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SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:30 pm When you insert the part in the part, do you have "hole wizard data" checked?

The pattern succeeded, regardless of whether that option was checked or not.

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Hi, This is all that is in the tree from the original part(weldment) image.png as you can see no holes to grab in the tree items. Regards, Jim There is something wrong with that model, unless I'm missing something in your description of what's happening. Here's what I did: 1. Create a multibody wel...

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Do you have more than one transition into the state? In other words, is there a chance that the admin user is getting the file into this state via some other transition that isn't setting the revision?

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loebotomy@gmail.com wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:51 pm Yes, I can do that (so far). That would be great! Thank you.

I will upload the DLL file next week. You should be able to open it in SW with File...Open and it will add itself in the Registry.

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S-071657 Question:. : When I check in an assembly in the SOLIDWORKS® PDM 2016 SP4 and later software, why do I see the warning ‘Missing data necessary for BOM, needs resaving in SOLIDWORKS’? Answer:. This is a new warning that was introduced in the SOLIDWORKS® PDM 2016 SP4 software. This warning occ...

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loebotomy@gmail.com wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:58 am Because of my company's security policy, installing an MSI is difficult/impossible for apps that are not trusted. Is a standalone version possible?

Can you read/write to the registry via the Registry Editor? If so, I can provide instructions on how to manually 'install' the add-in.

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You can use P/Invoke to get the handle of the SOLIDWORKS window

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bnemec wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:57 amFIFY

Fair enough. SW considers it to be working as designed (S-053776). Surfaces are considered reference geometry in parts but are considered bodies in assemblies.

There's an SPR (725625) requesting consistency between the two document types.

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bnemec wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:17 am Unless the part goes to an assembly that has a drawing in which you do not want to see the surface.

A display state solves that problem.

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How are you performing the replace? If you do it via the 'References' button in the open dialog, all the features are renamed correctly:

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Rather than create a sketch, you can create a small circular planar surface in the model. It won't show up in the drawing, but it will prevent the dimensions from disappearing when you hide the sketch. As an added bonus, you can hatch the surface to make it look like an actual point:

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I'm still fumbling my way through it. Still on topic for staring PDM, I look back on a metaphorical Venn Diagram. I've stated this before but you're on it again. There were two circles; what knew about PDM and the other represented what our VAR knew of our usage. Unfortunately, they were barely tou...

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What's the issue there, bnemec? Manually altering the 'Read-only' flag on a file controlled by a PDM system is generally a big no-no. Most likely, the system has no idea that you manually tweaked it, and still thinks the file is read-only. Setting/unsetting that flag may be only a small portion of ...

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I just started with a new company. We are using ADesk products (2D and some 3D), Solid Edge, and have some legacy Catia files. As we grow and our SE maintenance expires we will be moving to SWX Professional, which includes SWX PDM Standard. We see that PDM Standard can be converted/migrated to PDM ...

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Long time, no update, but we've been busy here. Setting materials for bodies turned into a bit of a mess due to a deficiency in the API. Essentially, you cannot set the material for a body for any configuration other than the active configuration via the API. So, if bodies are selected I have disabl...

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Out of curiosity, does SolidEdge fail that exercise in the way that FreeCAD does? Because SOLIDWORKS does not.

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You may want to try this: ========================================= Solution Id: S-078432 Product: SOLIDWORKS 2020 Network Installation Created: 9/30/2020 Technically Reviewed Date: 10/15/2020 Area: Part Sub-Area: Draft Question: Why does SOLIDWORKS® crash when I click the 'Draft Analysis' command e...

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After a a little more searching, I'm pretty sure it was probably Tim Webb. It's basically his specialty and it looks like it's just

1. Write a database query
2. Hook it up to your data visualizer (Excel, .NET, Prometheus, etc) of choice.

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Several years ago, probably in the old forum, I recall someone posting that they had created a PDM dashboard of sorts where one could see a summary of things about various files. For example, if you had an ECO workflow, you could see a dashboard of how many ECOs were complete, or in process or whate...

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What SOLIDWORKS version and service pack are you using?

Also, if you switch from the FFEPlus solver to some other solver (e.g. Intel Direct Sparse) in the study properties page, it may solve:

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1. Open RegsitryEditor 2. Go to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.SLDPRT\SldPart.Document\ShellNew 3. Right click ShellNew and select New...String Value and name it FileName 4. You need a 'template' file for Windows to copy. So, create a new part document in SOLIDWORKS and save it somehere 5. Double click...

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The only issue, or quirk really, that we get is via the PDM add-in with the Get Version dialog. It will stop showing who the user was that checked it in if they're deleted. However, the file's history shows everything correctly. Nice. Looks like that is SPR 1108127 --- Inconsistency with how a dele...

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Thank you for looking into this issue. I didn't know a special hotfix would be available through my VAR... well I hoped to bypass my VAR as the process to interact with them is quite painful. I don't know if an actual 'special' hotfix exists for this. It's just a possibility. Some hotfixes are more...

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I am wondering if it is only me or my browser, but I am experiencing the same at home, on my mobile and at work with different setups... my problems: - I must login with 3dxperience before Customer portal otherwise I cannot use the KB I had this problem in September 2022. About a month later, the w...

