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Forgotten child in the family.
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Oh, it's there: The lists I posted are what you see if you search for 'block'. Because you can't see the Area and Sub-Area filters until you search for something.
What's fun is searching for 'Treehouse', and seeing the first result:
and then doing a search for 'wrong icons display' and having a bunch of results (including the one above), but the 'Treehouse' sub-area isn't listed. When you have a search with hundreds of results, narrowing it down is a real crap shoot.
It's pretty clear that the area and sub-area are whatever the VAR or SW support person put in, with no checks along the way or post-processing to add obvious area/sub-area entries based on the text of the report. Seems like every report with the word Treehouse in it ought to have 'Treehouse' as the area or sub-area, but alas, they do not.
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I have to wonder what their vision was, and how close they are to achieving it.
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1. Have everyone on the cloud and dependent on Dassault to get their work done.
2. They still have a ways to go.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard in his song "Mother Blues"
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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:49 pm 1. Have everyone on the cloud and dependent on Dassault to get their work done.
2. They still have a ways to go in a well looking up at the cloud.
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Am i the only one that feel like SOLIDWORKS video had been getting more and more cringe... or am i just getting old...
It is a great enhancement though
It is a great enhancement though
Far too many items in the world are designed, constructed and foisted upon us with no understanding-or even care-for how we will use them.
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LOL
SolidWorks was used in Medieval time to build castle and catapults.
Or they want to show how old SW technology is?
SolidWorks was used in Medieval time to build castle and catapults.
Or they want to show how old SW technology is?
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Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:35 am Am i the only one that feel like SOLIDWORKS video had been getting more and more cringe... or am i just getting old...
It is a great enhancement though
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"Democracies aren't overthrown; they're given away." -George Lucas
“We only protect what we love, we only love what we understand, and we only understand what we are taught.” - Jacques Cousteau
“We only protect what we love, we only love what we understand, and we only understand what we are taught.” - Jacques Cousteau
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So...
i just got a brief pricing comparison between SOLIDWORKS Manage and PTC Windchill recently....
i am really surprise that the price difference is...ALOT
(I expect PTC stuff to be expensive...but not that expensive...)
i just got a brief pricing comparison between SOLIDWORKS Manage and PTC Windchill recently....
i am really surprise that the price difference is...ALOT
(I expect PTC stuff to be expensive...but not that expensive...)
Far too many items in the world are designed, constructed and foisted upon us with no understanding-or even care-for how we will use them.
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Yes....quite a difference. Also, Manage licensing is floating so you can share across the organization. Windchill has many different module licenses and they are "named user" licenses. We ended up implementing a 90 license deactivation for user that haven't used a particular license in attempt to control cost.Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 6:42 pm So...
i just got a brief pricing comparison between SOLIDWORKS Manage and PTC Windchill recently....
i am really surprise that the price difference is...ALOT
(I expect PTC stuff to be expensive...but not that expensive...)
Then there are implementation costs. Manage is complex, much more so than PDM.......but Windchill can make it look easy.
That said, Windchill is powerful and has a lot of options. The cost, complexity, and support just puts it out of reach for small and maybe some medium size companies.
Jason
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Been working for the last month on an off-road trailer for a client of ours. I'm about to finish it, can't wait to see it. The trailer won't be road legal, all the lights on it will be green so it will give it a pretty neat look. It's 12 feet wide and will be 17 and a half feet high from the ground, carrying roughly a load of 180 000 pounds. It's ridiculously oversized.
This is a really old picture of the first version we did of this trailer over 30 years ago, carrying it's load:
This is a really old picture of the first version we did of this trailer over 30 years ago, carrying it's load:
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Oh, you're the one helped cutting all the trees down .....
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The western upper peninsula of Michigan is currently known as one of the most beautiful wooded areas in the united states.Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 4:30 pm Oh, you're the one helped cutting all the trees down .....
