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- Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: can "On Edge" mates be repaired?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 793
Re: can "On Edge" mates be repaired?
@AlexB I will be using that in the future, I think
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Mass vs. weight
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2011
Re: Mass vs. weight
I, and most people, work on the surface of the earth. Having 1 lbm exert a force of 1 lbf due to earth's gravitational field doesn't strike me as outrageous, it actually seems quite practical.
- Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Mass vs. weight
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2011
- Thu Jun 13, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Macro Library
- Topic: Help needed on 3D sketch macro
- Replies: 4
- Views: 869
Re: Help needed on 3D sketch macro
I got some code that could enter the values from a table, so I have that down. Now I have to work on the Siemens 840d coding. I saw somewhere that Siemens documentation makes sense to people who already understand the material.
- Wed Jun 05, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: Macro Library
- Topic: Help needed on 3D sketch macro
- Replies: 4
- Views: 869
Re: Help needed on 3D sketch macro
Thanks. The remarks implies that it could be related to snapping, and it behaved properly when I turned that off. When on, it would either miss circles completely, and sometimes would start drawing them with them in the wrong orientation. I don't understand this behavior, the errors are random. I co...
- Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Macro Library
- Topic: Help needed on 3D sketch macro
- Replies: 4
- Views: 869
Help needed on 3D sketch macro
Greetings all- I am working on a macro that draws a series of circles in a 3d sketch. Right now, I am just working out how to handle variables to draw circles of varying centerpoints and diameters. The problem I am running into is that not all the circle persist, when I step through it creates the c...
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Enhancement Requests
- Topic: Use same display state as original occurence
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1334
Re: Use same display state as original occurence
Would this do what you want?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Kitty Dump
- Topic: Watercooler Talk
- Replies: 1464
- Views: 234935
Re: Watercooler Talk
We had the opportunity to head a few hours south this weekend and enjoy the Texas Hill Country. It always surprises me how much a few hours drive can make in what season you are in. Our bluebonnets are just starting here in the Dallas area, but the ones down near Fredericksburg, TX are well are the...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: Kitty Dump
- Topic: Watercooler Talk
- Replies: 1464
- Views: 234935
Re: Watercooler Talk
@AlexLachance where in Quebec are you located? I am probably going to be in the Montreal/ Laurentians area for a week or so this summer.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Home screen and default templates
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1553
Re: Home screen and default templates
We are on 2021. Templates are in PDM, and the only location in File Locations. going to new... gets this screen. image.png The home screen is the same as the one in the first post, ie, Part, Asssembly, Drawing. Clicking on those opens the template listed in file locations, in spite of the label on t...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Space Mouse Issues
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4089
Re: Space Mouse Issues
The screen goes black or the device is unresponsive? I seem to recall my screen occasionally going out, but I don't use the screen much and haven't seen that in a while. Space Pilot pro, not Space Mouse.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:21 pm
- Forum: Macro Library
- Topic: Macro for Toggling Transparency of Components
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3186
Re: Macro for Toggling Transparency of Components
I think this shows up by default when you click on a part
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 1:08 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Hole wizard countersinks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1153
Re: Hole wizard countersinks
JSculley your link didn't work, saying there is no SPR80312, but it did lead me to this: https://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/?q=docid:SPR803012 QUESTION For Hole Wizard hole types, how are near side and far side countersink values calculated; is it possible to customize them? ANSWER By default, ...
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:55 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Hole wizard countersinks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1153
Hole wizard countersinks
Not countersunk screws, the edge break on the holes:
The values come from someplace, and are linked to the hole size, usually, but I can't figure out where. My experiments with 'favorites' aren't quite getting the behavior I would like.
The values come from someplace, and are linked to the hole size, usually, but I can't figure out where. My experiments with 'favorites' aren't quite getting the behavior I would like.
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Macro for addding custom properties
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2021
Re: Macro for addding custom properties
Opening the custom properties tab does exactly that.
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:37 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Macro for addding custom properties
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2021
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Macro for addding custom properties
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2021
Re: Macro for addding custom properties
I don't know what you want the macro to do, but our templates have no custom properties and we use the custom properties tab and the property tab builder to control the addition of custom properties. These are customizable and will probably do what you want.
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: CAM
- Topic: What are you machining on your cnc today?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3140
Re: What are you machining on your cnc today?
Working on my picture frame game, which needs it.
- Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:29 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: MakeProjectedPlanarWire.x_t
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1211
MakeProjectedPlanarWire.x_t
I was doodling with weldments and lofts, and this is what it looked like: image.png Then I noticed there was a file MakeProjectedPlanarWire.x_t in the folder. I didn't know what it was, so opened it up, and this is what it was: image.png It is a surface from the inside face of the box. I have no ide...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Engineering and Design
- Topic: GD&T
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3558
Re: GD&T
I think your drawing is getting worse, but it sounds like you are doing what your are told.
A jig like this would verify alignment and hole minimum size and represent probably less than an hours worth of work. There might be good reasons to not do this.
A jig like this would verify alignment and hole minimum size and represent probably less than an hours worth of work. There might be good reasons to not do this.
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Engineering and Design
- Topic: GD&T
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3558
Re: GD&T
I know I am preaching to the choir here, but you say that hole alignment matters but it isn't called out at all. It sounds like you are attempting a manufacturing document and hoping that controlling the edge of one flange relative to the other will get you you the results you want, which it might. ...
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: How to draw complex hole patterns
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2604
Re: How to draw complex hole patterns
I am wondering if some of those patterns aren't actually generated by a pattern or pattern like feature, but something more like a macro.
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:26 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: How to draw complex hole patterns
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2604
Re: How to draw complex hole patterns
The two methods I would look at for the patterns shown would be curve driven pattern and sketch driven pattern, and I would guess for sketch driven pattern, at least, you will need a way to calculate sketch points outside SW and import them. It looks like the patterns shown use a combination of tech...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:06 pm
- Forum: API
- Topic: McMaster Cleaning Macro
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1880
Re: McMaster Cleaning Macro
The biggest problem with McMaster Carr models is the visual properties are maxed out.
I have a macro for reducing image quality.
Setting these two sliders in the middle will cut the file size to 30% of what it is initially. Suppressing the helix will cut that in half again.I have a macro for reducing image quality.
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:35 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Error generation delayed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 349
Re: Error generation delayed
In a part or in an assembly? It may not take much to create a circular reference in an assembly.
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:31 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Custom thread design - need assistance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2690
Re: Custom thread design - need assistance
All fasteners from McMaster-Carr also have some other bloat stuff as well, which makes the file open slowly even if you get rid of the threads. Which is why I cycle everything I get from them through what @zxys001 has referred to in the past as a "Parasolid wash". Suppress the threads, sa...
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 1:54 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Order of Operations for Hole Wizard on Cylindrical Face
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1394
Re: Order of Operations for Hole Wizard on Cylindrical Face
For some reason, it doesn't want to let you make your hole locations coincident from within the hole wizard. You can, however, just put some hole locations on the surface, then exit the hole wizard, and then go back into the 3d sketch and make the points coincident.
- Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:02 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Appearance Issue
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3816
Re: Appearance Issue
I suspect the appearance is applied at the body level. Your appearance hierarchy is showing appearance at the feature level, but I think that is coming from it being an imported part. If you click on a face, you should be able access an appearance hierarchy display like this: image.png and it will t...
- Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:11 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Appearance Issue
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3816
Re: Appearance Issue
That doesn't look like features as such, it looks like a bunch of imported bodies, and the appearance is applied at the body level. It looks like there is much more to the part than what you are showing. If you can share the part, I will take a look.
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:56 pm
- Forum: API
- Topic: How SolidWork records file open time?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2084
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:01 pm
- Forum: API
- Topic: How SolidWork records file open time?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2084
Re: How SolidWork records file open time?
mike miller wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 10:09 am I don't know how SWX records it, but I know it can be way off the deep end sometimes.
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I could use this information now, and I have apparently dismissed this message. I am not seeing it my dismissed messages in System Options. Anyone know what this is called?
- Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:06 pm
- Forum: SolidWorks FAQ
- Topic: Best practice for creating library feature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2831
Re: Best practice for creating library feature
I suppose it depends on what you want to accomplish. I would start by saying do not put horizontal or vertical relations in your sketch, make them parallel and perpendicular, minimize external relations in the sketch, and make sure external relations you do use are not consumed by feature.
- Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:13 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Global coordinate system
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1880
Re: Global coordinate system
If you can, I would contact them and ask, because it is a good question. I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is along the lines of "we have always done it this way." The other reason I could think is if they use a macro that looks for a CS, since maybe you can't refer to the default sinc...
- Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:19 pm
- Forum: CAM
- Topic: Woodworking CAM software
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4131
Re: Woodworking CAM software
I am currently using something else, but considering you probably already have Solidworks CAM, I would think it is worth turning it on and seeing if it would work for your needs.
- Mon May 23, 2022 1:49 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: How do I select all transparent components?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1396
Re: How do I select all transparent components?
image.png Select All-> and then Change Transparency. My limited testing shows that this will set everything to Transparent or not. Before finding out that that would work, I set up an Advanced Select (at the bottom of the list above) image.png you have to save the name of the search. Go to the Mana...
