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DanPihlaja

How do you do that? When I try I get an angle mate if I don't make them parallel first. That's true for a dimension in a sketch, because there is 1 dimension tool for both. But distance mates and angle mates are separate functions, so it automatically makes it parallel as soon as you select distanc...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:25 pm "Someone else"

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Once I was inside the reply, I could no longer see who had pointed it out! LOL. I was too lazy to open a 2nd tab to the same discussion....and I didn't edit it.... Which I am fixing now... *sigh*

DanPihlaja

That is move with triad tool as someone else @SPerman suggested.

In SW 2018, you have to specifically select it.

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Here is a pretty good article covering it:

https://blogs.solidworks.com/tech/2014/ ... works.html

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Also, you don't necessarily need the tangent plane for the hole. You can place hole wizard holes on the sides of cylinders. Then constrain them like any 3D sketch.

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I'm trying to add View Mates Button to mouse gesture or one of my tabs, but I can't find the button to add it. Or maybe button name is different with its tooltips..... - 3.jpg - Where can I find this button? thank you. I can't find it ether. Which probably means that this particular icon cannot be ...

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I don't have used this font. I think Solidworks is trying to change used fonts to Arial Unicode MS and it can't find it. - 2.jpg - Edit : Just as a test, I changed them all to Tahoma. Still the same issue. Did you check these places? image.png image.png image.png image.png image.png image.png image...

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million thanks. Never thought of using derived sketch. I was looking into convert entities all the time. You're a life saver. thanks again. Couple of things to note about a derived sketch: 1) You cannot add to or subtract from a derived sketch without modifying the original sketch first. a) however...

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emmett518 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:40 pm I need to create a CAD drawing of a front loader bucket for a John Deere 310 L backhoe.

I've heard that there were public sites made by CAD enthusiasts, where people create drawings for various items.

Is this true? Where might I look to find a file?

Thanks

Is this for school?

DanPihlaja

Huh, seems like it was just yesterday our VAR was hyping up the all new "Enhanced" graphics performance how it was going to revolutionize how SW made use of GPU. Now it's all grown up and taken its place in the list of features we make sure to turn off. Yes...in my experience....ONLY VARS...

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Yes, this is an issue with Solidworks. I have the same issue with my mouse. If your focus is not in Solidworks, but your mouse pointer is inside Solidworks and you hit the mouse wheel, it zooms to infinity. The only fix that I have found is to put the zoom to fit function on a hotkey....or not do th...

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What do you have set here?:

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Tera wrote: ↑Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:34 am This is what I have. Everything should be as default because I normally doesn't change any setting here:

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Thank you.

Hrmm.. Not sure what happened, but when I click on it, it says that the image was deleted.

DanPihlaja

SPerman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 4:58 pm Still broken for larger images

Pasting does nothing. Adding gives an HTTP error.

108 kb

739 x 682 pixels. 96 dpi. 24 bit.

This is exactly what I am seeing.

DanPihlaja

What do your settings look like here?

Well....apparently I cannot attach images right now.

So...I mean what do your setting look like when you go to
Options-->System Options-->Export-->PDF

DanPihlaja

Lock row height didn't work on the table I originally used for my example. That one was on an older drawing that was created with old templates. It did not show the lock symbol when I selected Lock Row Height. It just popped up a window with the option to adjust the row height. As I wrote this, I w...

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Failing to defeature or roll back Mcmaster or other parts, in general. I do a Parasolid wash (save the part as a parasolid and then reopen it and save over the file) right after suppressing extra erroneous features (like threads) on all McMaster-Carr parts (and similar vendor parts). This is becaus...

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Have you tried locking the row heights? Once you lock them, any new rows added are locked as well and are defaulted to the same row height. Solidworks has had LOTS of issues with row heights jumping around in Solidworks. They added the ability to lock row heights a few versions ago and it definitely...

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Here is the best I have:

https://www.iqsdirectory.com/metal-drums/michigan/

Just a google search.

DanPihlaja

If I have two assembly configurations, when I add a new part to one assembly, I will have to go to the other assembly and click to use the part's simplified configuration? Is that right? Would an alternative be to make a global variable in the assembly (called "Simple" perhaps) and link t...

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If I have two assembly configurations, when I add a new part to one assembly, I will have to go to the other assembly and click to use the part's simplified configuration? Is that right? Would an alternative be to make a global variable in the assembly (called "Simple" perhaps) and link t...

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You would create the simplified configurations at the part level. Then, you would create 2 configurations at the assembly level. 1 config would have the unsimplified parts the 2nd config would have the simplified parts. An easy way to create this config in your assembly, is to select all the compone...

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Unfortunately it is a different file type. The Amada .prt file is used by AP100 to make GCode for the Amada brand lasers. From what I can tell it unfolds sheet metal parts and carries over information like material type, customer, etc. I could save them as DXF files but being able to do an Amada .p...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:48 am I'm not sure what happened the first week of the year, but that's an interesting anomaly in the data.

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They were circling back on the issues that they had.

DanPihlaja

It sounds like you might be working on a MULTI-BODY PART, and NOT an assembly. It probably looks like an "assembly", but in SOLIDWORKS it is considered a MULTI-BODY PART. To "open one body" into it's own window, you could try the following: 1. Expand the folder called SOLID BODI...

