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That's good to know. Why? That's some stupid functionality. If you right click the note and select 'Edit text in window' you will see that the text for the linked balloon is tied to a particular object id which is the object ID of the balloon itself. The object IDs change when balloons are moved fr...

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the number in the text will not update if the balloon used to create the number in the text is deleted. Which can be especially dangerous if you use the 'Follow assembly order' option for your BOMs. Rearranging the items in the feature tree will not be reflected in the linked notes. That's why I do...

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To add a linked balloon to the note, just edit the note text, and click on the appropriate balloon in a drawing view. If the view is on another sheet, you can use Window...New Window to create a second window of the same drawing and show the appropriate sheet so that you can click the balloon.

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The most subtle thing is chain mating and virtual parts in my opinion. We recently reduced one assembly opening time by about 60% by changing our mate scheme to use almost not a single chain mate and getting rid of every single virtual part. Every part was mated to the assembly planes/origin or to ...

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I just realized that the free onshape sharing feature make the model public so that won't work. As for using the edrawings to email the exe, that is blocked also. I will try the HTML later today. Thank you all for your help! Depending on how smart your email blocker is, you can try saving as 'eDraw...

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It was an interesting problem, and I enjoy trying to figure this stuff out. The thing is, you can Copy Tree, Save as, and Copy/Paste. I couldn't see a way to hold the filename in the latter two, it had to already be there. I wonder if the API has calls to intercept the "Save as" or "...

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E-drawings Pro can save a SOLIDWORKS model as a self contained executable file:

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martin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 11:19 am I thought about it, but wouldn't those standalone licenses require some kind of activation as well?

They would, but it can be done via e-mail as well. The network license is much less hassle, since you only have to activate the license server, instead of each individual machine.

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From the Knowledge Base: ================================================ Solution Id: S-044953 Product: SolidWorks Simulation Professional 2010 Network Created: 12/11/2009 Technically Reviewed Date: 4/11/2022 Area: Installation and Licensing Sub-Area: Activation Question: What is the process to per...

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As far as face vs. reference geometry, someone will have to explain why a mate to a face that requires "solving" is worse than a mate to reference geometry BASED ON the same face. Doesn't SW have to "solve" the reference geometry and then "solve" the mate to the refere...

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I don't see what's wrong here? Looks functional to me...what do you think duct tape and zip ties are for? And don't get me started on this stuff: image.png Nowhere on the label did it say that I couldn't use if for automotive applications. In my younger years I had a used 1980 Camaro that spent spe...

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Speaking of things I can't get rid of... When you use Find Intersection, and then you delete the dimensions, how do you remove the "intersection lines"? The ones that looks like extension lines, and show the point of intersection? Click where the lines would intersect. This will allow you...

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It's interesting that they split these up like they do. For the tolerance values, it looks like you have to interrogate GetTextAtIndex manually. The tolerance values are in the array returned from GetFrameValues. You have to use this along with GetFrameDiameterSymbols and GetFrameSymbols3 to get th...

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What I would say is that whom ever did the original scan missed A LOT that, even if converted to a BREP model it will need a ton more file fixing. This data has also been fiddled with a bit. It looks like someone started to try to clean it up, but obliterated some detail. Here's one of the more obv...

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A macro feature can be used to do this. You can even add the macro feature to your drawing template so that any future drawings made with the template will have the macro feature. Every rebuild the macro feature will check the current drawing path, trim off the part you don't want and store the resu...

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For simplicity's sake, I'll probably implement this as a PDM add-in. They give you much more control with much less hoop-jumping.

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:06 pm I dislike either so in our templates I renamed them to "ALL".

I'll be stealing that idea. Thanks.

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If you can make the STL file available as a download somewhere, I can open it in DesignX and have a go at repairing the holes and turning it into SW geometry.

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I'm wondering about creating a custom line style, similar to AutoCAD, by modifying this file: <install_dir>\SOLIDWORKS\lang\<language>\Swlines.lin I don't see how to include shapes, symbols, text, etc. into the formatting. Is there a trick that I'm not seeing, or am I limited to only creating linet...

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When making a new part with the Design Table, it's still using the Configuration Name for the generated configurations in the BOM Options and I have change each one manually to Document Name. Yep. I see that behavior too. A quick search of the Knowledge Base turns up this: =========================...

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If you open your document template (.prtdot) and change the setting in the Configuration Properties (your first image above) and then save the template, any future parts made with that template will default to that setting.

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the_h4mmer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:51 am Now I just need to figure out a way to have the Configuration to default select the Document Name for Part Number in the BOM instead of the configuration name...

That is controlled by your part template.

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It's a little hard to follow, but it sounds like you want to have a model where the length is always a base unit (e.g. 1 foot), and a custom property (e.g. LENGTH) is driven by the base unit multiplied by the configuration name. And then this custom property is used as the BOM quantity. If that's co...

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Ryan Dark wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:23 pm That solar flairs stuff sounds a bit suspicious.

It does happen.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/ra ... s/bit-flip

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In Windows, you can get the full path by Shift-right clicking the file and selecting 'Copy As path'.

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A few things I've discovered about this: 1. Imported dimensions are less likely to go dangling. This makes sense, since the dimensions are often tied to model sketch geometry which isn't affected by later features. For example, here's a drawing with imported dimensions: image.png If I add features t...

