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Win11? Hrm. What version and SP of PDM?

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At this point, he thinks my Vault View needs to be deleted and rebuilt. The question is what happens to the 135 files I have checked out? Do I lose all of that work? He is going to do some testing and get back to me, but I don't have a good feeling about what is going on. When we ran into a case of...

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If it were me I would try these things, order would depend on what else I'm seeing and mostly guessing... - Try logging in as another user on same machine and then same user on different machine. Sounds dumb but I've found this to be helpful. * we use AD for login so I have a couple of PDM only user...

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:52 pm This is very minor, but....

The symbol to rotate a drawing view points clockwise.
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The number entered in the dialog rotates the view counter clockwise.

I am a GIF.
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That is irrelevant as long as the icon is aesthetically pleasing and fun to click.

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Not sure the link you posted is the correct one, it goes to a sheet metal topic, not assembly related. Are all of the component files at the current solidworks version? I've heard that opening/loading files from older versions takes longer. This may be mute point for files loaded light weight. Have ...

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This is the first time this has happened to me and it only happened with this piece among many pieces that had the same shape but different dimensions. It was completely random. Sounds like Solidworks or graphics driver glitch. Feels like it goes in the "Did you try restarting solidworks?"...

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Likely nothing to do with the single missing bend line but, I see bend lines in your formed model. We were plagued by this with tens of thousands of bend lines in our upper level models. (Yes I know display sketches can be turned off but then there's the time we use a sketch for mate....) After a co...

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I'm back in the office, here's a picture of the dumpingg trailer with the axles pulled out image.png That's a cool solution instead of pintle hitch dollies. I'm guessing it trails/trains a lot nicer then tandems/triples on dollies? Backing up is a bit more realistic. It seems a bit of chore to unho...

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Welcome to CADForum.net @hugozanga2024 If you haven't already, please stop by the forum rules section to read through them, matt is our admin and as you can see in the "couple of rules added" matt is human. Maybe stop by the welcome forum https://www.cadforum.net/viewforum.php?f=28 and say...

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It ran on 7-1 then again on 7-31, I'm curious to see if it will run in August at all or be the first of Sept.

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but could the start date be set to the second or third day of the month, then if it's a day off it's still in the correct month?

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:11 pm {{Not}{If}{it}{still}{look}{like}{this}}

It does look better now.

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Would adding those temporary file types to the "never add these file types" list in user/group settings help? Is PDM adding it to vault but then the SW cannot delete them per PDM permissions? Then the file checked in due to relations, but then when pdm service tried to remove the read only...

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If the file is checked out, the read-only flag should not be checked. I would uncheck it and see if the problem goes away. Nice catch. I used to see this a lot from a few users who insisted on using vault view to do PDM stuff (like check out) while files are open in Solidworks. I would not have gue...

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Our process slowly evolved over several years to copy out the needed file to a location on local disk, preferably appending version number to end of file name(s). Reasons: - There's typically enough editing needed to model to do the sim that is not what we want in the production model that we need a...

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:34 pm I keep telling sales not to make running sentence part number.

..or running sentence directory names 10 levels deep.

In general keeping sales away from CAD and PDM helps.

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TRKemp wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2024 7:58 am Will be following this thread to learn the same.

Any updates on that sheetmetal "anomaly" ?

What sheet metal anomaly? Do you have a link? Was the "enhancement" introduced in 2023 or early 2024 release?

Thank you.

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To revisit this, I've got a set of fastener files from back in the "good old days", that I need to clean up now that I have some time on my hands. I retired a year ago. All the parts are configuration based, but the configurations are just sizes, not materials/coatings. For instance, in a...

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Is it that critical that the task is run exactly on the 1st of each month? A 30 day interval will not do?

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Be careful way up on that mountain top, the air gets thin up there, can be hard to keep Oxygen levels up.

Which makes me wonder, since the air is thinner at high altitudes, does a lb of air weigh less on mountain top?

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Oh yea, I never use mirrored parts to make flat patterns of, that is usually just asking for trouble. If you make changes to the original and never open the mirrored copy it won't necessarily update. Right, I've been hearing that a fair bit from the community. In Solid Edge days the only time mirro...

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Oh yeah, way worse than it was with Solid Edge, but it could very well be the combination of PDM. Which version in local cache and mirrored components combined the with comodulated flatten state and sm-flat-pattern configs made a complete hash of the process and still has several users baffled. I've...

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And 1 lbm x 32 ft/s^2 = 1 lbf is easy to understand. Does cars and airplanes accelerate at 32 ft/s^2? Also gravity is not the same on every location on earth. I should add a few slug in this conversation ~~~~ Blob would like that. Oh you guys and fun with units! You're all missing some, what about ...

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I would insert an unfold feature, create modifying features as needed, and finish it with a fold feature. You can then suppress or unsuppress all that as needed. Put it all in a folder (ha) so you can suppress it all easily. Create a configuration where the folder is unsuppressed, another with it s...

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What are you trying to accomplish..? We occasionally have sheet metal parts with features that need cleaned up in the flattened state to produce a dxf. Sometimes as simple as deleting face of chamfered holes. Others get a bit more creative. Configurations kinda stink for this, adding features when ...

