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  1. engAlright

    Countersunk Holes and Implied 90

    Section 1.8.12 of Y14.5-2009 indicates that for countersunk holes "...the diameter and included angle of the countersink are specified.". In the corresponding figure 1-39 the countersink feature is shown dimensioned with a 90° angle. Why is an angle dimension required when the included angle...
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    Cylindrical Feature with Inclined Datum

    Hi All, Let's say I have a round bar with Datum A defined as the center axis. Then I cut the bar at an angle, and make this angled surface datum B (inclined datum). Do Datums A and B comprise a fully constrained datum reference frame for additional features, or is a tertiary datum required? In...
  3. engAlright

    Rounding "Problem" on Dims?

    We have two parts, that are mirrors of each other, that each have dimensions that measure 33.96875. Our standard is 16th fractional dims for these parts - on one drawing the above dimension shows as 34", on the other drawing the equivalent dim shows 33 15/16". When you set each dim to decimal...
  4. engAlright

    PDMWorks Enterprise 2006

    Just wanted to see if there's anyone here who has upgraded from Conisio to PDMWorks Enterprise 2006, with SQL server 2005. And if so, how has the upgrade impacted the speed of their vault either negatively or positively (speed as in speed of database operations like logging in, searching etc...
  5. engAlright

    Create E-drawing Silently

    Does anyone know if, through API or otherwise, whether it's possible to create an e-drawing silently from a Solidworks document WITHOUT opening that Solidworks document?
  6. engAlright

    API Stability Tips?

    I've got an API program that runs through a directory of about 10,000 parts, assemblies and drawings and does various things to them (open in Solidworks, lock references, re-orient to ISO, edit custom props, save). Some of these documents have errors, and the odd one seems to lock up...
  7. engAlright

    Sw-World Follow-Up

    At Solidworks world this year I remember hearing that a CD was going to be distributed to all conference attendees with the break-out session presentations on it. Has anyone received this CD? Is it possible to get it directly from Solidworks?
  8. engAlright

    Moving an Administrative Image

    We have a number of Solidworks client installations that were installed from an administrative image. This administrative image has to be moved, so the path to it on the server has to change. Of course, the path to the admin image on the clients then has to change also, or else you can't...
  9. engAlright

    SAP and Solidworks

    I am interested in hearing about anyone's experience using the SAP-Solidworks PDM integration tool from GEDAS. I'm particularly interested to hear how you have benefited/not benefited from having SAP integrated to Solidworks in the design department. Also wondering, if your design department...
  10. engAlright

    2006 Beta?

    Just got the e-mail today notifying me of the 2006 Beta testing program to start at the end of March. Maybe it's just my poor memory - but doesn't it seem that this is happening a little sooner than for previous releases? Sp2 hasn't even been officially released yet and they're already putting...
  11. engAlright

    Remote Graphics Software

    Is anyone out there using HP Remote Graphics software? Our company is spreading out pretty quickly - we currently run PDMWorks but it doesn't run terribly well over a WAN so we are looking at some PDM packages that can handle multiple sites to replace it. The thought is that rather than having...
  12. engAlright

    RAM Limitation

    I know there are some other posts that have made reference to this, but I"m wondering if there's anyone out there who has had this problem. One of designers is trying to open a file, and RAM usage peaks at just under 1GB. Computer Specs: Windows XP SP1 <BOLD>2GB RAM</BOLD> P4 2.0Ghz NVidia...
  13. engAlright

    Weight Units on Drawing

    On a drawing you can link a note to a "Weight" custom property in a model. The value of this "weight" custom property can be driven by a design table in which you just use this string: "SW-MASS@@[CONFIGURATION NAME]@[PART NAME]" Such that the weight custom property is linked to the mass of...
  14. engAlright

    Import from ProE

    Has anyone run in to any problems with Solidworks crashing when importing PRO-E assembly files directly in to Solidworks SP4.2? The error I'm seeing says something about "Family table instance detected of generic part...Could not locate instance accelerator...instead generic component will be...
  15. engAlright

    API problem in 2005?

    Has anyone had any problems with the basic Solidworks objects in Solidworks 2005? My code includes the following lines in a sub (pretty standard stuff): Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Set swApp = Application.SldWorks Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc Debug.Print...
  16. engAlright

    Retrieve Custom Properties Silently?

    Does anyone have any ideas as to how you could, through the API, retrieve custom properties from a part or assembly when that part or assembly isn't open?
  17. engAlright

    Becoming...a VAR

    I'm curious - how does one go about becoming a Solidworks VAR?
  18. engAlright

    PDMWorks Options Not Retained

    Hi all - one of our users has just received a brand new workstation with Windows XP SP1, and has noticed that his PDMWorks Client Option settings are not retained after he restarts the computer. There is only one profile on the machine besides the administrator profile, and that profile has...
  19. engAlright

    COSMOSMotion Manuals

    Is anyone aware of any available reference materials for COSMOSMotion? I've been able to find some useful books on COSMOSWorks from Amazon, but there doesn't seem to be anything similar for COSMOSMotion. Thanks!
  20. engAlright

    PDMWorks - references disappear

    There are a number of small assemblies in our PDMWorks vault (2004, sp1.0) that even though previous revisions list the references correctly, the latest rev lists no references. When you "Open Document" from the vault, none of the parts referenced by the assembly appear in the references box...

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