That entire area was clear cut in the 1890's-1910's. There are pictures of the landscape being just stumps.
If that area can grow back and be state park wilderness, complete with wolves and moose....then the rest of the world is going to be fine. The earth takes care of itself.
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Solidworks 2022 SP4
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Even if it has to get us out of the way to do it.
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We seem to be perfectly capable of taking ourselves out. There's a Dilbert quote about our brains not having changed much in the last few 10's of thousands of years, yet we have all this power.
Back to logging.....sustainable logging is already done. We have have pine tree farms where they cut and replace. The bigger deal may be down in South America.....not so much for logging but clearing to create farmland.
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Natural selection is a beautiful thing, just look at all those willing to remove themselves of the gene pool to help with 'climate change'jcapriotti wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 7:38 pm We seem to be perfectly capable of taking ourselves out. There's a Dilbert quote about our brains not having changed much in the last few 10's of thousands of years, yet we have all this power.
Back to logging.....sustainable logging is already done. We have have pine tree farms where they cut and replace. The bigger deal may be down in South America.....not so much for logging but clearing to create farmland.
There's lots of logging where I live and the landscapes are astounding. Most companies who do logging on a large scale actually have some sort of long-term plan where they cut down certain lands and have others growing and they just got back and forth through these. The biggest factor is how well the land is 'cleaned' after they've done a clean cut. When they let all the branches and roots over the ground, nothing grows back. Now they generally pile 'em up in some sort of line and a wood chipping machine comes and picks up the remains to create chip. A lot of the chip is used for regrowth as a source of nutriment.
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They should send the truck with wood chips to my house. I could use a bunch for my flowerbeds.AlexLachance wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 9:23 am Now they generally pile 'em up in some sort of line and a wood chipping machine comes and picks up the remains to create chip. A lot of the chip is used for regrowth as a source of nutriment.
I am not too far. Just in eastern Wisconsin, right on Lake Michigan.
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Mildly infuriating...
Was using PTC forum recently....
And for some unknown reason...the forum decide that i would/should accept the first response as answer and did it on my behalf...
I have not even look at the reply and the post is already mark as answered
Was using PTC forum recently....
And for some unknown reason...the forum decide that i would/should accept the first response as answer and did it on my behalf...
I have not even look at the reply and the post is already mark as answered
Far too many items in the world are designed, constructed and foisted upon us with no understanding-or even care-for how we will use them.
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If the answer is correct, what's the problem..?Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:03 pm Mildly infuriating...
Was using PTC forum recently....
And for some unknown reason...the forum decide that i would/should accept the first response as answer and did it on my behalf...
I have not even look at the reply and the post is already mark as answered
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How do you know it is correct when you not even look at it
Far too many items in the world are designed, constructed and foisted upon us with no understanding-or even care-for how we will use them.
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Another pet peeve
PTC and their confusing naming... when Elite license is lower tier than Basic license
Lite < Elite < Basic < Advance... [P]roduct [T]hat [C]onfuse
PTC and their confusing naming... when Elite license is lower tier than Basic license
Lite < Elite < Basic < Advance... [P]roduct [T]hat [C]onfuse
Far too many items in the world are designed, constructed and foisted upon us with no understanding-or even care-for how we will use them.
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Maybe it's E-LiteZhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:00 pm Another pet peeve
PTC and their confusing naming... when Elite license is lower tier than Basic license
Lite < Elite < Basic < Advance...
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[P]roduct [T]hat [C]onfuse
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The Elite cost more and sell more because it sounds good.
Then user payment more to upgrade.
Pretty good marketing
Then user payment more to upgrade.
Pretty good marketing
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How's the weather in Ontario? Are you guys having issues with forest fires? It's been pretty wild up here in Quebec the last week or two. A few of my collegues can't go on their fishing trip because of those fires. I hope they'll be controlled within the end of June because I wouldn't want my fishing trip to be cancelled either.Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:43 am The Elite cost more and sell more because it sounds good.