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Hello, Is there a way to use the "Delete/Keep Body" command in the Sheet Metal Flattened mode? The icon is disabled in the Direct Editing toolbar.

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We ran into same problem with dumb solids imported from Solid Edge. SW is the only 3D system where I've Xperienced Y-up. There's no good way to make SW be Z up, naming views, naming planes in templates, etc., it will not do it. We ended up rotating the part with rotate body command in Solid Edge bef...

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LABEL is the only option., and as you mentioned....its meant for the JUMP command so it kind of muddies the water. Dispatch needs work and enhancements (notepad edit is a good one), but as @bnemec mentioned, its better to go to the API if that's an option for you. That said, we use both Dispatch an...

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I tried dispatch for a while. Now I distain it and would like to keep it out of the vault. AFAIK there's no good way to find all the things dispatch scripts may be mingling with. It's just another place to need to go when it's time for trouble shooting. With enough variables a computer can get prett...

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Space matters. USPTO search for "4D Experience" trademark: image.png Plus there are others that used 4D Experience along with other words in their trademark. USPTO search for "4DExperience" (no space between) trademark: image.png How about the "40eXperience" ? https://...

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@KennyG What do you use? We actually are looking for something to handle Parts, BOMs, and simple ECO process. No CAD data, that will remain in PDM along with our primary ECO system. It doesn't have to be connected directly to PDM but we do need to transfer the part data to a DB so our PDM ECO relea...

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 12:45 pm The weather isn't so great here today. The eye of a hurricane is in the process of passing just east of me as I'm writing this.

Hurricane on a Monday after 4 day weekend. Man that sucks.

https://youtu.be/E8GcT5PBIC4?si=oURLNl0syGitqUIV

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Another option that works the same as the variable tab is to type it in the search text field like: >1000 AND <5000 You could add the example text as a Combobox list item they select then modify to make it easier. Then adda tooltip to the field with further instructions. That's a better option. Als...

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The variables tab does not work?

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It still feels like something is wrong in the database side with version 4. You could try going into the index.xml file in that archive folder and say that version 4 ref version 5 ( I would temporarily rename the 00000004.sldasm file too). Then try to get version four. I would bet that you'll still ...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

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Simple lesson, painful, but simple; never trust someone that has something to sell you. From fast food burger, to printers, to CAD/CAM/PDM or ERP systems.

Also, do you mean Xerox or Xenox?

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Interesting product. I like how you list your impressions, pros and cons alike; I'm guessing that's why you don't get paid to post. Also why reviews like yours are much more useful than the paid marketing content. I found myself making questions to ask here, only to find you answer them later in the...

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Just ruling out a dumb question, duplicate file names are prohibited in your vault right? Local cached file size being different than the archive is perplexing. You say it's "corrupt" but then that they open with different component tree. To me "corrupt" means file doesn't open o...

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Couple of things come to mind. When you were checking file references on the file versions, were you checking them from in Solidworks on each machine with the assembly loaded? While the file does contain a suggestion of file ref path, SW likes to find the file how it likes to find the file. Did some...

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2024 3:32 pm Quit using decals...

Right, that would be nice.

Maybe we should switch to Wrap and Emboss...

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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 ab...

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Maybe I'm missing something, but Property Managers pop up when we click on a note, dimension, etc. What would we click on to open a Property Manager for sheet properties? Ah, I should have been more specific. Clicking on Drawing Views in the Feature Manager loads the Property Manager, so I expect c...

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Am I the only person that wonders why it is that Sheet Properties must be accessed through a dialog where nearly every other selectable item in Feature Manager Tree loads the properties in the Property Manager? In this super context sensitive menu world, MicroSoft Ribbon era, every clickable item ca...

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Maybe a dumb question, but is this setting checked to block the user you're logged in as (and group(s) the user may be in if not admin) from checking in a file that's open?

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This is kinda nice. I've ran into this before where I wanted to run it after making an edit and I didn't want to have to delete the edits. Going out on a limb here, but I wonder if that was allowed in the past but the corrections from import diagnostic would sometimes break down stream features; as ...

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If what you are trying to dimension to is not a primitive shape (conic, torus, etc.) then Solidworks will not dimension to it. We've struggled with this trying to dimension to tangents of silhouette edges of B-spline surfaces in drawings. IMO it's a fundamental flaw in how Solidworks does drawing vi...

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Are you making custom threads? Image shows a standard UNF thread.

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At the risk of being Capt. Obvious, maybe test this when you're logged into the vault as Admin so you don't have to worry about permissions. Once it's working log in as a regular user in the group that would normally use it and test again. I only mention this because I've lost too much time looking ...

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Absolutely. This is just a means to allow you to create the feature that will fail otherwise while you go and fix the problem. I made extensive use of regions on one model years ago and it was a nightmare that I never wish to see again. Ok, good to know. I see regions mentioned now and then and I w...

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Again, you can simply select one or more regions (they can even have ZTG)and carry on: image.png I would never do it, but if the goal is to preserve a couple of property manager values while you go fix something else, it works. We avoid using regions. Testing that we have done indicate they lead to...

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