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I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask anyway. I would like to use a PDM template to create a file, but I only want to be able to run the template from folders with a certain name. We use project folders for in-process work. Each project folder is created via a PDM template...

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Read this section of the SW API Help.

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mike miller wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:07 am The X hype was just raised by another magnitude. https://super.solidworks.com/ Truly cringe-worthy. And those are the people you trust to store your CAD data?

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This problem is exacerbated by mixing large and small features, a.k.a. large aspect ratios. If I model a 3" diameter diameter cylinder, 120" long with a 2" diameter extruded cut using these Image Quality settings: image.png both circles are highly faceted: image.png If i change the ov...

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For what it's worth, this has been my preferred way of viewing assemblies for 20 years. To change it back, just right click at the top of the feature tree, select 'Tree Display' and turn on 'View Features' instead of View Mates and Dependencies':

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Jordan Brown wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:06 am Does anyone have experience with selecting paper size using C#? There is a great macro on Codestack (here) but it uses a VBA function "Device Capabilities" that, according to me reading, does not exist in C#.

Thanks,
Jordan

This
Stack Overflow post may help.

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bnemec wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:21 pm Thank you for finding and sharing this. Did you just do that search in the portal or were you already aware of the Solution?

I searched the Knowledge Base after seeing your post.

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From the KnowledgeBase: =============================== Solution Id: S-048403 Product: SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2009 CAD Editor Created: 4/1/2010 Technically Reviewed Date: 7/2/2020 Area: PDMWorks Enterprise Sub-Area: Reference Management Question: Is it possible to disable weldment components (cut...

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Is there anyway to set this msg to "Dont ask again"? Use copy setting wizard to transfer my shortcuts, macros and customization from SW2019 to SW2020 and this keep poping out everytime SW2020 is launched o[ image.png From the Knowledge Base: ===================== S-057905 Question: Why do...

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Another project timeline killer--adding or losing people. Adding people can be worse than losing people. Manager: "How far behind are we?" Engineer: "Six weeks." Manager: "What if we add two more people to the team?" Engineer: "Sixteen weeks!" I've repeatedly...

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Currently we are introducing more & more cut outs to our parts because we have to save weight. This is what the cutouts look like: Screenshot 2022-03-02 131713.png So the basic pattern is a 4x5 pattern of a cutout. Looks like a classic candidate for a variable pattern, but - the MOST important ...

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We are just now getting setup to use PDM. Initially I had my part templates inside of PDM, but on at least one computer, solidworks can never find the templates. I've updated the default templates, I've updated the file location (although both were correct to begin with.) The only way I could get t...

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bentlybobcat wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:46 am Yeah, no, I've now been through three different entities and they all want to know the serial number of my seat of SolidWorks, which I'm definitely not going to even look for.

FYI: From Help....About SOLIDWORKS:

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From the SW Help:

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Thank you all for the suggestions. I think I just need to change my approach to how I find what downstream features are broken by proposed changes; my old practice of turning things on and off just isn't suited in SW. I find Dynamic Reference Visualization very helpful for this sort of thing.

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What version of SW are you using? I tried your code with SW2017 SP5 and SW2021 SP5.1 and neither exhibited the behavior you describe.

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I've had this same thing happen. I've also had weird things happen when I kill File Explorer via task manager, such as my desktop goes blank, and my task bar disappears. The only way I was able to get it back was to reboot. That's not weird, that's normal. You desktop and task bar are part the expl...

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What you are describing is called Inverse Kinematics. It isn't easy and SOLIDWORKS does not do it.

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:50 pm I remember very early on when learning SW that there are something like 12 different locations SW looks for files that may not make any logical sense.

It used to be a 13 step algorithm back in SW2013. In SW 2022, it is now down to 8 steps

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Function GetFolder(strPath As String) As String Dim shellApp As Object Set shellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Dim folder As Object Set folder = shellApp.BrowseForFolder(0, Title, 0) If Not folder Is Nothing Then BrowseForFolder = folder.Self.Path End If End Function

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In addition to selecting an assembly in the tree, you can also select an assembly by right clicking one of its components and selecting "Select Subassembly". image.png If it's part of a nested assembly, the you can select the immediate parent and a generation above that. image.png You can...

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My save as PDF macro is in VBA. Are the code snippets you provided in VBA or something else? I'm still learning my way around macros for SolidWorks. The snippets are C#. You can do the same sort of thing with VBA. Add these constants: Const Pidl = 1 Const Path = 2 Const PathW = 3 And this declarati...

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Here's the SQL I came up with: ============================================================== SELECT * FROM tew_linewirepair LEFT JOIN tew_wire ON tew_linewirepair.lwp_wir_id = tew_wire.wir_id LEFT JOIN tew_line ON tew_line.lin_id = tew_linewirepair.lwp_lin_id LEFT JOIN tew_linktype ON tew_line.lin_...

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image.png It doesn't show up because the SaveAs isn't using the correct Windows API calls to ensure the files get added to the MRU (most recently used) list. You can programmatically add it to the MRU after you save by hooking into the Windows API. Add this enum to your namespace: public enum Shell...

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