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I also agree that 2022 SP5 is extremely stable and reliable.

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Thanks all for the replies on this. I haven't had a chance to try implementing these ideas yet, but I appreciate the input. Will follow up when I get up for some air.

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JSculley wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:42 am See Feature::GetErrorCode2 in the API help.

Okay cool, so for each generated part I'd go through all the features in the tree to check for errors using GetErrorCode2
Let me give it at try!

Thanks!

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Hola all I'm putting together a macro that takes excel data and creates parts from a library of templates. For the most part things are working, but I'd like to expand the error reporting somehow. I am logging errors I can predict (zero conditions, template not found, etc), but I'd like to be able t...

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Howdy I have a part template with some sketch dimensions Marked for Drawing, but they are not inserting when I put that part into a drawing view. Using the same drawing template, other parts with dims Marked for Drawing are auto-inserting the dimensions, but not this one. Is there some sort of part ...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:06 am You can add custom properties to your .sldlfp files, and when those profiles are used in a Part the custom properties will carry over to the Part as cut list properties. Does that help?

Great! That works.
Thanks Glenn

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Long time since my last posts! Can I assign custom properties to individual weldment profiles? For instance, we have some extrusion profiles and I plan to create some custom wedment profiles for them. I'd like to indicate maximum lengths for the different extrusions, but don't know if I can add that...

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The only 'automatic' way to do this would be a macro, macro feature or add-in that updates one or more custom properties in a part when the part is placed in a view on a drawing. These custom properties could then be used in a BOM column. I was thinking a Macro as well. I was thinking of how the Pa...

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I am waiting to see how things go for you. While I don't really want to upgrade, especially to an SP3, 2022 SP5 crashes often enough that its forcing me. Earlier in the year I was on W10 and different hardware. Now I'm on W11 with the same video card, but different MB et al. I don't remember it cra...

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Sure. Name each part file to match its part number. Name each drawing to match the part number of the part detailed in the drawing. Keep a one model/one drawing relationship. Bonus points for understanding there is no such thing as an intelligent part numbering system and simple 6 or seven digit nu...

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I have an assembly, with all parts detailed on separate drawing files / sheets. Is there any way to automatically have the drawing references link to a files Bill of Materials? So If I look at the assembly-level bill of materials, it will show me what drawing sheets/files each part is detailed in? I...

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JSculley wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:20 pm There isn't much to see:

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Ah. Okay I'll keep trying! Thanks

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JSculley wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:58 am SPR 549857 --- It should be possible to reference Display State names in notes

https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/ ... :SPR549857

I'm not finding anything at that link...

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Is there a way to insert the name of a @$$'y Display State in the Drawing View? I know I can insert Configuration Name, Filename, etc into a note but I didn't see Display State Name.

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... It might even able to recreate a model based on neutral file.. Imagine throwing a complex STEP file and get back a full feature tree SOLIDWORKS file ( bonus if you change 1 feature and light up 10x warning feature :P ) Kind of like feature recognition but more advance Whether is the feature tre...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 4:43 pmimage.png

AllRightAllRightAllright!

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 1:56 pm I hope it waits until at least May 31, 2028.

What am I missing here?

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Also Solid Edge, Drawing View Tracker and Dimension Tracker dialog boxes. They have all the info you would like. Well maybe its time to switch to SE! Just for kicks, I sent an email today to my (old) SolidWorks provider TriMech to see how much it would cost go go back on Sub after 7 months off. Hah...

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Can I at least use "the AI" to have SW automatically fix dangling dimensions & notes?

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I have to say it has been years since I needed to use Design Tables, but I'm in it now. Useful as heck.

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I honestly think that gupta9665 got close to the issue, but in the real world I don't like to have too many dialogs popping up so Putting aside gupta9665 's solution , and stipulating that I have disabled the dialog warning after UNchecking the Scale Annotation position & Scale font size boxes. ...

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You must have selected "scale annotation's position/test height" while changing the scale. And also do not show again option. So check if you have "Show sheet scale.." message under Tools > Options > System Options> Messages/Errors/Warnings > Dismissed Messages. If yes, then sel...

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I can't open the drawing as I'm on 2019. Why do you put the text in a block..? Cause I'm lazy? No - because its a block of text to show what finishes and materials are. I generally have many (many) drawings per job that will need to have the same descriptive text on many sheets, and sometimes the i...

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I just removed a text block from the title block area (not in sheet format) and it seems to be behaving better.

No idea why but Blocks generally do screw things up in Drawings.

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:36 pm Could one drawing have it's annotations linked to a view and the other not? Selecting the annotation generally highlights the view it belongs to if it is linked to a view.

