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MJuric

That type of curvature control can also be important in strength, dynamics, fluid dynamics, cams, and all sorts of motion. Accelerating with a sharp in the path will lead to a shock, and the smoother it is, the more you can distribute the shock, making parts last longer, or for less turbulence in f...

MJuric

Eek, at least I was able to force some sort of naming convention inside the company for both our files and files from providers. There's a reason places like MSC and Mcmaster Carr use their part number instead of the manufacturers part number....we don't do that. It's absolutely brutal sometimes an...

MJuric

Sorry, I haven't been totally following the conversation. I guess I'm keyed in to a certain method for file naming, descriptions, and other meta data. In PDM, for my system, folders are used primarily to assign permissions to groups of people, such as design engineering, manufacturing engineering, ...

MJuric

I feel your pain. We don't have PDM, but we have CustomTools, which somewhat does a similar thing I guess. We have standard products Custom products Custom projects standard projects What's the distinction between a project and a product? the repetitiveness of it."Standard" projects are s...

MJuric

Lucas wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:36 pm It affects mostly the appearance.

Ok, that makes more sense. I was thinking it was an actual "Flaw" as is the case some times when there is a gap between edges of a surface.

MJuric

So you have search tools, you just don't use them? No, I don't use them because it seems way faster to find them by browsing. Especially when you're working on "Groups" of files or related files etc. I use various searches when it's appropriate or when I think it will be faster. I guess, ...

MJuric

I think that tool uses the database, and those files outside PDM were never recorded by PDM since they weren't in your database. We have the setting on check-in to not allow check-in if any references are outside the vault. So the only "Out of PDM" files it will find are those that were a...

MJuric

Been working like that forever. Customer Name\Job Number We're custom machine shop. There are no cross over between customers. Even worse here. We have a custom machine shop, standard machine builds, custom machine builds, three or four product lines that are sold by part number and three or four &...

MJuric

matt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:53 pm Yeah, you need a PDM system. I can't imagine working like that.

We have a PDM system. Pretty much every place I have ever worked is set up like that.

MJuric

If you have an assembly that you believe to be a 'correct' one, you can move it into the vault. Just the assembly, not the parts. Then use Tools....Update References which will give you a dialog showing all the references. From there you can direct PDM to search the entire vault for any missing ref...

MJuric

These are the reasons you rely on search. If you don't know a part number, maybe you know a description, even a material. You must know something about it other than visual. What project is it in, does it have a parent part or assembly, does it show up on another document's where used list.... I ca...

MJuric

If you have an assembly that you believe to be a 'correct' one, you can move it into the vault. Just the assembly, not the parts. Then use Tools....Update References which will give you a dialog showing all the references. From there you can direct PDM to search the entire vault for any missing ref...

MJuric

If you have a search tool, the fewer directories the better. Even if you're searching manually, additional directories just mean more clicking. If you search by typing, a single directory is best. For PDM, I used to have certain rules for creating folders. I've forgotten what they were. I'll look t...

MJuric

Why put file in different folders if not use PDM/PLM? So you don't go absolutely insane? How many files do you have that you can possibly have them all in the same directory? I wish people would actually use MORE directories here. We have directories with a 1000, probably some with multiple thousan...

MJuric

My company switched over to Solidworks in the 2005-2006 time frame. Prior to that the majority of files where 2D DWG files. For some time there was some dabbling with Inventor but most of those files were exported to 2D DWG as well. The problem I have is that we have several product lines that have ...

MJuric

Probably they don't think robot can replace CNC. It is true for subtractive. Robot can't get that high cut rate. Now if you give the robot laser or plasma cutter. The big boom is additive on robot. It removed a few limitation. For the most part Robots can't replace your typically CNC. Takes one hel...

MJuric

As you know CNC/CAM can't handle all the DoF on robot. Also can't handle collision. We have a cell with 2 robots on XY gantry welding on both sides of a rotatable fixture. I think its 20'x20'x20' biggest 3D printer here LOL We have lots of similar single robot bolt to the ground. What I find odd is...