Then user payment more to upgrade.
Pretty good marketing
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Cool down here, back to around 20C.
Fire didn't affect us much here.
Plan to go Montreal in July for firework.
Fire didn't affect us much here.
Plan to go Montreal in July for firework.
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Lucky, we're lucky too since we're close enough to the US to not be really affected by it but the pictures are quite shocking. They're actually digging trenches at certain places to prevent spreading or at least slow it down. There are some towns that have been evacuated and have been told "We can't do anything to stop the town from burning", so lotsa people are going to lose their houses.Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:37 am Cool down here, back to around 20C.
Fire didn't affect us much here.
Plan to go Montreal in July for firework.
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It bad. Fire change direction with the wind.
They cut trees down to make "fire break" but sometime wind blow burning stuff across.
They cut trees down to make "fire break" but sometime wind blow burning stuff across.
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When I got off work yesterday I can smell the burn wood.
Didn't smell that this morning.
The sky didn't look too bad.
Last night: This morning:
Didn't smell that this morning.
The sky didn't look too bad.
Last night: This morning:
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Pinkish sky. Looks nice but apparently it's indication of bad air quality caused by the fire.Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:04 am When I got off work yesterday I can smell the burn wood.
Didn't smell that this morning.
The sky didn't look too bad.
Last night:
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This morning:
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They just evacuated a few towns last night, Chibougamau which is a town with a population of over 7500 was evacuated to Roberval. It's been raining since yesterday afternoon though so hopefully they'll start taking control of the situation.
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We are advised not to breath when we're outside.
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Really? That sounds absurd lol. I can understand that the air can be polluted but breathing is pretty ,uh, essential...?
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Sounds like a 3Dx PLATFORM work around.
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On Wednesday afternoon, North Carolina officials issued a statewide Code Orange air quality alert for all of Thursday as smoke funnels in from Canadian wildfires for the rest of the week.-
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Looks like fake news to me. Canada shows no active fires:
Kidding aside, looks like some of that smoke may be down all the way here shortly:
That's a lot of smoke.
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Wow, that is quite the spreadmattpeneguy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:46 am Looks like fake news to me. Canada shows no active fires:
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Kidding aside, looks like some of that smoke may be down all the way here shortly:
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That's a lot of smoke.
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The sky cleared up a bit today.
Still smell it.
Smell like someone smoking meat.
Still smell it.
Smell like someone smoking meat.
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Mmmm...meat! Now I'm hungry.
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Let's kill some more brain cells before the weekend:
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/16/these-i ... an-senses/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/16/these-i ... an-senses/
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The smoke "finally" got to us last weekend but it cleared up yesterday. I'll take this time to wish an early happy 4th of July to all the Americans on here, I'll be on my usual fishing trip during that time, leaving thursday morning, coming back on sunday.
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Do you mean the 4th of July? The 1st is usually reserved for our Canadian friendsAlexLachance wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:06 am The smoke "finally" got to us last weekend but it cleared up yesterday. I'll take this time to wish an early happy 1st of July to all the Americans on here, I'll be on my usual fishing trip during that time, leaving thursday morning, coming back on sunday.
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More excited about July 1st being my daughter's birthday and we're going to Legoland for it this year
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Sweet! Which one are you going? I think there's a few...? Hope you and the family enjoy the experience!dave.laban wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:27 am More excited about July 1st being my daughter's birthday and we're going to Legoland for it this year
And a happy birthday to your daughter!
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Thanks! We're doing Legoland Windsor (UK). Been a few years since I've been now, will be her (and my son's) first time, she's turning 6 and quite excited about the whole thing.
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Speaking of birthdays, I don't believe I mentioned that my most recent granddaughter was born last month, the day after my birthday.dave.laban wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:27 am More excited about July 1st being my daughter's birthday and we're going to Legoland for it this year
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Ray Wylie Hubbard in his song "Mother Blues"