Stoker, I agree that the concept of Display States is a great addition to Solidworks, but I’ve already run into a couple of limitations with them.
1. Display States and Design Tables. Compare to Configurations in Design Tables...When you type in a new Config name, the Table creates a new...
I like the redesigned Hole Wizard as well.
Especially the fact that it gives a preview of each hole you create, not just the first point/hole.
System: Dell Precision 650—Intel Xeo @ 2.66 GHz with 1/2G RAM
OS: Windows 2000 SP3
Graphics: NVidia Quadro FX 500 128Mb (OpenGL set to Solidworks) V...
ctopher, you are correct, and I’m aware of that. Some of my questions may sound screwy to most people, but a lot of it has to do with the way I set my files up.
I have an assembly that has a few configurations, and each configuration needs its own drawing. Rather than have a boatload of...
Thank you, Scott. I guess I meant to say can I control them independently?
What you mentioned works, but it’s too global. Say I want to make my datum callout a little smaller. That’s going to apply the font size change to every datum as well as every dimension on every single sheet in my...
Is there a way to control the size of Datum Feature Symbols in an SW Drawing? Sometimes my datums seem ridiculously large when compared to the part I’m working on.
(BTW, I use the 1982 datum style, if that makes a difference)
System: Dell Precision 650—Intel Xeo @ 2.66 GHz with 1/2G RAM...
I can't help you, engAlright. My API knowledge is little-to-none. But maybe your problem and this one of mine are similar.
System: Dell Precision 650—Intel Xeo @ 2.66 GHz with 1/2G RAM
OS: Windows 2000 SP3
Graphics: NVidia Quadro FX 500 128Mb (OpenGL set to Solidworks)
Version: Solidworks...
Very good point here. If that component changes even the slightest bit, you'll have people questioning you on it, guaranteed.
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slorandy, you could also do the following: Have the SW Model file open of the component you want to reference.
Save As... a JPG picture.
Read that picture...
This sounds like a good application for an Alternate Position view if I'm reading you right.
If you have a configuration in your assembly with the mating part shown, you're ready to go.
In the drawing, activate the view you want to show the part referenced in and choose the Alt Position icon...
Ever since I discovered the beauty of the Hole Table for Detailing, I've been fighting its numbering/lettering system. Test have shown me that no matter in what order I pick the holes, Solidworks could care less when it numbers them into the table. The order the holes were created in the model...
Sounds like a 3D space error, yes.
Make sure you have a start plane selected before firing up the hole wizard.
System: Dell Precision 650—Intel Xeo @ 2.66 GHz with 1/2G RAM
OS: Windows 2000 SP3
Graphics: NVidia Quadro FX 500 128Mb (OpenGL set to Solidworks)
Version: Solidworks 2005, SP0.1
I’m no stranger to programming languages and am not intimidated by tackling something new. A few years ago, I learned VB just long enough to complete a project for a friend, then promptly forgot most of the basics.
Here’s the reasoning behind that question above, without getting too bogged...
I need to pose a simple question about API programming with VB6.
I want to write a larger macro, but am so rusty with VB programming that I am inching through, recording only snippets at a time and analyzing the code. When I record a macro and try to play it back, I get errors that I don’t...
I’ve contemplated sending an enhancement request in regards to dual dimensioning as well. Hey, when I need to dimension in angstroms and nanometers, I’m all set, and I appreciate the flexibility.
But I could really use one more: Custom units.
AutoCAD (forgive me, father) had this...
I've been trying to do the same thing in reverse for a while now.
I knew I wasn't using the right buzzwords.
I am trying to populate the contents of an assembly-level Design Table with the values in a Design Table of one of the Components.
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Also...my recent install of 2005...
I ran into this dilemma just yesterday!
My ham-handed solution was to turn off the Second dimension and extension lines (the ones pointing to the arc center) and typing "TO CENTER OF RADIUS" as a note on the dimension.
But as far as actually DOING what you asked...I dunno.
Just installed...
Sorry about the doubled text. I must have cut-and-pastepasted.
I wanted to bring this question back to the top because I haven’t found an answer yet.
My assembly file is a means to an end, really. By that I mean that I don’t have to provide a BOM of components because as far as the...
I wasn’t ignoring your BOM question from earlier--I didn’t see it until last night.
I don’t use Bills Of Material in my drawings (but maybe I should?). That may be in part because they were so cumbersome and daunting in UG. The information I’m trying to feed is in the title block.
I’m going...
Not dense at all...it's very tough to describe what I'm doing with just words and no example pictures. But you've picked right up on what I'm doing.
Yes, the DT in the assembly has a column that states the config of the stock component.
No, I don't have a column in the component DT that has...