- Wed May 11, 2022 2:26 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: 3 way mold
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2675
Re: 3 way mold
I have only done composites on a simple hobbyist level, but I haven't seen a mold approached this way. I don't know the scale of the part, but that tab looks like a problem if you are planning on using cloth, unless you are going to make that separately and then bond it in. Given the amount of work ...
- Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:55 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: When to fillet
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4120
Re: When to fillet
If you are making lots, then that would be true. I am not a moldmaker, but I think the reality is all surfaces will be be surface machined anyway.
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:31 pm
- Forum: 3D Scan
- Topic: Help - Converting STL to something usable
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7790
Re: Help - Converting STL to something usable
I am guessing what you really want is good solid model of the part. Ed Eaton gave a good presentation on using scan data to build a model at SWW a couple of years ago. https://dimontegroup.com/solidworks-world-2017-using-3d-scan-data-effectively-model-curvy-stuff/ I tried just doing the base-revolve...
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:05 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Toolbox- torx
- Replies: 2
- Views: 578
Re: Toolbox- torx
Thanks for checking. We are on 2021, but I seem to recall checking earlier and not finding it. I'm wondering if it is because we have toolbox in PDM and it justs get updated and not reinstalled and so doesn't have the new standard.
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:04 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Toolbox- torx
- Replies: 2
- Views: 578
Toolbox- torx
There are some blog posts when SW2018 came out detailing how Torx fasteners were now included in toolbox in the ISO standard. We have ISO standard in our toolbox, but I am not finding the hexalobular folder. Has this been removed or is there a problem with our installation?
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:46 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Sketch Constraint Size
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1314
Re: Sketch Constraint Size
Do you mean the hiding and showing of constraints? Or do you mean the display size? Hiding and showing. The issue is, seeing constraints can be useful. But they can also be in the way a lot, especially if you find them too big. So a quick toggle to turn them on when you need them and off when you d...
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:20 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Sketch Constraint Size
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1314
Re: Sketch Constraint Size
I'm not answering your question directly, but I have a mouse gesture to toggle constraint display and it gets used a lot.
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:56 pm
- Forum: CAM
- Topic: IMPORTING TOOL AND HOLDER MODELS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1987
Re: IMPORTING TOOL AND HOLDER MODELS
Late to the party, but- if you have a solid model, a sketch can be extracted pretty quickly. If you have a model (or dxf) post it up.
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:04 pm
- Forum: CAM
- Topic: Looking for a specialty machine shop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1583
Re: Looking for a specialty machine shop
I can't help with your request, but I am interested in hearing how this comes out. Doesn't your cylindricity callout greatly exceed your straightness callout? Making a guess, I would not be surprised if breathing on this part will cause it to go out of spec.
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:10 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Sketch Block Mirrored
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2725
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:13 pm
- Forum: How To Questions
- Topic: Sketch Block Mirrored
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2725
Re: Sketch Block Mirrored
I think I will just recreate the block with the sketch oriented properly. I was hoping there was a simple fix. You can mirror the block like any other sketch entity. If you go through the mirror command first, there is an option for the mirror to be a copy, or not. Otherwise, you can just delete th...
- Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:49 pm
- Forum: CAM
- Topic: What are you machining on your cnc today?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3140
Re: What are you machining on your cnc today?
It holds a transducer. I have the good fortune of mostly cutting parts I designed, so any problems are my fault. The electrical guy I am working with on this project is saying scary things, like 200V at 20 MHz IMG-4313 r.jpg IMG-4314 r.jpg IMG-4316 r.jpg All the pics originally showed up upside down...
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:59 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Weird STEP import phenomena
- Replies: 6
- Views: 895
Re: Weird STEP import phenomena
I would like to see a sample .step if you could share one.
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:10 pm
- Forum: SolidWorks FAQ
- Topic: Feature Library best practices
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3355
Re: Feature Library best practices
Eliminate as many external references as you can. If dimensions are important, setup some contstruction geometry and dimension that, and then align the construction geometry to whatever features you want. Pre aligning isn't possible as far as I can tell, it is going to follow whatever orientation th...
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:14 pm
- Forum: SW General
- Topic: Sketch Offsets are Cursed
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3241
Re: Sketch Offsets are Cursed
I just wish it were easier to use. Why isn't there a "follow tangent" option? Why can't I select using a window? I have to select each line segment individually, and hope I don't accidentally click on something that causes it to screw up. There is a 'Select Tangency' in the right click menu