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  1. dedevo

    AB ControlLogix - SetPoint change monitoring?

    A bit of a strange question here... I have achieved what I need through just ladder programming, but I wonder if there is a more elegant solution. My project requires displaying both Liters and Gallons. The setpoints must be able to be input in both Liters and Gallons. But, if I change the...
  2. dedevo

    Upgrading RSLogix

    Paying for VMs just doesn't seem to make any sense to me... To avoid paying more for a newer version, we need to pay for a rugged VM system? No thanks. I have had marginal success using "Windows XP Mode," the free stuff from Microsoft. Linking your COM port to their VM is fairly easy, but it...
  3. dedevo

    Non-Uniform Pressure Load

    So I have a simple rectangular tank. I placed my Pressure load on the inside faces. The non-uniform distribution would be something like this: P = ro * g * h h is the Y+ ro * g is the value I put in to the box. My question is: Units What units does Simulation use when solving this? Based on...
  4. dedevo

    How to keep cut-out feature in Smart Component paired to Component?

    You'd probably be better off defining each configuration (where you want the slot) in a design table. But for in-context, check out the assembly I uploaded. Move the plates around and the hole will change locations. Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP...
  5. dedevo

    How to keep cut-out feature in Smart Component paired to Component?

    I don't think you are looking to use Smart Components. This sounds more like you will need to define "In Context" relations for your "Cut-Out" (2) sketches. Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0
  6. dedevo

    SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

    I was watching a vid online showing some electrical routing in SW and at 1:00 in to the video, he saves his file and selects "Flatten Route" where he can then make a diagram of the electrical ribbon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHGGdanZ-Q&feature=related I am making a route with tubing, but...
  7. dedevo

    Equations never evaluate

    Can you post a Screenshot of your "Equations" window? Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0
  8. dedevo

    SketchUp to SW

    I worked for a company while I was still in school that couldn't afford a large Eng department. But I convinced them to buy SketchUp. It works great for layouts, architectural designs and mockups. But it is annoying to make anything dynamic, mechanical (moving) or impossible to do analysis...
  9. dedevo

    Access "Author" and "Comments" properties in VBA macro

    Change Dimension Example (VBA) http://help.solidworks.com/2011/english/api/sldworksapi/Change_Dimension_Example_VB.htm Personally I've never seen a macro auto-run in SW. It seems like a security hole to me anyway. To reference an external file, would be some direct VB.NET code...
  10. dedevo

    2010 macros in 2011

    Sometimes it becomes impossible to keep old libraries alive, and thus, new ones need to be created. IModelDoc was outdated, or couldn't do whatever the SW devs needed. So they took the functionality in it and made... IModelDoc2 which included a lot of new functionality...
  11. dedevo

    edge lines of model not there

    Can you post a SS of your problem headaike? Maybe you're in "Large Assembly Mode" ? Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0
  12. dedevo

    Any clipboard manager utilities that work with SWX?

    For Custom Properties, try using the "Property Tab Builder". You can find it in the start menu. You can get the drop down menus to link to a text file; then you can select the "commonly used data" or manually enter anything else you might want simply as text. I use this to enter Job info...
  13. dedevo

    ForceRebuild3 is not returning FALSE if there are rebuild errors.

    ... value = instance.ForceRebuild3(TopOnly) ... Are you expecting the sub-assemblies to be rebuilding too? You have passed "True" in to the Parameters for ForceRebuild3. Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0
  14. dedevo

    Add revision to part files based on drawing revision (bulk)

    Just to add fuel to the fire: What if you have a drawing with multiple parts, assemblies, or construction details? One part on the drawing might change, but not all of them. Your drawing and that one part will increment, but the rest have remained the same. So your parts may change, but the...
  15. dedevo

    Title Block Changes Justification When Edited

    Think of a TextBox like a point. When you left align the text, the text expands away from the origin. When you centre align it, the text expands equally on each side of the origin. As for your problem with the text boxes messing up in your Title Block, check if you have them set to "Follow...
  16. dedevo

    Strange Behaviour?

    Thanks Updraft. The process works, very manual, but that's the price I pay for not knowing that PnG doesn't drill to every config. I'm going to have to keep an eye on all of these references now. Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0
  17. dedevo

    Strange Behaviour?

    Sorry, forgot to attach the SS Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical] Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=1a5ea870-c513-415a-bae3-7cf8655c8b26&file=incorrect_refs.JPG
  18. dedevo

    Strange Behaviour?

    Here is a SS of my "Find References" for my TL assembly: CW001AM.sldasm The old TL assembly is: [WIP] .....sldasm (3rd entry in the SS) There are only 2 folders of interest: Jan 20, and Mar 2. So CW001AM.sldasm is looking for all kinds of things back in Jan 20. At this point I have so many...
  19. dedevo

    Strange Behaviour?

    So far, the ones I've looked in to, it looks like the assemblies that had features suppressed (configurations) when "Pack & Go" started. All of these assemblies are calling the parts back in the old folder. The new Top Level Assembly (CW001.sldasm) references the OLD TL ([WIP].sldasm). Now...
  20. dedevo

    Strange Behaviour?

    I did a "Pack & Go" on my model a few weeks ago in order to generate drawings from an unchanging model. However, now that I am already a few weeks in, I have discovered that it didn't pack everything. When I go to my top level assembly and do a "Find References" it is returning parts and...

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