then auto-surface each of those to the 10,000 patch maximum. So splitting the mesh into 4 parts quadruples the patches to 40000.

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I ran into the same thing last week. I couldn't get in to download SW. When they switched over, they never "authorized" me or something like that. My VAR fixed it in minutes. I'd reach out to them if I were you. I'm still not sure how to get in and look at the license management. But, I'l...

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There's probably a lot over there, but it's about as clear as mud to try to figure out what all you can do, how much it costs, and how much trouble it is to do what you need to do...And I'm not interested in marketing crap because 9 times out of 10 there's some huge flaw that prevents implementatio...

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Can you upload your mesh file? I have an idea I'd like to test.

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SPerman wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 9:24 am I ended up having to completely rebuild the assembly from imported step files. I never could figure out why PDM didn't like the old one.

Is the vendor model something I can download? I'd like to investigate.

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https://www.solidworks.com/support/hard ... ification/

Quadro cards, RTX cards and Radeon cards make up the lion's share of certified cards.

Step away from those and you increase the chance of your VAR blaming every problem on 'unsupported hardware'.

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I don't think it's possible. There are several SPRs requesting it.

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Thanks everyone so far... These are laser cut lines, I am trying to get a broken glass effect with text (not broken) in it. the resulting sketch will be saved as dxf and then into inkscape for changes of colour so the cutter software works. It does seen stange that solidworks dosn't treat text edge...

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Hello, I am working on a macro sub used to edit a 3d sketch in a assembly context, we need to copy a portion of a 3D sketch in the assembly (all lines) inside a 3d sketch of the part. I was able to chain select and copy the entities from the assembly sketch with one click thanks to the api, but I h...

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I saw that too. Part of it says "New subscription and term licenses of SOLIDWORKS Desktop CAD products, but not the rest of the desktop portfolio (PDM, Simulation, Composer, etc.), will experience an uplift in price. This uplift in price is still a fraction of the cost of the additional value ...

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SPR 52280 - Ability to save (export) a single drawing view as a desired image file type (png, tif, jpeg, etc) If you want a view in isolation, you can hide the other views and then use your favorite screenshot tool (Snipping Tool, ShareX, etc). You can also (sometimes) copy/paste the view to a new b...

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I just discovered that "Corner Relief" in sheet metal does not carry over on a mirrored part correctly either. The formed part looked correct but as soon as I flattened it the relief disappeared. Our VAR told me the only fix was to add the Corner Relief into the tree of the mirrored part....

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If the original mirroring operation was done without checking 'Hole wizard data' in the 'Transfer' section of the Insert Part property manager, you will see this behavior. image.png I don't think there is a way to toggle that option after the fact. However, I never use derived parts so I may be wrong.

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I created a new add-in per the steps in the API guide and it loaded with no issues. I copied the code from the non-working add-in to the working add-in and it loaded fine. So this tells me it is something broken with the Visual Studio project or more likely something with the GUID of the old add-in....

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I'm getting this error when I try to load an add-in in Debug Mode: image.png Similiar message when trying to load it as a normal add-in: image.png I know I've seen and solved this problem before, but I cannot remember how. The code itself is good. An add-in built with it has been installed and runni...

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If your original view has been rotated, don't do that. Center marks and other things can act strangely.

Create a custom named view in the model instead.

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Turn off the directional lights, set the Scene to 'Plain White' and set the Ambient light 'Ambient' value to 1. If you do that, what's on the screen will match the RGB values of the appearance:

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Can you post the code? Or at least post the code where you lock and unlock with 10 or so lines before and after each.

Also, using IEdmBatchGet/IEdmBatchUnlock instead of LockFile/UnlockFile will give you more control and you can call ShowDlg as a debugging tool to see all the files involved.

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Right click in the drawing sheet, select 'Edit Sheet Format'.
Right click a point in the sheet format and the 'Set as anchor' item should be on the pop-up menu. From there you can specify which type of table should be anchored there.

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SOLIDWORKS MBD has STEP 242 capability. It's been there since SW2019.

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I cannot duplicate the problem from your video. What specific SW version and service pack are you using? When I load the model, there is a missing library feature (SD13.SLDLFP). Can you upload that file? Have you told SOLIDWORKS to not show you some error messages? You can check it under System Opti...

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Was it wrong of me to do this in my customized 3DSwym dashboard?

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You have 3D Interconnect components that are preventing SpeedPak from working. Specifically, two plug receptacle parts in

PCB with soldered components.SLDASM

: Missing Refs

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Drag the horizontal bar between 'Appearance' and 'Default Appearance' down. You've just got the folders pane shrunk down where you can't see the child folders.

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Why not invest in a hand held 3D scanner? If you place your template on a flat high contrast surface (black on white or white on black) I would think even a low end scanner would easily pick up the edges an give you an accurate STL file that could be brought in to SOLIDWORKS. You really just need th...

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Thanks but I don't see any material appearances. I only see "color" and "texture", and it's just one texture (black and white squares). The appearance tab in your task pane should look something like this: image.png The appearance files are normally located here: C:\Program File...

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Say I have a weldment assembly. The material of the each part is set to "Plain Carbon Steel". I want the weldment assembly to be "Galvanized Steel" (or appear like it, as least). How would I go about this? Thanks for any replies. You want it to "appear like it" where? ...

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Use Insert Model Items.

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