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We use PDMWorks and recently started checking in Office files, mainly Word and Excel. I know that PDMWorks uses Edrawings for viewing SolidWorks files and according to my VAR, Edrawings does not work with Office files. My question is this; does anyone know of a way to be able to view...
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We recently upgraded to SW2008, had no reason to do it earlier, and now our users are complaining that editing a sketch takes much longer than in 2007. I have compared the two and there definitely is a difference. My question is this, is the delay in 2008 when double clicking on a...
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I know that are a lot of SolidWorks users and programmers here that have posted some very useful code and macros. I use them but unfortunately, don't understand how they work or what the code means. I think programming is something that I would like to learn. Soon, I might have an...
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I am puzzled as to why I am not able to get the copy settings wizard to work. I am trying to copy my settings from my work computer which is running SW2007 to my home computer on which I have installed SW2008 for testing.
I able to copy them out fine from my work computer but...
I have created a new custom property in SolidWorks that I wish to have in all of our SolidWorks files. The property is called LastCheckedInBy and I would like to have PDMWorks write the value for that custom property after a check in operation has been performed on the file. The value would...
I have searched this forum and found thread559-130583 which specifically mentions Wacom pen tablets. Since that thread is closed I would like to pose the question to the users who were using the pen tablets back then.
First are you still using the pen tablets, how do you like them and do you...
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I have been tasked to come up with a procedure to automatically generate PDF's of all our released drawings at the time we release them into PDMWorks. I know it can be done with the Advanced Server, which we have, using the trigger functionality. The problem is I don't know how to do...
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I have searched the SW help and have not been able to find what I am looking for.
Now, I will tap into the vast knowledge of the users here.
I want to know if there is a way to change the automatic date format that is used in the revision table. It uses 8/2/2006 for example and I...
Is there a way to hide or turn off the display state name field that usually show as <Display State-1> for all configurations of an assembly. We seldom use display states and would rather not see the display state name field unless we actually create a display state.
Regards,
Dan Olid
SW2006...
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I come again in search of answers. I have run this by my VAR and they are stumped so I am hoping someone here can help.
One of our users inserts a bmp into his drawing and all he gets is an outline box or an icon instead of the actual image.
When we insert the object we make sure...
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I have done a search in the Edrawing help as well as the PDMWorks help and have not found what I am looking for. I have also searched here with no luck. So now I will just ask the users. I want to know what other type in any, of CAD files are visible with the Edrawing viewer...
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I just looked up current SPR's at the SW website and noticed that SW has come out with a customer web portal. It looks pretty cool and is pretty easy to use until you click on "forgot password". Has anyone else tried it or have any thoughts on it?
Regards,
Dan Olid
SW2006 SP4.1
PDMW...
I am having trouble releasing legacy data files that were recreated in Solidworks into PDMWorks. I was under the impression that you could release files into the PDM at whatever revision level you wanted. I have a part and drawing file that I want to release into the vault at revision "C". I...
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As I mentioned a week ago we are new to PDMW, switched over from Smarteam, and are still learning all the can and can't does of PDMW. There is a user here that wants to delete his entire working directory except the files he has ownership of because he may have made changes that he...
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We finally switched from Smarteam to PDMWorks and I have a lot to learn. One of our users is asking me if there is a way to have assemblies check out of the vault with "latest released" components like we did in Smarteam. I know that we can always get the latest, however the latest...
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Does anyone know what happened to the ability to add the "Description" to a file while you save it? We have not changed anything in our templates, so I am really puzzled.
Is there a new setting somewhere to turn on and off the "Description" field during a save? Ours is greyed out...
I have searched and have not come across what I am looking for.
Here is what I am trying to do. In a part, I want to add a GDT frame and attach it to a dimension. I know that we can do it on drawings by dropping it on the dimension. Is that functionality not avialable for parts?
Regards,
Dan Olid
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I am stumped and need some feedback. I have a bom in an assembly drawing in which 2 component part numbers keep reverting to what appears to be the document name even though I am specifically asking for the configuration name to show up on bom in the configuration properties window for...
I have tried searching for this topic and had no results. So I will pose the question instead.
I need to roll back our version of Solidworks from 2005 SP 3 to 2005 SP 1.1 on our test machine. How can I do this?
Has anyone out there come across a Solidworks error message that reads "Attempted to use an object that has ceased to exist"
We use an embedded Word document for our general notes and
an embedded Excel document for our revision block for our pre 2004 drawings. Both are on the sheet format...
