SOLIDWORKS 2023 confirmed bugs

[IndianaDave]

I definitely have a non-standard layout. I remember one time my VAR remoted in, and you would think I had asked them to do Cad in Word Perfect. They were absolutely lost because the buttons aren't where they expected them.

I use my "S" key for absolutely everything. I have no toolbars or anything on my screen...
Everyone is lost when they sit down at my computer.

[mp3-250]

lol, I've had that in 2019, the tooltip would span across the entire screen. What a P.I.T.A. that was.

They probably have a specialized team for messing up with the UI.
Something like "interactive user experience improvement group", but
managed by monkeys hitting on the keyboards the whole day...

[DavidWS]

We just updated from sw22sp5 to sw23sp5 and faced first annoying issue:

If drawing view has tangent edges hidden, it's impossible to dimension structural members. When you switch to tangent edges with font, you can dimension. Anyone else has this same behaviour?

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EDIT:
Found fix SPR1254289
"workaround: In SW2022, it works if Options > Selection > Selection of hidden edges > ‘Allow selection in HLR and shaded mode’ option is selected"

We have also run across this annoying behavior, but can't repeat it in all instances.

Another work-around for us for this annoying bugger is to change the view to hidden lines showing to be able to dimension those silhouette edges.

[bnemec]

We have also run across this annoying behavior, but can't repeat it in all instances.

Another work-around for us for this annoying bugger is to change the view to hidden lines showing to be able to dimension those silhouette edges.

Check your graphics drivers on the various machines. Not talking about the typical "certified driver" cop-out. It might be worth while to try various driver versions, depending on which version of SW you're running.

We have mostly identical CAD work stations throughout the department. Thanks to windows updates and other unknown randomness the installed driver version does vary. I had kept mind at 443.66 for a long time, but now trying 474.82. Hoping when we get to 2023 we can just use latest driver, but we've had various issues with the 500 series nVidia drivers on SW 2019SP4. Unfortunately, Windows update seems to keep installing the 500 drivers.

We recently had very inconsistent behavior with how Decals were showing in models. Turns up we had four different machines behaving differently due to four different drivers installed.

[mattpeneguy]

Check your graphics drivers on the various machines. Not talking about the typical "certified driver" cop-out. It might be worth while to try various driver versions, depending on which version of SW you're running.

We have mostly identical CAD work stations throughout the department. Thanks to windows updates and other unknown randomness the installed driver version does vary. I had kept mind at 443.66 for a long time, but now trying 474.82. Hoping when we get to 2023 we can just use latest driver, but we've had various issues with the 500 series nVidia drivers on SW 2019SP4. Unfortunately, Windows update seems to keep installing the 500 drivers.

We recently had very inconsistent behavior with how Decals were showing in models. Turns up we had four different machines behaving differently due to four different drivers installed.

Quit using decals...

[bnemec]

Quit using decals...

Right, that would be nice.

Maybe we should switch to Wrap and Emboss...