Welcome!

[matt]

Glad to see so many familiar names. Well it looks like we will be FLAWed again but I guess we can handle that.

Hey, Jim, good to see you here! Have a look around. We've been busy getting the place ready for April 2.

[jcapriotti]

Hey, Jim, good to see you here! Have a look around. We've been busy getting the place ready for April 2.

Yeah, you have 3 weeks to get this site in shipshape. Why are you posting when you should be working on this site?

[VicFrauenfeld]

Thanks for creating this forum for us "old time" SW users. I have been a SW user since 1998. As I know that change is good, that doesn't mean I have to like it. I will probably visit this forum more than the 3DSWYM site.

[matt]

Thanks for creating this forum for us "old time" SW users. I have been a SW user since 1998. As I know that change is good, that doesn't mean I have to like it. I will probably visit this forum more than the 3DSWYM site.

Yeah, there's some old timers here, but also some newer users too. Welcome to the site. Check back often, and join in here and there. I'm sure you can find an interesting topic or have a question that has been gnawing at you for years...

[mike miller]

Howdy! My, this place is off to a running start! Thanks Matt, for doing "the impossible".

[matt]

Howdy! My, this place is off to a running start! Thanks Matt, for doing "the impossible".

It's not as hard as it looks, you just have to have the right stuff in place, which I did, and a little bit of time on your hands, which I don't, really, but this is kind of fun. Good to see you here.

[mike miller]

Howdy! My, this place is off to a running start! Thanks Matt, for doing "the impossible".

It's not as hard as it looks, you just have to have the right stuff in place, which I did, and a little bit of time on your hands, which I don't, really, but this is kind of fun. Good to see you here.

I figured I can play the noob that asks questions to keep the gurus busy.

[Ömür Tokman]

Hey old people community, did you think you could get rid of me .. Google translate works here too ..

I am very happy that I will not leave this quality community.
Although I can't answer questions like you guys, it's good to be here.

I'm welcome too.

[matt]

Hey old people community, did you think you could get rid of me .. Google translate works here too ..

I am very happy that I will not leave this quality community.
Although I can't answer questions like you guys, it's good to be here.

I'm welcome too.

Well, it's good to have you here even if you're underage. Love your stuff, by the way.

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Hi Everyone! Good to see all the familiar names from the SW forum!
To introduce myself, I'm Mike's coworker (it's tough [sarcasm]). Between us we can figure out most problems, but when we're stumped we go to the gurus on the forum.

I'll have more questions than answers, but glad to be here.

Thanks for getting this together, matt!

[matt]

Thanks for coming! I hope you enjoy it here!

[Alin]

Hello World!

[matt]

Hello World!

Hey, @Alin ! I was wondering if you would show up. Make yourself at home. We're open to suggestions. Good to have you here.

[Glenn Schroeder]

Hello World!

And hello to you also. It's good to see you here.

[Krzysztof Szpakowski]

Hello everyone!
When I look at those who are already here, I think this forum has a chance of success. Great idea, Matt!

P.S.
It is not easy to get rid of me

[matt]

Hello everyone!
When I look at those who are already here, I think this forum has a chance of success. Great idea, Matt!

P.S.
It is not easy to get rid of me

Hey, @Krzysztof Szpakowski , very glad to see you here! We've got a lot of serious SolidWorks brainpower here.

[Glenn Schroeder]

Hello everyone!
When I look at those who are already here, I think this forum has a chance of success. Great idea, Matt!

P.S.
It is not easy to get rid of me

Hey, @Krzysztof Szpakowski , very glad to see you here! We've got a lot of serious SolidWorks brainpower here.

Yes, we do. And then there's me.

[bradb]

Hello everyone. Long time reader of the other forum but never posted much, Lots of familiar names here already, this should be good. Thanks Matt for setting this up.

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

And, I do look a little bit nicer than my avatar (depends who you ask though). My theory is; if I have an ugly avatar people will expect me to be ugly and then they won't be disappointed when they meet me.....

[matt]

@bradb and @Jaylin Hochstetler welcome! Thanks for signing up!

[peterbrinkhuis]

Hi guys

I decided to keep my options open and sign up for this one as well. I'd love a more modern approach than this, but I'll voice those concerns in another topic.

[idesignhaus]

Still smells like new paint---and I'm late!

Over the last year I've increasingly spent time doing non-design work, fixing/building computers, learning a new gig.

"And now for something completely different..." Thanks, Matt! I stumbled in here after checking the SW forum for the first time in many weeks, so I don't even have any back-story. Will wander around a bit later. For now, it's time to fix up a Linux laptop for a client...

Hi, all!

[Craig Makarowski]

Not sure if i posted in this thread. But glad to be here and Matt you are awesome!
Hope we get a bunch more of the members to come over here and start filling up space with good information.
woo hoo!!

[matt]

Not sure if i posted in this thread. But glad to be here and Matt you are awesome!
Hope we get a bunch more of the members to come over here and start filling up space with good information.
woo hoo!!

Thanks, I do appreciate that. And I am working to improve the place. Maybe eventually we upgrade, but for now, I think keeping it fairly simple will get us moving. Forum is nothing without y'all.

[Damo]

Hello All.