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Pretty sure a .prt file is a .prt file.

You may want to save it as a STEP or a parasolid (prefer parasolid), then import it into Amada

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See the attached GIF video for how I would do it in Solidworks. Volume.gif Click on the pic above to view the video. Edit: The original video has been sacked, I replaced the video with a better resolution one. Edit2: The previous video that sacked the original video, has been sacked. It has been rep...

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You can change the color of the dotted line at the top of the hole in 3D CAD, and you change the color of the dotted lines that are formed from threads in a drawing.... But I don't think that you can change the color of the shaded cosmetic thread in a hole. I played with every color setting I know a...

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I need to show the coordinate system xyz in a drawing because i made a drawing of a model in exploded view. I've already tried "view->hide/show->coordinate systems" but still does not show in the drawing. Create a part with a 3D sketch that shows 3 lines along the X, Y, & Z, axes. Mak...

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In an assembly, if I: View > Hide Show > Sketches (on) ...and there a bunch of part feature sketched in the "show" state, I'll see them (as I should). What is the most efficient way to set ALL of the seen part feature sketches to "hide"? To be clear, this is at the part level, a...

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How embarrassing; I have a typo in the topic title, sorry about that :) Once again you guys helped me find a solution; or understand what I was trying to do better. I could not take a screen shot because I am working on a laptop, I don't have the "PRT-SCREEN" key, neither does Snipping To...

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Wowsa! Well written @matt . There was some stuff in there that I did not actually realize.

https://dezignstuff.com/whats-the-diffe ... orks-2022/

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bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:00 pm Thank you. So do you both punch my idiot card or just the first to respond?

I miss SE...

LOL. No....we've all been through that!

DanPihlaja

Hi, thank you for trying to help. No, that icon is not there. I tried to find it in "customize", and it still not there. I have looked all over the GUI and in the help sections, but I cannot access it anywhere. The install was fine, and everything works very well, it's just this part that...

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I had this issue a while back.

If you can, read this:

https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... lTl-RLJAvw

You will need to log into the SWYMP Forum

DanPihlaja

Profile shape was just example, I should have used a square. I got the plane added. Problem is; in your last screen shot I do not get "make pierce" option, only Anchor. That is what I'm trying to find. normalToCurve_SW.gif Yes, as mike points out, you need to select the curve instead of t...

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OK, if you are trying to sweep a round shape along a curve, then solidworks has an easy step. Just select the curve, and select circular profile. image.png However, if you just used something round as an example, and your real shape will be more complex, then you can use planes. image.png Alternativ...

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@Allen, If your ACAD experience is all 2D then you are in for a great venture of amazing modeling capabilities, be it with Onshape or any other 3D software. Sometimes it is hard to "unlearn" the embedded ways of doing things. 37 years is a lot of embedding. The Onshape tutorials are actua...

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No, I mean, within the work I am doing. I am not sure if it called "separate window". I want to open a subassembly, some part of a machine for example, completeley by itself. In videotutorials, like this: https://youtu.be/dHNVgnx_huo I am not sure if it is OK to post / link to videos, so ...

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I have seen this guy do wonders with equation driven curves:

@zxys001

Maybe he can chime in.

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Looks like turning off Enhanced graphics performance fixes it. image.png To this day, i have not heard of a single person who has had good luck with turning on enhanced graphics performance outside of VAR's or actual Solidworks employees. If I am wrong, then I would like to hear from them. But I ce...

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Looks like some spam got through on the Swamp:

There are tons of them...

I scrolled for a solid 20 seconds and saw no end in sight of these messages...

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Thy checking this option and see what you get:

Without High quality edges selected:

With High quality edges selected:

DanPihlaja

Is there any lifetime for uploaded images? All images in posts from several months ago doesn't show up? https://cadforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=356 Thank you. In addition to that, I seem to remember @matt saying that there was a hard drive space restriction.....but that may have been resolved.

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Dan I selected to make it available only with a link. Sorry that does not work for you. I tried to change that setting but didn't see a way to do that. Apparently, though, I can invite you specifically to view it, just need your email address, I think. I can give it a shot. Dwight Hang on....what I...

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All I found what for me is a new approach to using sketch arrays and now I find them to be very effective and a time saver. If you are interested, I recorded a demo video - see this YouTube link - https://youtu.be/e17Xli50dFg . Dwight What is the title of the Youtube video? (for some reason the sho...

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I need to manufacture a 42" long x 2" od 6061-T6 shaft that is centerless ground and gun drilled. This will be a low volume run, which makes it even more challenging. Can anyone point me to a resource that can handle this? I've located a handful of companies from searching the internet, b...

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... Question, are you removing entire bodies? Or removing portions of bodies? If the former, then you might get some versatility out of the delete bodies command, but instead using the "keep bodies" button. This way, you can select all the bodies you want to KEEP and it will delete all ot...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:37 am image.png
He could probably give a pilot a heart attack...

DanPihlaja

Oh, that sucks. Well, we know that literally everyone is hiring these days. So hopefully your time spent without work will be minimal.

Heck, if you want to move to Traverse City, I know of a bunch of places... LOL

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