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MJuric

I wish IoT would die...My damn gas range wants to connect to the internet...Who in the hell would want to turn on a gas range remotely? What else are you supposed to heat your house with in the winter? Turn on Burner 1 and 4 30 minutes before you get home and the house is nice and toasty, one way o...

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Sounds like a Hackaday project. Exactly, which is my point. I can find a controller that would do all the pool stuff and even the basic function of the pool light on/off. I can find a controller for lights. I can find a controller for valves etc but how do you tie them all together? Seems like some...

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I've been digging around for a while looking for a good solution to being able to control, preferably remotely, all of ones outdoor power gadgets. While I currently do not have all of the following in place eventually what I would like to control would be something like, pool pump, pool light, small...

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Something else I forgot to bring up about Inventor besides the fact it has gone to subscription only. The license is named user now. There is no longer a floating license option. So we have 150 users sharing 60 SolidWorks licenses. Now we would need 150 Inventor licenses. SolidWorks Pro: 60 floatin...

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-The disgruntled SWX users are a fairly accurate representation of the SWX userbase. It would be interesting to see how true this actually is. I typically find that people that end up in forums are A) people that tend to push the limits B) because they push the limits they run into and get stuck fi...

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Everything works fine for me. Screenshot_20210612-000907.png Ok, well that's just weird. It seems entirely random depending on the words you use. It does not give me "Not found" but "Too common". On some words it gives not found and some words it does the search and finds stuff....

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What are you searching for? Usually it returns that response for simple 3 letter works like "the". Also, you might get better results with the google search. In the screen shot below, the top search is the phpbb search, which kind of sucks, and the lower search window is google search, wh...

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No matter what I enter into the search bar it returns with "those are too common to search for". Is this something not working or something I'm doing wrong?

MJuric

I think in most all cases they would say your data is permanently yours. You can download it and move it elsewhere. The problem is no longer having access to legacy tools (Cloud or local) to modify it if needed. You must import it to another system. Exactly. You might even be able to get access to ...

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without : Drivework, API, Macro, Addins... only ; smart PRT-Excel Library example : auto-size SOLIDWORKS 2019 SP5.0 - [Assemblage1.SLDASM] 2021-06-11 11-51-20.mp4 example : auto-family-mate (with fitting-type, fitting-gender recognisation, etc... so weld can't go with thread, NPT can't go with BSP,...

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mike miller wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:08 am The executives at Siemens have got to be rubbing their hands together with enthusiasm.

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That's a pretty incredible consensus.

I'm not sure that a forum populated by a bunch of disgruntled SW users is an accurate representation of the market

MJuric

With any change, I would keep an old version of the software handy, which is part of the problem when you look forward with on-line or subscription-only software. You need a legacy tool to print, make small changes, etc. A whole set of expectations has been built up around owning your software that...

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JSculley wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:55 am Having files inside and outside the vault in a single assembly is madness.

Uhhh, yeah. Not only that but instead of "Moving" files people have been copying files so we now have a situation where you have to question which one is the current file....absolute madness.

MJuric

if you know far enough with the use of "PRT-Excel" and far enough with "some special advanced feature of SW" you can easily combine them togeter, and more... without any use of : drivework, api, macro, addins, etc... absolutely NOT. Again, not sure what to say here. What you're ...

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We have somewhat of a push and interest in automating some of our processes here. Some of this has fallen on my desk since it generally lies in the realm of "Continuous improvement" I've been walking around looking for areas where automation and robotics would be a good fit in our company....

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CAD or PDM? We have products will a long life and many shared components, so switching to a new CAD tool would be painful. We did it once in '98 (Catia V4 to SolidWorks 98). We remodeled everything over a year or two. We are currently moving from PDM to Windchill. There is no mass data migration as...

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I also didn't vote because what we would switch to isn't on the list. We are long time KeyCreator users (formerly CadKey) prior to SW and still keep two seats on maintenance for our legacy stuff and it imports files from our overseas suppliers in a more friendlier format than SW. Who doesn't love a...

