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SolidWorks is doing yet another survey. The only reason I'm posting the link is because I happen to know the person running it and believe that she'll actually do something with the results...
htt p://www.su rveygizmo. com/s/1275 46/quality -survey-ux
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
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I completed the survey, and made a similar comment as TheTick did.
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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Anyway, let's hope Ms. Cherny can alleviate reason for such cynicism from their customers.
After taking the survey, I realized I completely left out all comments about installation (WHY it's terrible) and Toolbox. DOH! Oh, well, a simple glimpse at any forum on this topic should supply ample feedback.
Jeff Mowry
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How many times do they need to be told?
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CAD Administrator, Ultimate Survival Technologies
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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"Solidworks is unable to obtain required memory."
... go get some more, or you're screwed.
Third time I've seen it today.
Dassault never heard of paging?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."
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Like sorting by filename in a pick list.
I.e.,
RE52722.sldprt ... comes before
RE508577-02.sldprt ... huh?
On what planet is that a correct sort order?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Do you get the same result if the -02 is omitted?
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.... Hmmm. Upon further inspection, it must _be_ File Manager... which is expressing the same bizarre behavior.
The ...-02 sorts right after the ...-01, and right before the same number with no dash. Which is okay. But the filenames are not sorted in character order, left to right, and I'm not seeing the pattern.
... But it must be a behavior that's considered normal on whatever planet Redmond, WA is really on.
Not a SW bug; sorry.
Oh, but while I'm here, when I _do_ have to search for a component file, why do I have to do it twice? I.e. if I say, the file you want is in a different directory under a slightly different name, then I am asked the same question again and have to repeat the process. Which wouldn't be nearly so annoying if our products didn't have thousands of components.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Open the assy and get the "Unable to locate the file..." message.
Select Yes.
Browse to and double-click the file.
Assy loads.
Save assy.
At which step are you being asked twice?
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I get the same dialog all over, but now the file manager window opens in the directory where the file already is... and showing the old file name.
Maybe moving _and_ renaming is getting things confused.
Not that I can do anything about it. The former principal user was in the middle of moving a lot of stuff around when he left.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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If the missing reference file is in a sub-assembly you need to open and resolve the sub-assembly.
Start at the bottom of your assembly structure and work to resolve up to the top level asm.
Then you will not be asked again when you open the top level assembly.
The sort issue is more likely a Windows thing, SW is just making call to the Windows File System. Windows does not know how to sort very well.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP5.0, Windows Vista SP1
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Why does SolidWorks distribute a free utility (DWG Gateway) that adds this functionality to ACAD...
Joe
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