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Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:08 am
by DennisD
matt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:30 am
Don't worry. I'm only worried about accounts that have never posted anything
clearly relevant. You're definitely OK.
Well, that requires a definition of "relevant" now doesn't it.
It is Monday. . .
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Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:27 pm
by Emra
Hi all!
Solidworks user and accidental company CAD/PDM admin here. I'm a long-time lurker of the old SW forums, and am very excited to see this new site since the old one died. Also I am definitely a real person and not a bot; please don't kick me?
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:52 am
by SPerman
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:14 am
by DanPihlaja
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This is offensive to AI.
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:25 am
by matt
Emra wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:27 pm
Hi all!
Solidworks user and accidental company CAD/PDM admin here. I'm a long-time lurker of the old SW forums, and am very excited to see this new site since the old one died. Also I am definitely a real person and not a bot; please don't kick me?
Don't worry, I only kick out people who spell Solidworks with all caps.
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:09 am
by mattpeneguy
Emra wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:27 pm
Hi all!
Solidworks user and accidental company CAD/PDM admin here. I'm a long-time lurker of the old SW forums, and am very excited to see this new site since the old one died. Also I am definitely a real person and not a bot; please don't kick me?
That's exactly what a bot would say...@matt, ya may want to kick @Emra out...
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:21 am
by matt
mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:09 am
That's exactly what a bot would say...@matt, ya may want to kick @Emra out...
It's a good thing I didn't make you a moderator.
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:46 am
by Tom G
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:47 am
by Glenn Schroeder
matt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:21 am
It's a good thing I didn't make you a moderator.
You just now figured that out?
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:46 pm
by dgrippin
Roger that,
I'm an Electrical Systems Manuf. Engineer for a microwave antenna/satellite antenna positioning systems manufacturer in NC. I use both Draftsight and Solidworks daily. Still trying to get the best performance out of SW, even after almost 1 year with it. They hooked me up with a powerful PC, but I still get hang ups pretty frequently. Where do I start looking?
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:36 pm
by Glenn Schroeder
dgrippin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:46 pm
Roger that,
I'm an Electrical Systems Manuf. Engineer for a microwave antenna/satellite antenna positioning systems manufacturer in NC. I use both Draftsight and Solidworks daily. Still trying to get the best performance out of SW, even after almost 1 year with it. They hooked me up with a powerful PC, but I still get hang ups pretty frequently.
Where do I start looking?
That's a pretty general question. You might have better luck posting a specific question (unless I'm completely misunderstanding something).
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:55 pm
by matt
dgrippin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:46 pm
Roger that,
I'm an Electrical Systems Manuf. Engineer for a microwave antenna/satellite antenna positioning systems manufacturer in NC. I use both Draftsight and Solidworks daily. Still trying to get the best performance out of SW, even after almost 1 year with it. They hooked me up with a powerful PC, but I still get hang ups pretty frequently. Where do I start looking?
One year isn't a lot. There's a pile of stuff in the software, and after almost 30, I still don't know everything (and I've forgotten half of what I did know). Coming here is a good start. Ask questions that confuse you. Read Mastering Solidworks, but seriously, there's a lot of good stuff in there, not just the stuff from the SW training.
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:19 am
by SPerman
Hopefully this doesn't come across as snarky. As far as Solidworks is concerned, lower your expectations. It is slow on the best hardware. It crashes / hangs fairly regularly. A lot of this can be avoided by following better practices, but even then, it has issues.
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:11 am
by Jaylin Hochstetler
SPerman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:19 am
Hopefully this doesn't come across as snarky. As far as Solidworks is concerned, lower your expectations. It is slow on the best hardware. It crashes / hangs fairly regularly. A lot of this can be avoided by following better practices, but even then, it has issues.
Customer: "It's slow and doesn't work right."
VAR: "Oh, your not doing it right you have to use a different workflow. It's as simple as remodeling everything."
Customer:
Edit: This why they don't specify a best workflow.
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:25 am
by SPerman
I was told that in order to make pack and go work properly, we had to completely redo our folder structure. (To one that is not possible in our organization.)
1. Pack and go works best when no more than 3 folders separate the top level assembly from the furthest away component. This 3 level folder separation must be done vertically in the directory tree. Similar to the example below
.....a. Top level
.........i. Sub assy 1
.........ii. Sub assy 2
............1. Sub assy 2.1
2. Pack and go usually has difficulty with success if it has to navigate out of the top level folder into another main directory or over a network to gather all parts
(ignore all of the periods. That is the only way I could get the indentation to layout properly on the fourm.)
Re: Be Active - or else...
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:13 am
by Glenn Schroeder
SPerman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:25 am
I was told that in order to make pack and go work properly, we had to completely redo our folder structure. (To one that is not possible in our organization.)
(ignore all of the periods. That is the only way I could get the indentation to layout properly on the fourm.)
I'm surprised to see that. Pack and Go works just fine for me, and I often have project specific files on one network drive and my library parts and sub-assemblies on another one.
Re: Be Active - please...
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:30 am
by matt
Ok, the "or else" was a bit much, so I changed that. Unless you're using the Breeze theme, in which case you may never see the change.
Re: Be Active - please...
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:18 pm
by jwelihin
Hi there,
Looking for places to learn about how to work with CAD and not finding answers on Reddit. Thought this would be great - so far, learning a ton. As we speak, I'm designing my new shed in AutoCAD
J
Re: Be Active - please...
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:05 pm
by Cadmonkeychris
I was wondering where the familiar names of CAD past had disappeared to following the demise of the SW boards (enough has been written about that).
22 years of SWx including 16 as a freelancer, now considering something new (to be posted in the Agnostic board)
Re: Be Active - please...
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:49 am
by AlexLachance
Cadmonkeychris wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:05 pm
I was wondering where the familiar names of CAD past had disappeared to following the demise of the SW boards (enough has been written about that).
22 years of SWx including 16 as a freelancer, now considering something new (to be posted in the Agnostic board)
A few of them just didn't have the same feeling on here as they had on the previous SW Boards, unfortunately. But, for the most part the community is still thriving.