I logged in as wilsonbuilt, but is there a way to use a different name "Marshall Wilson" as the name that will show up on my posts? I didn't know if I could do it or not, but it looks like I can do that. I probably won't do that for everybody, and certainly not further down the road. matt...

I assume we are dealing with sand castings here and not investment castings. Sand castings are notorious for having extra material all over the bloody place. Do your customer drawings for the castings have cast datums that you are supposed to use for machining purposes for the 1st operation? If not,...

Could you attach it to the part/assembly file? as in the configuration specific area?

Then use the proper configuration on the proper sheet?

I want to say a lot about the old forum but I rarely have time lately. Anyway, suffice to say that I will definitely miss the old forum. Not entirely sure if I am going to embrace the 3DSWYM at this point or not. I have tried to log in, and apparently can't remember my password, or my log in ID, so ...

Select nearly anything, then hit CTRL A and it automatically filters for the type of thing that you selected and selects everything. Want to select all edges of a part file? Select an edge, and hit CTRL A. Want to select all faces of a part? Select a face and hit CTRL A. Want to select all notes (a...

Select nearly anything, then hit CTRL A and it automatically filters for the type of thing that you selected and selects everything. Want to select all edges of a part file? Select an edge, and hit CTRL A. Want to select all faces of a part? Select a face and hit CTRL A. Want to select all notes (an...

Specifically:
API and PDM

And maybe getting people to not only learn, but actually USE the things that they learn (but maybe that is outside the scope of this question)

Would love to see more on how to utilize API and how it relates to Solidworks.

Thanks @matt

I am in a play this year! This is my costume. Watch it if you can. Promise Costume.jpg Nice, you look the part.....beard does the job :) Thanks! Many of the other years, I have played Peter. This year, I am playing Caiaphas (the High Priest) . However, Peter is a role that I can't do this year due ...

Its that time of year again. The Promise production is going on right now. Here is the website for those of you who are interested. https://newhope.cc/thepromise/ We are performing live and live streaming it and professionally filming it this year. TL/DR: I am in a play this year! This is my costume...

Merovingien wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:54 am sorry if i ask question, but the "jokes thread" was different from the old "kitty dump swift" ?

in the joke, there were only jokes.

and in the kitty, there were general discuss, internet meme, funny gif, internet news, etc...

Yes, you are correct.

Rob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:47 pmWOW! Hi Guys

Hey Rob!!! Great to see you here!

Here is one of my favorites.

I added fields for software and hardware configs to the profile, so people will know what you're using (if you want them to know). Are there additional fields you think would be useful? How about display name? my username and my display name Could be different so that people will know who is posting?

matt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:09 am

dpihlaja wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:55 amHowdy!

Hey, Dan, good to see you here. We're trying to get things tidied up while we start some CAD discussions. Feel free to make suggestions in the Suggestions forum. Good to have you here!

Thanks Matt!
I will definitely do that!

Howdy!