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dave.laban

Does anyone happen to know any ISO standards that outline how to "correctly" name a part?

I know MIL-STD-100 / ASME Y14.100 has some statements in it, I assume there's an ISO equivalent somewhere but my search engine skills are failing me.

dave.laban

Just installed SW23 SP0.1 and you can indeed set Detail Views to use "With Leader" in the Document Properties, huzzah! Unfortunately there's no way of setting any of the parameters in the "Detail View" portion of the Feature Manager in Defaults (one for the TTL) but at least some...

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Alpha 1, so the absolute first iteration of a SW version before it even goes to public Beta testing.

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Gost gets close, but it has the letter underlined instead of pointing to the center of the letter (which is what you get when you change from "Per Standard" to "With Leader", and what I want). By the way, I posted the Idea (again) and got a reply that it's existing functionality...

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I find it interesting that the GOST leader is different to the leader you get when you set any other standard to "With Leader" (and I can't see any setting to toggle between underlined vs adjacent leader).

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I have queried the staffing levels / resources they've committed to this endeavour (as well as a whole bunch of other things). Got a call with some DS folks next week so hopefully can extract some information from them.

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Seems to have done the trick.

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Thanks. Looks like "Nobody" does as promised at least. I assume there's a Wiki buried somewhere on Swym that "explains" it all. Although going by the profile picture that might not be the right "me".

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Interesting... Looks like Dave can see more than Alex can? What a garbage platform that privacy settings don't even work. Unless I don't understand what "Company only" means. Actually, now that I think of it, the swamp was originally intended to be a collaborative workspace or something, ...

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Nope... Looks like he edited my first reply to remove the part about asking incomplete questions. In a DM he was like "we don't want to devolve into a reddit type flame war" or something like that. He also said that my company name is publicly visible. Not that it's so terrible, but based...

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Oh and it seems the new Enhancement Requests community has been launched. https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... 2sLG5y9Kig

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Tapani Sjöman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 6:20 am Can't find downloads any more. Where to look?

They've almost made this bit make sense as they now come from the main SW website; https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/downloads.htm

dave.laban

Turns out DS are "retiring" the Customer Portal and transitioning everything there to, you guessed it, 3DExperience. https://www.solidworks.com/support/transition-3dexperience-login-dsxclient-care-order I'm in "Wave 1" and just had it set up for me and DSx.Client Care is just as ...

dave.laban

I C+P'd all mine in to a Word doc a few years ago to make recycling them easier. Last year it launched on Nov 8 so not long to go.

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Matthew is the one who asked Marlon for clarification so in this regard I think Marlon outranks him!

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So I've asked the question about whether or not we'll be allowed to post ideas "not related to core SW functionality" this year (think home use license, online licensing discontinuation, provide a usable forum - y'know, all the good stuff that gets canned every time) and apparently this ye...

dave.laban

Wait wait wait...you can't rename files in 3DE??

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... _tO3os6sBw

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They told you it was expected to be fixed in an SP, then followed up with a disclaimer that it could get pulled if an issue was found during the QA process. That is the definition of transparency. The question is whether you rather they not tell you anything until the day the SP drops. You would ge...

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Send them an email at the same time and see who responds first. Despite not knowing anything about one of the companies involved, I know who my money is on...

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But hey, at least we can now have categories like any web forum from c1990 right...right?? https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... FW7qUj41LA

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The fact that the first post is "edited" makes me think it was one of the spam posts where they copy and paste something from somewhere vaguely related to the title, then chuck a URL in at the end that takes you somewhere unsavoury. 3DSwym being 3DSwym though, the moderators don't delete t...

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Just tried creating a topic to ask about it, and that's failing too now. Methinks there are (new, different) issues afoot.

Edit to add, it can't store the backup of the draft either.

dave.laban

My VAR provided an SR #, which I cannot find. Maybe someone who better understands the maze of SW web sites can help. SR#1-24946947250 (eta: He said it could be several days before it was available.) You should be able to find that SR by going to Customer Portal > My Service Requests image.png We'l...

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DS has a vision, but it's a vision that applies to a small segment of the CAD customer base, yet it's being foisted on all of us, and we are being funneled down into this plan " whether or not they realize that today", as the article says. Reminds me a bit of Microsoft with Windows 8, see...