MJuric

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:24 am Our robot programmer use this:
https://octopuz.com/

I think ABB has robot software also.
You might be able to find open source too.

I think every company has there own programming software and methods. I know Mits has their own as do a couple others I've looked at.

MJuric

Our robot programmer use this: https://octopuz.com/ I think ABB has robot software also. You might be able to find open source too. I looked at a couple options like that and contacted a couple different companies but haven't heard anything back. I wanted to get quotes and see what the cost of the ...

MJuric

@MJuric, this is a nice approach. but SolidWorks only keep contact constraint with sketches, so the surface will lack smoothness in the edges. This method works well with NURBS Not a surface guy so how does this smoothness effect the model? IE if you had a sphere that was a single surface and then ...

MJuric

As a layman to both manufacturing automation & robot programming capabilities, I would think that this would yield good results. Couldn't there be a bar-code on the workpiece that is scanned, and would tell the robot everything it needs to know? Hole sizes, faces, components, etc. I'm sure you ...

MJuric

We can "teach" our welding robot. It only got laser to check if the parts are there. If your product is one off, it won't help at all. Yes exactly. What I'm attempting to do is to work the robot program into the process of programming the part for manufacturing....which I'm also working o...

MJuric

When robots are programmed "automatically" from the model, they may also use vision or some sensors to confirm that the part geometry somewhat matches the model it has loaded. But that checking needs programmed too. At least where you're talking about needing the robot program made "...

MJuric

I agree, our files aren't stored by "Project". At most maybe "Product" but our product have many shared components. In IV we could only have one project I assume for that to work? In that case, wouldn't you have the same problem SolidWorks can have? Multiple copies floating arou...

MJuric

That part about (Files must be in the Project" folder) makes me throw up in my mouth a little. Mostly because ~75% of my CAD experience is in an environment where "projects" have a finite lifespan "files" live on as a product of the project. New "Projects" use ~85...

MJuric

So I played with this a bit and the way I approached it was to break the first unit down even further. You end up with two pieces that you can then make the entire thing out of that are simple lofts with four edges. I started playing with this trying to figure out the complex surface using planes an...

MJuric

Solid Edge has a goofy way of looking for files as well, feels kinda like how SW does it. What I don't understand is why using the path that is stored in the parent file is so far down the list. If I could choose (thank goodness I cannot) it would be a 3 step process. CAD would do this when opening...

MJuric

It's not random. It's a poorly thought out 'routinre' that I'm convinced is a conglomeration of 'we need this' requests from large customers. It's down to 8 steps from 13 back in SW2013, so it's 'improving', I guess. Yes it's not random....just a really bad idea on how to decide what files should b...

MJuric

Do you mean when the referenced file is stored in the parent file by full path but Solidworks FIFY by finding that filename in whatever directory it thinks is best? Yes, this is one of the things that I think makes SW unstable. Coming from IV where "Projects", files, file locations, file ...

MJuric

Creating circular links: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/iquestion:zPx34OHUQsueEj6H8TaQuw https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/CustomerBulletins.html So somehow they actually broke one of Solidworks worst habits which is that it looks all ov...

MJuric

DennisD wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:11 pm I just tried to post something about this over there admonishing them for not telling us anything. It hasn't been posted yet.

Hmmm, I just posted it as a question...maybe they blocked you for the admonishment

MJuric

DennisD wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:11 pm I just tried to post something about this over there admonishing them for not telling us anything. It hasn't been posted yet.

Wait?! You published a post and it didn't post? That seems weird I didn't think they were moderating over there or is the forum just plain broke again?

MJuric

I don't go over there anymore. Pointless when anyone I actually want to discuss issues with are all here. UU Yeah, but no one over here works for DS and probably wouldn't have direct information of why it was pulled. This is why I've stated a couple times that I think there is a place/Function for ...

MJuric

Bradfordzzz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:54 pm They have removed this service pack from downloads ....

So how badly did i get screwed by installing it while it was available?

Anyone ask why it was pulled over at the forum that shall remain unnamed? This seems like one of those questions that belongs over there.