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I'm curious as to what type and how much data people have. The perennial "What would you switch too" posts and responses makes me wonder what people are working with and how that effects their thought process. For many years, 23 or so, I had no products, no long term, longer than the warra...

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I've never been fond of online programs (I couldn't get used to them), it might sound silly, but I can't imagine what happens in a two or three-day internet outage. "a poor thing but mine own" I have a similar concern. What do you do when you loose internet? With everything local I can lo...

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Based on Solidwork's dismal track record with EXISTING data inside the same program ( re: crusty file template gotcha ), I don't trust them with transferring data not only from one program to another, but from one kernel to another (Parasolid to V6). What could possibly go wrong with the current &q...

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I'd guess most people would just jump to 3DE. The platforms are relatively compatible so if you wanted the quickest route to being back up and running again I'd think that would be the way to go. A switch to an entirely different system is a huge job especially for companies that have long term lega...

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This is an example BOM mockup. EBOM from engineering. Manufacturing wants to add packaging materials and then combine the "Exit Sensor" and some fasteners into a kit. Now the drawing engineering created does not match manufacturing. Not sure what the best solution for this would be. This ...

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yes i have found a video so going to calculate it this all depends on whether you're attempting to calculate force the cylinder can create or whether you're trying to calculate how much force you need in the cylinder to cause movement. These are two different calculations. Calculating how much forc...

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Where is a good place to find material properties of normal things? I can find, for example, specific variables for a named steel alloy with a Google search. How about for weird things? Molten Lava Chicken Egg, raw (shell, albumen & yolk?) Jello TM NyQuil TM Corrugated cardboard Quartz crystals...

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@MJuric I was gonna suggestion Affinity Publisher because I thought you meant Technical Manuals like installations guides or manufacturing instructions. Looks like you are doing user standards, SOPs, etc. We use Word for this, but we don't put everything in one document. We create a separate docume...

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Honestly John, whoever did the switch is an idiot and should be fired. Direct deposit has existed over here for as long as I can remember and I've never had any issue whatsoever. There's not a difference besides having it directly inside your account. I've had direct deposit for years and much pref...

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That is questionable, because my password was changed as well, so my suspicions on the dark matter is beyond human comprehension, therefore it'll take a Martian to figure it out, but they didn't answer this morning, thought I heard voices, but discovered a bot in the brain. :? Most banks are really...

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I thought I would buy one of these HP laptops but want to be sure it has the graphics capability to run SolidWorks. Would you guys please check out the specs and tell me what you think? https://www.hsn.com/products/hp-173-touch-intel-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-laptop-woffice-365/20124738 I was just looking ...

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I thought I would buy one of these HP laptops but want to be sure it has the graphics capability to run SolidWorks. Would you guys please check out the specs and tell me what you think? https://www.hsn.com/products/hp-173-touch-intel-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-laptop-woffice-365/20124738 That system also co...

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i never talked about macro or API..... just a simple use of "PRT-Excel" creating "PRT-Excel" when mastering that technic, doesn't need that amount of time, you can divide by 10 or 20, or less... if you find what you need with that workflow, no problem. you can not optimize-manag...

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I was once involved in a project for a roadside barrier in a specific location in another state, and making it easy to keep it looking nice for the maintenance department seemed to be the driving factor. That was fun. Exactly, a "road side barrier" that is easy to maintain but is not long...

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Not a popular position, but... Design structure should be separate from manufacturing structure. The manufacturing assembly should be an entirely separate assembly from the design layout. Consider also tangential assemblies like service kits. These are usually a collection of parts without design c...

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If you could develop a system like that, you shouldn't be working on SW. I have no doubt that it could be done, but who would do it unless they are doing it almost as a sole focus. If you're doing it as a sole focus then you're going to develop something other than SW....you know, like all the AL e...