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Our PDM Vault has become cluttered with users who are no longer employed here. A quick check shows me that 64% of the users are no longer employees. It looks like I can safely delete them and the only side effect is that the file history dialog with add (deleted MM/DD/YYYY) beside the username. Are ...

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There does not seem to be a 2022 hotfix to address this issue. There are only 3 general hotfixes listed for SW2022 and none of them are for this issue. If it is a special hotfix, you may have to contact your VAR.

The SPR states that the problem is fixed in SW2023 SP1.

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Rather than closing Excel each time, perhaps you can use GetObject first (to attach to an existing Excel instance if it exists) and if it fails, then call CreateObject. See this link for details.

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Can you upload your entire macro?

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Ok, I use a subroutine to do all the setup before writing. sub template_setup(xlApp as Excel.Application, xlBook as Excel.Workbook, xlSheet as Excel.Worksheet) It's a little strange to pass these three objects to the subroutine and then initialize them. Why not simply Dim the three variables in you...

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Turn on Instant3D.

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SPR 880569: Need a new API method for function Convert to bodies.

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Since we're on the fully constrained debate I'll throw another one in; cut features from open profile sketches. I'm still annoyed in SW that I cannot do a cut with an open profile. Eh? I do cuts with open sketches all the time , and I'm still using SW 2017. You are restricted to 'Blind', 'Through A...

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Post your code that is interacting with Excel. Without it, we'll be guessing.

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- Go to your profile (drop down next to your user name at the top of the window. - Edit Profile - At the bottom of this form is the area to use to change your hardware and software version I'm using the Breeze theme. image.png Like Frank_Oostendorp , this item does not show up for me and I'm also u...

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I have tried different methods for marking. 2023-03-07 08_44_41-SOLIDWORKS 2021 SP5.1 - [Part_with_labels.SLDPRT].png I'll attach my trial part to the post. @Jason I have never worked with decals before. How do you create the decals? Also, with the decals, can I grab the label from the custom prope...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:36 pm . . . and the FAQ section from the old forum still hasn't been brought back. I'm sure they're still working on that.

All sorts of broken links, missing images and images applied to the wrong posts as well.

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@bnemec I do not have the documentation at hand right now but it is actually how PDM works in AD: user authentication is triggered for a lot of operation inside the vault. like every time explorer is opened. problem is AD troubleshooting is difficult for us as it is going to involve a lot of depart...

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Could you add a X.X stage to track these changes? So for these changes you'd see 0.1, 0.2, etc. That way these fixes are documented in the system and can be recorded. Though from your description it may be more trouble than it is worth. Yes we could, but typically no one cares that much about these...

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We have a "Correction" workflow that increments the revision by 0. So we end up with two or more of the same revision letter sometimes. This workflow is only for small model issues that need to be repaired (mates, sketch relations) or to add configurations needed for an assembly. If we ha...

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I have a Lenovo ThinkStation P330 with a Quadro RTX 4000. I'm typically running SW along with two Windows virtual machines. I did some very intense flow simulation analysis last year, running inside one of the virtual machines and never had an overheating problem. The fans are noisy, and you have to...

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The part and the drawing have the exact same file name, and live in the same folder. I have a part open. I go to the menu and pick "File", "Open Drawing". I didn't mention that I am using PDM; not sure if that is relevant or not. It is possible that this problem only exists for ...

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Sounds like the same thing mentioned in this SWYMP post . Presumably you are having this problem even when the drawing file has exactly the same name as the model file? Since there are multiple ways to access the Open Drawing command, which method exactly are you using? Is this parts in an assembly ...

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Are you saying Dassault will allow us access to the DB data that makes up models created on 3dxWorks? If I elect to move away from 3dx, I can export all of that feature data of my parts and assemblies? They might. But then they'll just encrypt the database stored procedures that actually generate t...

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Model with Enhanced graphics turned off. Edges underdefined and washing into the next component. image.png Model in Open GL Mode image.png Model in Enhanced graphics image.png FYI: If you are running in 'Software OpenGL' mode, you are basically not using the graphics card to do any of the graphics ...

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It pretty much works as advertised. Here's a before: image.png Here's some code: Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim mDoc As ModelDoc2 Dim mExt As ModelDocExtension Sub main() Set swApp = Application.SldWorks Set mDoc = swApp.ActiveDoc Set mExt = mDoc.Extension mExt.DeleteScene End Sub And here's the...

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Back to normal this morning.

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Is the SWYMP down this weekend or have I managed to lock myself out somehow? After entering my password, I'm greeted with this helpful message on a blank page:

{"success":false,"errorId":"frontal_1.1676140165862","errorMessage":"Internal Error"}

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And not a single entry for Solidworks Treehouse. Oh, it's there: image.png The lists I posted are what you see if you search for 'block'. Because you can't see the Area and Sub-Area filters until you search for something. What's fun is searching for 'Treehouse', and seeing the first result: image.p...

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When I read/watched the "how to enter ERs" I finally gained a toehold perspective on the whole 6W tag fiasco. Take every kind of notion that might have a drop-down selection but let them all be editable so users can add new items to the dropdown list. Then take the text from every drop-do...

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Are you using Surface to Ambient radiation instead of Surface to Surface radiation?

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