MJuric

Customizing the toolbox to have specials is easy yet requires detailed attention. [/quote] I'd be curious as to how you're doing this. I've been asking around and looking around for a couple years, forums, VAR's etc and no one has come up with an "Easy" way to add new parts to the tool bo...

MJuric

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:12 pm Until you upgrade SolidWorks and it updates the Toolbox DB.......

Well....there's always that. Half the time I'm afraid to try and implement half the stuff SW can do because they end up breaking it in the next release.

MJuric

Gosh dang it, this sounds like a rabbit hole that I am inevitably going to throw myself down, just to see what it can do. Pretty cool. It does look like SQLite will be able to modify the DB. I was only able to find one reference to this...a seemingly random Slideshare presentation. SQLite installat...

MJuric

Ok, but they've been working on it for a long time now and have been pushing it to the unwilling customers and pushing the VARs to push it as well. Even though it's not ready for release? I only took a few CS/SE classes in college, but at that time if a student would submit a lab or assignment that...

MJuric

That's interesting. If I hypothetically wanted to modify the database, what program would I use to do so? Looks like it used to be accessible with MS Access, but they changed the file format from .mdb to .sldedb. Also, if I hypothetically had nothing to lose by messing around with the database, the...

MJuric

So there's no making drawings or modeling sheet metal on the platform? There's a pretty significant list of "things that don't work with 3DExpereince solidworks INCLUDING almost all "3rd party" apps. Early on the toolbox didn't even work with it but supposedly it does now. Neither CA...

MJuric

You can IFTTT everything. https://www.the-ambient.com/guides/smart-home-ecosystems-152 https://home-automations.net/smartthings-vs-hubitat/ https://www.control4.com/ https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/smart-home-devices https://www.vivint.com/packages/home-automation https://www.techhive.com/articl...

MJuric

Guys, Just a short question. What is the difference between 3D Experience Solidworks and 3D Experience Catia? It's not clear for me! For quite some time I had a similar all though smaller question of "Uhhh....what is 3DExperience?". When you look at the information available, sales, web s...

MJuric

Really wish this was a thing. I've scoured all of the forums I could on TB, and was willing to take a chance on it, even considering most of the community seems against it. @MJuric @jcapriotti @Tom G @Craig Schultz @SPerman Thanks for all of your input, it's much appreciated...think that makes it c...

MJuric

The SPR seems to have existed only since December 2020, so it's only been 7 months. The problem had been unnoticed/unreported for quite some time. I wonder how long many of these problems have actually existed where people just figure out the workaround and go about their business. I've done this d...

MJuric

but the catch is we will not be using ANY of the standard Toolbox components. As stated if you're not using the tool box components there's no reason to use tool box. One of the major drawback with toolbox is that there's no easy way to add completely new hardware to it. If you could create your ow...

MJuric

mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:12 pm Cameras in our fridges?...what's next?...cameras in our toilets?...
Just because you can put a camera somewhere doesn't mean you should...

Well....if your over 50 you've probably had a camera in worse places then the toilet

MJuric

I've often thought about a "beer fridge app" - something to scan the bar code when you bring the beer home, and mark the quantity before you put it in the fridge. Have a little "can smasher" for when you pull a can out of the fridge to keep the count correct. Then you could see ...

MJuric

Yeah. Or what about the fridges with webcams inside? Seriously, the point is.................???? If the food is starting to go bad, maybe it would be better to dispose of it BEFORE it goes rogue in the fridge. :roll: Actually this makes a lot of sense to me especially if the camera(s) are controll...

MJuric

You can IFTTT everything. https://www.the-ambient.com/guides/smart-home-ecosystems-152 https://home-automations.net/smartthings-vs-hubitat/ https://www.control4.com/ https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/smart-home-devices https://www.vivint.com/packages/home-automation https://www.techhive.com/articl...

MJuric

For the higher voltage/current devices (like the pool pump) you could use a light switch controller to switch a relay. If you really wanted to sink a bunch of time into it you could roll your own with an arduino, or for even more $ a plc. I had thought of the Arduino idea and that's essentially wha...

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