JJCPE
I too like your sandbox analogy. That is what Design is all about – the freedom to experiment and make changes without being tied to a bulky structure. In the last 2 companies I worked at we used the Excel method that EdDanzer mentioned. For fabricated parts and assemblies that...
JJCPE
Yes – TLA means 'Top Level Assembly' – at least to me. We had a lot of trouble with controlling Drawings when we first started with SolidWorks. There were 2 Engineers who never created drawing, 2 who did, and an overworked Draftsman who only worked on drawings (not me – I was one...
JJCPE
Please check out the thread that EdDanzer mentioned. A lot of what you are asking about was discussed there. At least there are some thoughts that you might find revelent about file naming and numbering systems.
To be honest, a lot of this has to do with personal...
phlyx
I’ve been up and down this road several times, and it really is easier than it sounds. There are a couple of things to keep in mind.
The first is that if you create a directory for your common files (parts, assemblies, drawings) on your network then sooner or later –...
Adrian
It sound like you need to spend a little time and get your standards established. This is what you need to do.
First – create a drawing and modify it so that it does everything you want. All of the settings that you are looking for can be found in the...
You can make the text of a cell occupy multiple lines by adding the text and entering Alt-Return and then adding more text.
The question is - what character is actually added when the Alt-Return is entered?
I want to use it in a formula like
=CONCATENATE($J3," ",$K3) - and replace...
JNR
There is defiantly a relationship between the size of the company and the amount of inspection that is preformed. At one company we had a 10-man machine shop, 1 full time inspector, and about 130 employees in total. In a much smaller company, we only had about 10 people involved in...
I apologize for the “all wet” statement. I didn’t mean it to be an insult or in any way derogatory – and I am sorry if it was taken that way.
JNR
I been using SW without PDM since 99. As a result, I do a lot of things manually because they are simply faster and easier for me. This...
DeadEye
That is a very good question. I don’t add GD&T to anything unless it has a critical feature and I am worried that I may not get the result I need unless it is added. To me the issue is the part and the process that will be used to create the part. If the part is small and...
EnglishMuffin
I would have to agree with you, but I have been called on too many times to explain what someone was trying to define using GD&T. To say that it can be confusing is putting it mildly. I learned GD&T at Control Data Corp. about 20 some odd years ago. I remember a lot of...
Cmm
Your reason for avoiding a "common parts folder" is all wet. If you do need to send an assembly to someone, you do not need to manually select the common parts. Simply open the assembly and do a SaveAs to a new directory and use the button to copy all of the Referenced...
DeadEye
I have used GD&T on and off over the last 20 years in a number of companies. The thing that you should (and I think you do) realize is that GD&T will only help a company that knows how to use it.
Even if a company does know how to use GD&T, I personally think they should...
I seem to be missing something. I'm not sure what the abreviation GD&T stands for. You are not referring to Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing are you? If you are, then ANSI is the place to go.
Lee
Andy330Hp
I will try to explain but I am using SW2001+ so there may be variations between what I see and what you see OK.
SW used the existing File Properties format that MS created and built the system so that the user could customize it in any way they saw fit. This allows you...