I have been lurking around the SW Forums and following the SWIFT TEAM for some time and like all of you, I will be sad to see it go..
And like all of you, I too am rather flummoxed by the new "swamp" ..
MATT.. This is a great initiative and full respects to you mate for making this happen.
I believe this will be huge. Well done. And, thank you.

[matt]

Hello All.

I have been lurking around the SW Forums and following the SWIFT TEAM for some time and like all of you, I will be sad to see it go..
And like all of you, I too am rather flummoxed by the new "swamp" ..
MATT.. This is a great initiative and full respects to you mate for making this happen.
I believe this will be huge. Well done. And, thank you.

@Damo
Thanks! It will be the people who post here who make it great. I just had the luck to act on the idea when the need seemed to come to a head. You're welcome to lurk, of course, but it would be better if you ask or answer questions. Multiple points of view often help us get to the best answer.

[AlexLachance]

Glad to see so many people popping on here.

Thanks Matt again for making this happen.

[jcapriotti]

Thanks! It will be the people who post here who make it great.

Wait, the people/users make the community? Who knew? That's not what Dassault's been telling us.

[SPerman]

I just want to say how nice it is not to have to edit a post to get it past the moderator.

[Lapuo]

Guys, i wasnt here for couple days only (IT policy) , but i managed to persuade them
And what i saw here is that this forum exploded!! So much new posts , members , topics
WOW

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Here's a chart showing the difference between this forum and 3D SWYM. I'm not sure that the 3D SWYM members are correct but it still gives a good illustration of the difference.

2021-03-18 07_57_46-Window.jpg

[matt]

Here's a chart showing the difference between this forum and 3D SWYM. I'm not sure that the 3D SWYM members are correct but it still gives a good illustration of the difference.
2021-03-18 07_57_46-Window.jpg

Do they have a member counter over there? It sounds too transparent for that sort of group.

[jcapriotti]

Do they have a member counter over there? It sounds too transparent for that sort of group.

The SolidWorks community there show 4794 members that I guess they imported. But who can tell, you can't search the list and scrolling thru it is futile as like everything else there, it's a ginormous display of icons. They think everyone communicates on their phone I guess.

3dxmembers.jpg

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Do they have a member counter over there? It sounds too transparent for that sort of group.

The SolidWorks community there show 4794 members that I guess they imported. But who can tell, you can't search the list and scrolling thru it is futile as like everything else there, it's a ginormous display of icons. They think everyone communicates on their phone I guess.

3dxmembers.jpg

Here's https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/247 ... e=comments where I got the 97 from.

[AlexLachance]

Hello World!

Welcome to the dark side!

[bnemec]

Hello World!

Welcome to the dark side!

Alex, you can change that.

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[AlexLachance]

Hello 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

[bnemec]

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

That's a matter of perspective.

[AlexLachance]

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? if you do go that avenue)
-Contributor (Someone who answers questions and helps out)

Questions/Answers: I really liked that format on the SW Forums. It saved having to scroll through an entire thread to find an answer, and having "questions" helped distinguishing what a thread is about. Discussion, question, poll, etc... Maybe you've already adressed this?

User profile formatting, maybe more options? Maybe I'm not looking at the right place but I'm not saying any way to view someone's topics. I can view the posts they made, but not a list of the threads they created.

Youtube embedder : Pretty useful to be able to view videos from the forum rather then having to open the link

Double/triple post merger : Merge multiple consecutive posts from the same user. Saves space.

[SPerman]

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.

[AlexLachance]

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 save some time.

Perhaps here there will be people to turn discussions into questions and vice versa, and to appoint the correct answer if someone doesn't do it. The issue with the SW Forum was that there was not much involvment on SW's part.

[matt]

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? if you do go that avenue)
-Contributor (Someone who answers questions and helps out)

Questions/Answers: I really liked that format on the SW Forums. It saved having to scroll through an entire thread to find an answer, and having "questions" helped distinguishing what a thread is about. Discussion, question, poll, etc... Maybe you've already adressed this?

User profile formatting, maybe more options? Maybe I'm not looking at the right place but I'm not saying any way to view someone's topics. I can view the posts they made, but not a list of the threads they created.

Youtube embedder : Pretty useful to be able to view videos from the forum rather then having to open the link

Double/triple post merger : Merge multiple consecutive posts from the same user. Saves space.

- I put in the Youtube extension yesterday, just paste a link
- we have the ability to do groups and ranks, haven't decided how to implement it yet
- we have the Post Icons at the top of the post edit window

I'll look into some of the rest. Might be able to make some of that happen.

[mbiasotti]

Glad to join and to be here. Hope the masses follow from the SW Forum.

I'm gonna be heads-down for a few months but will be checking here regularly especially when the SW goes dark next month.

[matt]

Hey @mbiasotti , thanks for joining! Chime in any time! Hope you are well.

[AlexLachance]

@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

[Glenn Schroeder]

@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

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).

[AlexLachance]

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 same thing, I just thought it was one of those little things that made reading forums easier.

[matt]

@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

That's a good idea, I like that option too. I'm not sure what the options are in that direction, but I'll have a look around. Thanks for the idea.

[matt]

@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.com/surfacing-tutor ... ering-can/

[AlexLachance]

@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.com/surfacing-tutor ... ering-can/

Works perfect, thanks Matt!