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MJuric

Usually the program is running fine. But if you can't wait, stop it and run it overnight. unfortunately I ran it over the weekend...I couldn't wait for it to take seven hours to save after running it :evil: I just wanted to add that something I've done in the past but failed to do this time was to ...

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For us users here that is our argument, Configurations, Design Tables, Macros, Custom Properties and most people don't realize "Diagnostics", are all portions of the comparison that will never be equaled between the two. The Diagnostics part in SolidWorks is where you make it or break it,...

MJuric

SPerman wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:03 am Does that mean I have to draw an X wing in 3rd angle, but Yoda can draw it in 1st angle?

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Yoda all angles will be.

MJuric

Both are equally confusing if one cannot 'see' in 3D to begin with. ^^^^^^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 ab...

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I do a lot of simulations. I've noticed that assemblies containing simulations/motion-studies always take waaay longer to save. If you check the assembly file-size before and after adding a motion study you can see why. The 'frames per second' you set in the properties has a huge effect, a motion s...

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One of the bass-ackward things about 1st-angle is that they do sections in 3rd-angle. Sections are based the direction the section is looking at, which way the arrows are pointing. They really don't have an angle of projection. Although confusing you could do a section view in third angle and drag ...

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But 1st angle makes no logical sense to me except that Europe went with it because its was developed from the first quadrant of coordinate systems, and 1 comes before 3 so it must be right. 3rd angle makes more logical sense, the right view of the part to the right of the front and the top is above...

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A program in a unrecoverable loop would pretty much look the same to Windows as a program running normally. Then there are cases where it's just doing more than it can handle and maybe it will finish eventually if it doesn't run out of Windows resources first. Again, no way for Windows to tell the ...

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It's just like the age-old imperial/metric argument. It gets no one anywhere and just ruffles feathers. "There are only two kinds of countries; those that use metric and those that put a man on the moon." "Metric is so much easier to use." "Thousandths are smaller than mill...

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I don't mind changing how we do something but 1st angle makes no logical sense. I see how and why it was developed but it appears to be more of a philosophical decision made by Europe rather than a practical decision. I really don't see any difference logically. it's just a choice of which way you ...

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it's very very simple, open "mtask.exe" (windows) first panel, search the line "SlowidWorks" then check the CPU and/or RAM if RAM doesn't move, but CPU move, it is alive if CPU doesn't move, but RAM move, it is alive if CPU and RAM are freeze, for some seconds, wait a little, re...

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What difference does it make? They're the same thing. The only time it is a problem is when you are working with both regularly and someone forgets to look at the title block and or someone doesn't indicate which projection it is on the title block. I really don't care which one, I only wish we woul...

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In all reality, splitting a table uses MORE sheet space because there are two headers. If the table interferes with a view, why not just move the view? That's what I typically do but in this case I'm just plain running out of room to move things down and in pretty much every case, if you have enoug...

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Regarding customize hole for Hole Wizard. If i share the file to others who dont have my hole wizard library, can they still edit the hole? If you send your entire Hole Wizard to them, yes they will then have access to changing everything in it. If you share a link to yours and control the permissi...

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I did some searching on this and so far most of the answers I have found are pre 2014 and the answer has been "No". I'm on 2018 have they added a way to split revision tables since 2014? I don't see anything obvious like it is for BOM's, but really...why is there no split for the revision ...

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Reinstalling everything is a good option but it is a big task for a computer with many apps. No question that it is, but in my experience it's the only real way to get realistic performance back especially if you're on a system that you have installed and uninstalled a lot of programs on. On the br...

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there is something wrong here and probably the free version is no longer available. 2021-05-24_15-58-02.png The link I applied for https://www.onshape.com/en/products/free Not sure exactly what happened but it looks like you signed up for the trial version of professional rather than the free versi...

