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@JSculley My problem with deploy is users may or may not be in the office at the moment it decides to deploy. Installing over a poor VPN connection when the user isn't ready can be a problem. Does it prompt the user before actually installing? You can deploy manually to a remote machine as well, wh...

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I have 15 workstations and I launch them all one by one when I do the updating, because I also delete registry keys upon updating. You can have the admin image do that for you with a batch file. You are wasting your time running around to 15 workstations. image.png If you use the deploy functionali...

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How do you get those center lines in there? Are you adding them? (I hope you tell me there is a switch to check for them to be automatic!) Semi-automatic. See: http://help.solidworks.com/2021/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/r_create_smart_explode_line.htm and http://help.solidworks.com/2021/english/Sol...

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I've been using them exclusively for many years. The biggest pros are that I can ensure everyone is set up with just the stuff they need and once I have set that up, I can use the previous image settings for the next version. We have 18 standalone licenses, 2 network licenses for Simulation Pro, Flo...

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As for the tabs showing up in the file properties, it is entirely possible that AutoCad is contributing those tabs and PDM is completely unaware of them.

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MJuric wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:00 pm Will you be doing Turducken?

Or better yet: Thanksgiving Turduckenen-duckenen

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What "Skill set" is required for people to be able to modify, add etc to a web based system. I have not done any web based stuff for a long time and everything I did was all in HTML and I'm 10000% certain that no one wants to have to do that to add/Change information etc. The last time I ...

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Not sure how that would work with multiple people adding, modifying etc etc. That's what wikis are designed to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki I would like to get this "document" to become fairly all encompassing including documentation from our "Design Standards", Instru...

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Our IT department just sent out a company wide email that they will be moving us to Office 365 in the near future. The SOLIDWORKS system requirements page makes no mention of Office 365, and the Knowledge Base states: ==================== S-072050: Does SOLIDWORKS® software support the use of the Mi...

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How about a single sheet of paper with a URL and a QR code pointing to a web site? We don't have to create customer manuals here, but whenever I create documentation, I try to put it on a web page. As soon as you print something, it is out of date. The web page can always contain the latest informat...

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What do you mean by 'label of the drawing'? A drawing view label? The drawing title block? A regular annotation?

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I use equations extensively in design tables. I've never had a problem, even when using more advanced functions like VLOOKUP. Having said that, the Document Manager API can be used to detect design tables in files without having to open them in SOLIDWORKS. image.png image.png The catch is that to us...

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From the Knowledge Base: S-02232 : Why is the Flat-pattern drawing view for a sheet metal part not in the desired orientation? Answer: When SolidWorks generates a Flat-pattern view it shows the part in the Flat-pattern configuration. To determine the orientation of the model, SolidWorks uses its &qu...

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That is good news as we went to great lengths to make sure the proper geometry was used to locate the parts, even colored the faces that are to never change no matter the length of thread (full or not) or head style. What I'm not sure about is we thought is was a good idea to organize the screws by...

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Yeah, sigh, we have every single screw in our system in SCREW.SLDPRT. We did that because it's common to switch between one head to another. So breaking it out into more than one file would very much undermine the ease of switching from one screw to another, there is no category that we might not s...

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I certainly don't consider myself an expert but it seems like whenever the discussion comes up I feel I must be missing something with non TB systems or advantages of them. It seems everything people say "Can't be done in TB" can be, at least to my understanding and so far I've not seen a...

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I think you are misunderstanding the command, at least in this instance. The little indicator is to select what will happen when you execute the current command to change the configuration of the part. You are selecting whether the change will be applied to the current config, all configs or selecte...

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We took a leap of faith as we were starting out in SW and went down the path of using configurations for our hardware part numbers. At this time our SCREW.SLDPRT file has over 300 part numbers and close to 500 where used files. We're starting to run into some issues and getting the old familiar fee...

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Hyper-V is included with Windows 10 ( except for the Home edition).

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I just wanted to add that something I've done in the past but failed to do this time was to just run two instances of SW. Run the simulation on one and "Work" on the other. I know this is not "Supported" or "Recommended" by SW but this way I could have run the simulati...

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^^^^^^This. The argument that one is better than the other is typically by people that have trained themselves to do one and can't do the other. Both are equally as easy if one simply visualizes the part in 3D to begin with. The above is not true for Metric vs Standard. Dividing by 10 will always b...

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I warn you- Here a while back I was having an issue with SW crashing. I turned the ScanTo3D add-in off and !presto! that fixed it! If you were also using the CAM add-in it may have been this: SPR 1194209: SOLIDWORKS CAM: SOLIDWORKS Crashes with SOLIDWORKS CAM and Scanto3D Add-ins turn on It is list...

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Try excluding all but one body from the analysis and then mesh. Add bodies back a few at a time until the mesh fails. This may help you figure out what geometry is causing the problem.

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For some reason after using convert to sheet metal, my countersink holes become a normal hole SPR 494523: After inserting bends or convert to sheet metal countersink and counterbore hole wizard features are converted to simple holes It looks like they fixed the problem when using Insert Bends, but ...

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Simplistic and probably "Easier" but also a pain when things like changing a 1/4-20 to a 5/16-18 that has nothing to do with anything in the assembly ends up causing a rebuild. You've changed the weight of the assembly. It might not matter on a large structure, but on a tiny device meant ...

