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AlexLachance

I guess this is what I'm questioning. When I read that blog I read very little "We heard your concerns and are going to change it to the way you want it". What I did hear was "We here you complaining and we are going to make vague statements like "You're important" and &quo...

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It does already my friend, except the board index page is not quite as neat, it's just the Forum index.

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I use VMWare to be able to use ACAD 2000 on Windows XP. Pretty good and reliable program.

VMWare that is, not Windows XP.

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@matt I'm not sure if this is something you can change on your side, but it would it be possible to have links open in tabs rather then in the current window? If not, doesn't matter. Just a personal preference Ok, I was able to change that with an extension. Here's a test link: https://dezignstuff....

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@matt Does this forum have an "Article" like feature? I've seen that with other sites and forums. We just have the post like feature right now. I can look for something on the article level. Hey Matt, If I'm not mistaken phpBB has a built-in ''homepage'' functionality, which you can custo...

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I'm looking into how to do this. I don't use the ERP system all that much over the last two years in Engineering but in my new position I've had need of it more and more so I'll see if I can figure it out. Thanks all for the input. Pretty sure my answer is what you're looking for buddy :) You might...

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Hey Matt, Have you tried detailed BOM's? We use these to export from SolidWorks to our ERP. You could create an assembly with the desired number of sub-assemblies inside it and then have an detailed BOM generated from this assembly to show the detailed listing of the assembly, sub assemblies and par...

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Clicking on a link with your scroll wheel instead of left mouse button will open the link in a new tab, but keep you on the current tab (I'm pretty sure that's one of the many things I learned that from Deepak Gupta). That works on all sites (as far as I know). I use CTRL+ Left Click which does the...

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He said ". . . and it makes sense to migrate to our own forums tool, SWYM, part of 3DEXPERIENCE Works. " I will respectfully disagree. What would have made sense would be to migrate to another platform that was developed for user forums, not one that was designed for maximum synergy (I'm ...

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@matt I'm not sure if this is something you can change on your side, but it would it be possible to have links open in tabs rather then in the current window?

If not, doesn't matter. Just a personal preference

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I have no idea why you would hold that belief, but I understanding it from a "Hope" point of view. DS has made it painfully clear in so many ways that they intend to move, with force if necessary, everyone to the 3DX platform. SW desktop as we know it will be relegated to the bastard step...

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I wonder how SWYM will look like late April or so.. Right now they are lucky to get 3 posts per day and it doesn't take long for a post to get buried. I'm expecting them to keep on their attitude until the switch. After the switch though, I'm thinking they'll realize that it was a mistake, not nece...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:36 am Is this true @AlexLachance and @Frederick_Law ?
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I've seen similar things around so I guess it kind of is

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My references are photographs, actual parts to measure or scan, and a point cloud. Been there, done that. Fixture for car body parts, bumper. Bottle transfer. CMM point scan. 3D Scan. SSP/Master Sketch just connect everything together. I believe it'll work in history-less. Of course it don't need t...

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Make sure to understand line directions if you use sketch entities. It is an important part of it IMO. A line drawn from bottom to top is not the same as a line drawn from top to bottom, even if they have the same length and are parallel. Thin extrusions is an example of how it differs. One will gen...

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I use this, not sure if I understood you correctly?

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Just be for I leave here, I would love to go and remove all the Referenced Geometry in all the sketches, like they were when I started and then I'd like to go to every part that is referenced in another assembly and delete the part that it was referenced to, just like it was when I started, then I'...

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Hello Zhen, We do have some of these documents over here, but maybe not to the extent of explaining subtle practices that you most likely won't use, like ''don't model threads if you don't need it''. I take care of building most of these documents, and the level of detail and effort put into them de...

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I'd be interested in what you all think of the changes to Supernova theme, light and dark. Hey Matt, I'm on it right now, the light mode's looking really good with these ''soft colors'', they mesh in really well, specially with the logo of the company I work for :P Dark mode's not too bad either, b...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:53 pm Signing their name with ultra tiny text and cut extruding it into the models they create. They were proud of their work of art.

How are you not in prison? I woulda been strangling people

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I've switched to Flat Gold and went for the dark version, it fits my taste, except the whitish banner that's a little too bright, everything else stands out as I like it!

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We use a NAS and it works fine.

Recommandation is taking a deep look at how you work and then projecting how long it could take to fill up whatever size you're looking at, and then see if the time frame is appropriate for you.

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Hey Jaylin,

Do you use external references? Have you tried locking them prior to doing the move?