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Last one I was in was Aug 2nd. Releases seem to be on a roughly 3-month cadence so would expect another meeting sometime around beginning / middle of November. I think I missed one around Easter time due to vacation? Chin-Loo at least still seems keen to try and get changes made, just the crushing w...

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I think they discontinued the steering committee because there were so few changes remaining that they could or would make and they were tired of us harping on them. We had a long laundry list of things we wanted to see different. Many of them were not physically possible with their "platform&...

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Punctuation in your name? No 3DE for you!

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... ZOgP4pVzZg

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You can just press Home on your keyboard to get to the top of the FMT too (unless I'm misunderstanding the question).

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Wasn't there meant to be a presentation last year about 3DSwym vs here/elsewhere that got pulled at the last minute?

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Mr Law may have found my next revenue stream.

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It seems like they've got many years of "new features" for CloudWorks in just getting up to feature parity with DesktopWorks, let alone actual innovation.

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I mean yes, it should always have been the default behaviour really but at least it's fixed now (and it's one off of my SPR list at SWW TTL requests).

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"Replace Component only in the same assembly level" is a biggie for me.

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At least they keep all the promo articles to the "SolidWorks News & Info" community rather than spamming the actual user forum with them. Makes them easy enough to dodge (and may also explain the low engagement...as well as the articles not being particularly engaging...)

dave.laban

I report anything that I find, even if it's not easily reproducible.

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Is anyone else getting flashbacks of the project recreating every intricate detail of the Texas School Book Depository building? Happy memories. https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/iquestion:1cjoie1FSs6g4Qou_fAArA https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswy...

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Don't think I've ever worked anywhere with a set schedule. I've had a 7 year old desktop at one former employee. My current laptop is 3.5 years old and there's been no discussion about replacing it.

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Interesting post from Kevin Quigley about costs in the cloud;

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... fLtq-5N1gw

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Black model, red dimensions, blue notes covers most of our drawings. More colours sometimes get added if multiple cables need to be shown where to be routed around the product. Full model shaded views are a rarity. Getting hung up on how it looks printed black and white seems to be a bit too panderi...

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Can't open the attached SW file in the first post (future version), but I normally get rid of the split lines by using the Delete Face tool and let the software patch it up to one surface.

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2. If you only have a single component to design, 3D CAD modelling is not an ideal tool due to its multi-layers and more complex procedures, while the 2D CAD program is good at handling it with more details. As noted by others, this really depends on how complicated the single part is. I've had ind...

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Sounds very positive indeed. I almost look forward to needing to make a support call in the night now!

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Just wondering what the general opinion of TriMech as a VAR is - they've just acquired my current VAR (SolidSolutions). Lot's of talk in the announcement email about carrying on as-is but that generally only lasts for so long in these situations, just wondering if this is likely to be generally posi...

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None of the CAD systems seem to do true mouse gesturing like web browsers which allow for more complex movements. Opera for example allows more than just straight line movements: image.png Between SWX and SE, the SWX implementation is faster and if you have it down to muscle memory, you hardly even...

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Going back to topic: Mouse gestures in drawings are almost useless and WAY worse than i.e. the s-key : They are slow in drawings - if you don't pay attention the gesture will not happen at all They often do not really work with your mouse over the view itself (it's the same in 3D if you're hovering...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:57 am Pffftt....I have a hard time believing that you'd be so upset by a UI that thinks it knows better, if you're still over here:
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Hah, you got me there!

dave.laban

I prefer the S key. I will forever sing the praise of the S Key Menu in the bottom-right of the Mouse Gesture wheel. image.png Having to release the button on top of the icon would feel like a burden because as noted elsewhere you then need to pay attention to where the cursor actually is as oppose...

dave.laban

There is an SPR (623867) requesting component-by-component control of the Display configurations of the same part as separate items option. Duly voted, thanks. Display states. For your cable, make one configuration with all the cable paths (using multiple bodies). Create display states for each ind...

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Undoubtedly Dilbert has had this on several occasions. Probably an XKCD or two, too!

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Having some trouble getting my BOM to look how I want so hoping for advice. I'm working on an assembly that is available in different colour options. The different colours are achieved by having one of the sub-components painted in a different colour. So I have one top level assembly file with diffe...

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