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i was trying to say : i think the total opposite way than yours be oblige to use another software for small thing like fence, or alu, etc... for me it's absolutely not , SW is enough, and it can be better, because you can optimize-adjust 3D-detail level, to the final degree of assembly. also, if no...

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you must think-anticipate : what level of 3D detail you will really need, what you will need to show in the DRW drawing, what you will need to have in BOM, what you will need when inserting into ASM, etc.... Smart-Optimized-Library is always one big key for cad-project. I agree. Also what you must ...

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Could I start a " what are you machining today" thread? I have a few I can share. That would be cool. I always like to see what other people are doing. I can probably find some video's of machines we've built of which we machine most of the parts for. I'll have to walk around and see if w...

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There is a program out there called "Tekla" for handling projects like those, developed by Trimble. https://www.tekla.com/us I would guess that there is "Specialized" software either for or being developed for just about anything that is done alot by many people. For instance cr...

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Nobody want a steady business anymore. Its growth growth growth. Problem is, there are only so may people on earth. Business can't grow non-stop. I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you're not growing you're dying. That being said selling 10000 copies of your software one year and selling 11000...

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From the look of it, nobody really used the platform until forum moved over. Some said they have 300 communities. But never see the problems we see? The platform worked for over 3 years and we just found all the problems? Good to know I'm in a special need group. Those saying they have 300 communit...

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Just curious. I'm on a student license - so don't deal with a VAR - and I was wondering if this was a thing. It would seem like a logical move for Dassault to make, bring all the VAR/customer interactions 'in-house' where they can keep an eye on them. Each VAR would have their own private community...

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The problem with the "purchase" model is that a lot of customers will buy it once and your revenue stream dries up. My nearly 20 year old copy of photoshop still does everything I need it to do. (Actually I think it died on 12/31/2020, but up until then it still worked great.) It is hard ...

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Regular weldments have generally been working well for me for a long time, so unless someone convinces me that the new thing will be better for what I do I'm going to stick with it. I rarely deal with anything very complex, with most of my models having fewer than 6 bodies (and often just 2), so I'...

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Pretty hard to beat this, Solidworks. Gonna need to upgrade to 3Dspearience to compete. 2021-06-02 16_14_23.jpg Everything is handled inside a special "frame" assembly environment with each body in its own part. No Save Bodies, no external references, IT JUST WORKS! Also, did I mention th...

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Got some time to play with it. Structure-01.jpg First it is a pain to learn how the UI and command behave. Get it done in one go is ok. If you need to edit after, good luck. Spend a day playing with it first before use it in production. Primary and secondary Member: If you used weldment using sketc...

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Roasted By John wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:21 pm Good chance - but they are super expensive, a 20lb turkey with a duck and chicken is probably $130 or so

Hmmm, I always just thought you lined up a chicken, duck and turkey on the highway and hit the chicken at about 70 MPH....

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lol We would send the meal frozen and all you do is heat it up ;) - Hopefully in about a year from now or before we will be doing that, I'm planning to get our e-commerce up and running this summer and then we will have the base set up and ready to add product. Let me know if you want us to make yo...

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Yeah, welcome to the 2010s. You can't buy anything and own it any more. Gotta have that revenue stream. Everybody has to collect data on you, even though they can't think of anything better to do with it than put ads in front of me that I ignore. I think subscriptions/Leases etc are a great idea un...

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Matt - Feel free to signup for us to ship you a Meal Once a week, at least at the end of the day you'll have something left to chew on ;) Won't it be cold by the time it gets here? We were looking at water softeners several years back. My wife stopped at a local place to talk to them and the guy sh...

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That's what wikis are designed to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Yeah. That just screams web-based to me. A bunch of disparate topics with different subject matter experts. Since I do some coding and such here, I opted to install a Gitlab server so I could manage my source code with git . G...

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About the same as what's required to post on a forum. Here's a screenshot from my Gitlab setup: Note the 'New page' button and the button with the pencil icon in the upper right corner. Clicking that gives you this: Most wiki software would have the same sort of setup. Thanks All, That gives me som...

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