Maybe something is linked to whatever it is you are moving, and after moving it the external reference keeps on rebuilding which is what makes you freeze?
Just a guess!

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Honestly guys, if your VAR is not giving you adequate service, speak up. Reach out to someone higher then the support guy, and if they can't fix it internally then reach out to someone from SolidWorks. I've gone through this, had really awful support at first but since I spoke with someone at Solid...

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Hey @matt , is there some place we could browse to find phpBB extensions(add-ons) and whatnot to facilitate your job when sending in suggestions? I'm sorry if I'm having you repeat yourself, I didn't skim through all the threads and as I've told you I'm not much of a phpBB guy, more of a vBulletin ...

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Hey matt , is there some place we could browse to find phpBB extensions(add-ons) and whatnot to facilitate your job when sending in suggestions? I'm sorry if I'm having you repeat yourself, I didn't skim through all the threads and as I've told you I'm not much of a phpBB guy, more of a vBulletin gu...

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I never saw the usefulness of questions vs. discussions. Most people (like me) did it wrong anyway. But it was nice when the (correct) answer was right below the original post. The only real usefulness I saw was the one you pointed out, but it's still a rather useful feature when searching, it can ...

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Hey matt , couple ideas. ⚫ Collapsable quotes would be a great addition to the forums. Quoting posts sometimes takes a lot of space and sometimes even forces some snipping. ⚫ Usergroups and usertags to make experts and mods/admins stand out? -Administrators/Moderators -Supporter (someone who donated...

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And, after making that post I got kicked off again

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I was getting kicked off yesterday, but today with a new browser session I haven't been kicked off yet.

Like Scott, I do get kicked off whenever I close my browser, but that's not really a problem for me.

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Roasted By John wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:06 am
AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:38 am What's wrong with frenchmen? :-P
Not talking about Canadian Frenchmen, I'm talking the original Frenchmen...

lol I'm just busting your ****s

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bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:35 am
AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:09 am
Alin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:48 amHello World!
Welcome to the dark side!
Alex, you can change that.
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I was refering to the undesired offspring that came from the SW Forums migrating to 3DSWamp. I know about the layout colors

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Alin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:48 amHello World!

Welcome to the dark side!

AlexLachance

What's wrong with frenchmen? :-P

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Maybe what I am asking for is already available. Where do I set these "styles?" Click on your icon at the top right(or top left, depending on skin you're on) and select user control panel. Then go to board preferences Then select desired skin. Apply to see what it looks like. For those wh...

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The dark version is way too dark, the borders need to stand out more and the background needs to be a shader lighter then the post backgrounds or vice versa.

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They won't move an inch until it can be felt in their wallets. So don't hold your breath.

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Yeap, tried and failed. This time. https://www.inputmag.com/style/cricut-grants-existing-crafting-machines-unlimited-lifetime-uploads-after-policy-backlash Over the weekend, the Cricut company announced it was releasing an update that would limit how often Cricut owners could use their machines’ pe...

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Honestly guys, if your VAR is not giving you adequate service, speak up. Reach out to someone higher then the support guy, and if they can't fix it internally then reach out to someone from SolidWorks. I've gone through this, had really awful support at first but since I spoke with someone at SolidW...

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Thanks for the info @bnemec! It's definitely good to know before we dive into it. We definitely plan on getting a free trial b4 we up and buy it. I think with the free trial we will better be able to tell if it is a fit for us. We had a demo w/ Siemens (Sean Barry and Kyle Aruda were the demonstrat...

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I use Carbon. I like darker shades for browsing, easier on the eye.

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Glad to see so many people popping on here.

Thanks Matt again for making this happen.

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What a sh!tshow the next few years are looking to be for us technicians, engineers and draftsmen.

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Hide referenced geometry - Hides referenced geometries such as sketches, insertpoints, planes. Link views to BOM - Serves to link views to a specific BOM in a multi-BOM drawing. Note Level selecter - Allows to select the desired level of a note. Sketch direction - temporarly displays sketch element ...

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That happens almost on a weekly basis for me lol, too many tasks to take care of.

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If it's filled you've liked. If it's empty you haven't liked. Cheers It seems to be the other way around for me, empty heart if I liked it and full heart if not? Is it a setting I have messed up? You're right, I realized while posting that I had it wrong, tried correcting the thing, but I guess I m...

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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 costum...

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I always wondered what were the advantage of using a mechanical keyboard rather then a conventional one.

Is the key pressing more ''smooth''?

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I'd have to get my passport but it would definetly be something on interest.

Lots of organisation to do something like this though, so if you do go forward with it you might need to find a few helping hands.

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