SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
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I believe the Design Table in SW2006 has got messed up. Models created under SW2005 SP 5.0 and working perfectly do get messed up when opened in SW2006 SP5.0
Let say in (File) Properties you have Weight “defined” as Mass. Then you create Design Table (automatic) and the Table gets “populated” automatically.
When you open the Table again, in the column $PRP@Weight you read 476 (lb) – everything works O.K. and at that point you can use Excel Design Table as a “calculator” – say to convert that 476 lb into 216 kg (say you need to produce “bilingual” drawing).
That works nice and dandy under SW2005 SP5.0
Let say that now you open the same part under SW2006 SP 5.0 – you get warning that it will be converted to 2006 – you go ahead and after conversion the Design Table gets messed up – when you “Edit Design Table” you notice that now in the column $PRP@Weight instead of 416 you have “SW-Mass@@Casting @Part1.SLDPRT” which obviously messes up any notes or formulas that use that cell(s).
Has anybody experienced that ?? Or is there any “switch” somewhere in SW2006 that needs to be “set” or “re-set” to have the stuff working properly (as under SW2005) ?
Thanks for all the replies.
Let say in (File) Properties you have Weight “defined” as Mass. Then you create Design Table (automatic) and the Table gets “populated” automatically.
When you open the Table again, in the column $PRP@Weight you read 476 (lb) – everything works O.K. and at that point you can use Excel Design Table as a “calculator” – say to convert that 476 lb into 216 kg (say you need to produce “bilingual” drawing).
That works nice and dandy under SW2005 SP5.0
Let say that now you open the same part under SW2006 SP 5.0 – you get warning that it will be converted to 2006 – you go ahead and after conversion the Design Table gets messed up – when you “Edit Design Table” you notice that now in the column $PRP@Weight instead of 416 you have “SW-Mass@@Casting @Part1.SLDPRT” which obviously messes up any notes or formulas that use that cell(s).
Has anybody experienced that ?? Or is there any “switch” somewhere in SW2006 that needs to be “set” or “re-set” to have the stuff working properly (as under SW2005) ?
Thanks for all the replies.






RE: SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-27-06)
RE: SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
I just did a quick test creating (not converting) a DT with Material and Weight properties in SW06, and the values did not compute.
The same test in SW07 and the values showed correctly.
RE: SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
Won't help - see I used the above example as a last resort to check - thinking that mayby I am messing something up.
In real life, I get the same problem when I create NEW part and dwg under 2006 (without any reference to 2005).
Try to make a very simple part under 2006 and than in Properties make material Steel and "make" Weight <-- Mass
Then insert "automatic" Design Table and see what you get in the column $PRP@Weight.
Do you get a number or something like "SW-Mass@@Casting @Grid_Casting.SLDPRT"
RE: SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
I believe this was fixed in SP2 of SW07. It appears to be one of the issues listed in the Fixed SPR List on the SW Support website.
https://customercenter.solidworks.com
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
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RE: SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?
THEN SW2006 release was a disaster - I believe Design Tables are used quite a bit - and it looks like it took them a whole year to fix it ??
RE: SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?