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Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

(OP)
I am performing a thermal analysis in Cosmos and after what appears to be a successful meshing, one of the critical parts has disappeared. I can't get any information out of the part. When the cursor passes over surfaces of the part the edges show up (in red). I installed the latest video card driver. Any clues???

RE: Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

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RE: Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

(OP)
I have a P4 2.53 GHz, 1 Gig RAM, Win 2000 SP4, nVidia Quadro4 700XGL graphics card, Driver 7.1.8.4 downloaded from the SolidWorks website.

RE: Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

I would add at leaast 1 gig ram. May help

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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FAQ559-716

RE: Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

(OP)
Thanks for the reply. I believe that this is (obviously) a bug. After many trials I found that by removing one small feature in the disappearing part, the assembly would mesh and the part would appear. I think that, even though the software said that the meshing was successful, that this part did not mesh.

RE: Parts disappearing in Cosmosworks

I have this happen too, Dell 450 with 2x Xeon 2.6, 2GB ram, nVidia FX1000, all latest SW-approved drivers, running 2005 sp4.0. Sometimes a part will vanish from Cosmos study, it shows in part tree but not visible and not meshing. Only way is to restart SW, reloading the model doesnt' work.

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