It does it on an empty drawing (no views yet)
Attached drawing file here....

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I have 2 drawings open, both from similar templates. On one drawing, I change the Sheet Scale and the annotations (text) on the paper space (not attached to any particular view) remain the same location. This is behavior I am used to and expect to see. On the second drawing, I change the Sheet Scale...

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josh wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 3:20 pm Insert a Design Table and choose the "Auto Create" option. It will automatically add every feature/dimension/etc. that varies across configs. You can delete the design table afterward if you don't want to keep it.

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

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Is there a way to compare configurations on a part, so I can see what Features are suppressed / active for each configuration?

It could be useful for preparing shop drawings so I can create a "master 'part" that many other configurations are derived from.

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SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:23 pm I'm not sure why I would ever want it on.

I generally keep it off, but it is useful especially when importing profiles to see when the sketch will extrude correctly. I have it in my RMB menu.

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I forgot the purge configuration data, I will try it. I have forced rebuilt and saved the file a lot of times with no change at all. It does not go under 2.8MB Ballooning file size with poor purge functionality is one of my biggest complaints with SW. My drawing files can explode in size and really...

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Per OP: "Compare 2 types..."

I'd compare solid modeling software, IE SW, Inventor, 360, SE, etc with 2D CAD, i.e. AutoCAD.

I'd consider these two different "types" of software.

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In general I don't use Display States much; reason being in the past I ran into problems using Display States in Drawings. I recall that if my Open part/assy file was showing DS #1, but I wanted to create drawing views of DS #2, the drawing interface would not always show me the correct DS I think. ...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 4:03 pm You can try the following macro when you separate the sheets out. It'll rename the views starting with A.

Great Thanks! I'll definitely try it out!

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Drawing starts out single sheet, becomes multiple sheets, then later gets split into separate drawings. For instance Part detail sheets get worked on a separate sheet than the installation context drawings. Then file gets too big and slow, so it has to get split into separate files.

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Is there a way to set the automatic Section & Detail labeling so that if I have a multi-sheet drawing, it will have labels start at "A" for each sheet in the drawing file?

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What about "Purge Unused Features?"

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Huh. Never knew that functionality was an option but It works okay on mine.
SW2022sp5

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CMS Intellicad crashes repeatedly. Alas.

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:24 pm Do not export on first start of SW after install.
SW won't write to registry until it close.
That export will be mostly empty.

Wow. That's a great bit of info. Thanks @Frederick_Law

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I recently cancelled my subscription to AutoCAD, and have also been looking for a replacement. I haven't tried nanocad yet but I'm currently trying out CMS Intellicad. Note that it is NOT free but the price point is definitely quite reasonable for a product that (so far) seems to have similar functi...

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solidworks has the bad habit to export sldreg as an invalid registry file to begin with... I had a very bad experience deploying system options with a sldreg. solidworks FIXES the sldreg after some consistency check but exports garbage like SOME paths without escaping the slashes resulting in inval...

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Is it just that one assembly? Did you change any other setting?

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:35 am Not ten minutes after seeing this, and replying, I saw the same question on the swamp.

Yeah That was me. It was late and I thought I'd get an answer there (I think i've only posted twice there since they changed the site). j

No luck there but Cadforum came to the rescue!

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if you RMB the top of the tree it should allow you to choose "upgrade properties" and the file "should be upgraded" to 2022. that is for old file formats created before 2017 or 2019. be careful as that upgrade could blow up your cutlist and other unpleasant things if your models...

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Ok I have another related question: Why do some of my parts have the "Properties Summary" tab available in the Properties window, and other Parts do not show a "Properties Summary" tab? Parts are all multi-configuration, saved in SW2022 SP 5.0 (my current version). Does it matter...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:58 pm Don't restore everything.
Uncheck and only restore one category.
See which one cause problem.

Yep. It was the System Options settings that were causing the problem.

Thanks!

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I seriously just noticed this the other day, and was amazed I had missed it because it is such a useful interface.

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I know you looked in the registry but try a Registry reset: https://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2019/01/reset-solidworks-registry/ Good idea. I tried, and I was able to insert Weldment without an error. THEN I restored my customizations via the "Restore Settings" command. And the error re-a...

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Using SW 2022 SP 5.0, and I have been since it was released however long ago. I JUST noticed the "Properties Summary" Tab in the File Properties window. Its just like the one in the Cut List Properties menu... Has this been there all along and I just never noticed?? It is extremely useful!...

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This problem just appeared out of nowhere. When I go to insert a weldment feature, I get an error "Invalid Path". My Weldment Profile path is set correctly in File Locations But it looks like it is trying to access a location called "\\\C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\...(etc)" ...

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