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Task Manager will tell you what resources it's using. I usually wait, even if it says SWX isn't doing anything because it almost always resurrects. :D Also, I use Ctrl+S compulsively because I quit trusting SWX a long time ago. o[ I have no letter "S" left on my keyboard and the "Q&q...

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... or any program is really dead or just thinking? SW in particular just says "Program not responding" and asks you if you want to close it or not pretty much anytime it is thinking whether that is 30secs or 4 hours. Some times if you just let it sit it figures it out and comes back, some...

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Jaylin Hochstetler wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 8:09 am 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!

I don't plan on keeping it on. I only load the addins I'm currently using. So this one will go off as soon as I load the cloud data.

MJuric

Do use any software, which can clean and run the computer fast? There are many software in the market I do not know which is effective for SWX. If you're computer is filled with garbage, installed/Uninstalled software, been running for years etc your best bet is to always do a completely new instal...

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The point that I can't get across is how easy it was to see what happened over the last 3 days, without trying to change the Quick link selections, all you I needed to do was go to the Archive Chat Page and very quickly I could see new posts or replies to posts. It was setup as a quick Chat, and we...

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Thanks @mattpeneguy & @MJuric Yeah we do have 3 seats here, not sure why they are considering 4 more seats, I have a feeling to assist in inflating the numbers. There is no question in my mind which is quicker and which is easier, because it's quicker. But it still comes down to training that's...

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Thanks @mattpeneguy & @MJuric Yeah we do have 3 seats here, not sure why they are considering 4 more seats, I have a feeling to assist in inflating the numbers. There is no question in my mind which is quicker and which is easier, because it's quicker. But it still comes down to training that's...

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There's multiple ways to look at this, of course... If they don't currently have the 7 SW licenses, the first year is going to be expensive 28k vs 3.5k. But each year after that it'd be 9.1k for SW vs. 3.5k. So over 5 years the total cost of ownership would be 73.5k vs 17.5k or about 11.2k per year...

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You've changed the weight of the assembly. It might not matter on a large structure, but on a tiny device meant for space flight it might. SW has no way of knowing what constitutes a meaningful change. I can think of very few changes to a part that would not have some concrete affect on the assembl...

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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. Hmmm, I have professional and couldn't find it. Is it possibly an addin? When I looked at how to use it it said that you just open a part and sele...

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In Solidworks this seems to be the case. To my mind this brings no advantage, only additional challenges and forever saving things that haven't fundamentally changed, all the way up to the root....Really I was asking as a way to know if this behaviour can be changed. I think I have my answer... Man...

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so what's the easy way? I had an excel spreadsheet with a bunch of points that I had calculated ~500pts. I looked at 3Dscan function but I don't have it because I don't have premium. I then found a macro that imported the points. The one I used imported each point into it's own 3D sketch. I then exp...

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Thanks for bringing that up - we did talk about it before - but I will be checking back here for additional notes ;) I've not used F360 CAM but SW cam Standard is pretty decent. It includes a significant number of free posts as well. However many VAR's also have post writing services if you wanted ...

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The SW Verses Fusion is heating up here and I need a really good input. The engineering/design team will be getting together next week to prepare for this meeting the following week - Speak your mind? Below is the email I got this morning..... Guys, I am getting a meeting together for a discussion ...

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Hi @kawuser The thing that confuses me is that it says free in the title, but when you fill in the form to become a member, it says "Your trial version request has been received". Is the trial version limited time or feature restricted but time unlimited? I could not understand. "Tri...

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My situation is not quite that dire. I've had a manual lathe and mill at home for about ten years. I've taken all of the manual machining and CNC classes at the community college as I can. While I have degrees and certificates for both manual and CNC from the community college, I am under no illusi...

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I didn't think about dairy cattle. This used to be dairy country, so I've seen plenty of Holstein cows, but I don't remember ever seeing a bull. I don't know of any beef breeds (other than Chianina, which was hot for a while in the 1980's but are rarely seen now) that routinely get that tall. Typic...