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The Scan to 3D add-in is available in SW Professional and Premium. If you upload your points file I can pull it in to DesignX and get a surface for you.

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Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 7:22 pm Any reason why? Keeping all version in sync (and asking user to use the right version) seem to be a lot of works....

Because of this:

Crusty Old Template File Gotcha

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Due to Crusty Old Template File Gotcha , I keep the number of templates to a minimum, since they have to be recreated every SW version. A single part and a single assembly template with drafting standards set accordingly (4 place decimal, since I usually design in fractional inches. Image quality se...

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As far as I know, flatten surface is only available for Solidworks Premium. I have SolidWorks Professional 2021 and the Surface Flatten feature is greyed out. Read the link I provided. Essentially, you can take any file that has a surface flatten feature already in it (see the seed file attached in...

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Has anyone used the "FLATTEN SURFACE" command with SW premium? I don't have premium, and I don't even know if this will work. Any advice is appreciated. I am getting pretty frustrated with this. You don't need SW Premium to use the Surface Flatten feature. See this link from the old forum

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That's EXACTLY what I'm trying to avoid and exactly why it is imperative to get honest input from everyone in these groups. Often times looking at it one way misses something. Unless the people affected by the change speak up they end up "Feeling" like this is being forced on them and it ...

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From the Knowledge Base: =================================== Solution Id S-060656 Product SolidWorks 2011 Created 10/9/2012 Technically Reviewed Date 3/12/2021 Area Part Sub-Area Hole Question How are straight tap blind hole depth values calculated? Answer: The formula is as follows: Blind Hole Dept...

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Under the covers, all SOLIDWORKS macros (regardless of language) are using Microsoft COM (Component Object Model). So there is no real performance advantage based on language chosen. However, VBA is essentially a dead technology. It will see no changes or improvements moving forward. The .NET langua...

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I fear I may be misunderstanding something fundamental. Indeed. My macro is a C# macro. You created a VBA macro and tried to paste in the C# code, which won't work. When you create a new macro, do you have the option of 'SW VSTA Macro' in the 'Save as type' drop down? image.png If not, you don't ha...

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Your macro is named differently so the namespace is messing things up. Just create a new macro and paste the code from my Main() method into your Main() method instead of cut and pasting the entire thing.

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Here's a quick macro: using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks; using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System; namespace SelSkeetchTest.csproj { public partial class SolidWorksMacro { public void Main() { ModelDoc2 mDoc = swApp.ActiveDoc as ModelDoc2; ModelDocExtensio...

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colt wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 12:20 pm How does sw explorer access file details so quickly? It looks like it can access the assembly component list without fully opening the file.

Most likely, it uses the Document Manager API, just like PDM does.

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Solarized. It's pretty popular. I use it everywhere I can. Let's give it a whirl: public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); } int Main() { Console.WriteLine("Hello World!"); } The highlighting works well. It also gives you a 'Copy' button and a ...

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Library feature.

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We need a proper syntax highlighter such as: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2557806. I'll request it in the Suggestions area.

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The Jive forum included a syntax highlighting tool for posting code. Very helpful. There is a phpBB 3.3 plugin that does this sort of thing: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2557806 It's still in BETA but the install/uninstall looks straightforward. Any chance this can be installed so...

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There is a .NET Core, but I haven't taken time to update myself to it's differences to the standard framework. Core is simply .NET with all the Windows specific stuff removed. So, you can write .NET code for Linux and such. No use at all when talking about the SOLIDWORKS API, since SW is Windows on...

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Here is the screenshot. From the Knowledge Base: ==================================== Solution Id: S-043938 Product: SOLIDWORKS Professional 2017 Created: 11/11/2009 Technically Reviewed Date: 6/19/2018 Area: Installation and Licensing Sub-Area: Installation Manager - UI Question: In the SOLIDWORKS...

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Got any suggestions for "C" programming starter tutorials? I have some pretty basic experience with it. I made my Arduino turn an LED bulb on and off along a Sine wave time frame...so that's something isn't it :) Not C. C# (C-Sharp). It's a newer, friendlier, less dangerous language. I th...

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Typically, if it is something you can do manually in SW, it is something you can automate via the API. There are some exceptions, but for the most part, everything in SW is available via the API. With that, you should be able to know if it is at least possible to do what you want. The API docs are f...

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VTmechie wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 1:59 pm Is there a way for joined parts to keep their original colors?

SPR 724754: Adding two bodies/part to create a new body/part should not loose body/part color properties

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That's the direction I was headed, before I decided it was way too much work for the project at hand. You can have multiple exploded views tied a single configuration. There is a trick though. You have to make a second configuration to copy the exploded views to, but then you can copy as many times...

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If the taper angles are identical, you can just use a single coincident mate between the circular edge at either end of the taper of one part and the conical face of the other part. SOLIDWORKS will work out where the two entities meet, even if it is outside the part boundaries:

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I have nearly no idea what I'm looking at but when I go to that page and reload I get 2 errors and 29 warnings. When I click the notifications button I get an additional 4 errors and a duplicate warning. image.png Does it behave correctly if you browse there with an Incognito window? (CTRL+SHIFT+N)...

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