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Have you never heard of JIC? https://www.daltonhydraulic.com/1-2-female-pipe-to-1-2-female-90-elbow-swivel-4638 https://www.mcmaster.com/50695K266/ (They also work for hoses and adapters, not just tubing.) From finger tight to 5000 psi in less than half a turn! ** Yeah, use them all the time...they...

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Roasted By John wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 11:42 am I take an offence with your comment that pigs are evil, the dead pigs we get make a good Pig Roast better..

www.martinsroastapig.com

At the point that it goes from Pig to dinner it clearly translates from Evil to delicious. As someone else said, the best pig is a dead one.

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Two thousand pound bulls aren't unusual, but 6' tall at the shoulder is. What breed were they? Chianina? Holstein's Bulls can get up to 6'+ Cows are typically closer to 5'. I just looked up the record tallest Holstein and it was 6'3". The one we had was near 6'. I just looked up Chianina's and...

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Nut and Bolt is there to fasten the parts together. What is the purpose of having tapper thread? In my view, it will tend to get loose quickly in the course of time. Taper threads act as a both a nut and bolt as well as a sealing element all in one. With a taper you can put a male and female togeth...

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One of my uncles was lucky to survive a Bull attack Those animals are HUGE. I don't think people realize how large they are if you've not been around them. Our mature bulls reached ~6ft at the shoulders and weighed 2000-2500lbs. I'm only 5'8", yeah short....but even as an adult male that thing...

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Pigs are often used to get rid of bodies because they leave nothing at all. I've had a huge bull rush at me and my dad when I was younger and we were lucky enough to get him to stop by throwing a huge rock right between his eyes. That was a very scary moment lol, but I gotta say I prefer being rush...

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Guys, it's not just wildlife you need to be worried about. image.png I actually know people that have been killed by cows, well a Bull and indirectly know a person that was killed and eaten by pigs. My step Grandfather was pinned against a fence by our breeder bull and essentially crushed. He event...

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Hi MJuric Please have a look at this short video where I explain how to do this. This is REALLY easy.... As most of SOLIDWORKS CAM/CAMWorks is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPZNsfbZwp4 Thanks for the help. I probably should have followed up on this one but forgot. I had sent this very thing into...

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I will need to study your suggestions and play around with it. Thanks for the help! Not sure what your experience is or where you're at in this process but if you're trying to learn Programming, machining, tooling etc at the same time that's a mouthful. You'll have to do it like you'd eat an elepha...

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Alex, You may never see them, but they may see you. They are predators, that's how they survive. I had a friend tell me about how he'd gone fly fishing in Colorado (I think that's where, I could be wrong) on the way back to the car he noticed cougar tracks along the path he took, it'd followed him....

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* The reason I have the big, eff-off asterisks are because chip shortage means prices for computer components are all over the place right now. If you can find something at MSRP, you take it. Some pre-built OEMs haven't adjusted their pricing as much for this, so you might be able to find component...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 4:46 pm Indeed, and they really look more like a cat then a mini-lion.

I still wouldn't want a 20lb wild cat coming after me. I had a friend who got accidentally mauled by his house cat because it got scared by a dog and decided to climb up his leg, chest and face then dug in on the top if his head.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 4:27 pm Are you speaking of lynxes? I don't think I've ever seen a cougar of my life up here, they must be pretty rare.

I've had some wild wildlife encounters lol

Not Nearly as much meat on a Canadian Lynx.

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SamSpade wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 3:41 pm From what I've heard cougars rarely attack humans.

That's because all the ones that are attacked are disappeared so completely that no one knows they were actually attacked by a massive cat. Everyone just assumes they went for a walk and got lost or something.

MJuric

This one...since it seems I have to restart SW 4-5 times a day.

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mike miller wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 1:53 pm 2021-05-18 13_52_45.jpg

[Matt] knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. -Matthew 6:8

(yes, that's actually the reference.)

Cool, didn't even know we had one.

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