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  1. dakeb

    Assembly Save As

    Hi, I am new to Solid Edge and come from Catia/Creo. This is SE 2020 running on Teamcenter. I want to do a save as using an existing assembly model, and at the same time save some of the components to new names, but not all. I cannot seem to find the save as command that would list all the...
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    Air Volume

    What is the best way of calculating air volume in a complex 3d assembly? In Creo I used to create a model of the air then using merge, subtract the models that intersected it. Does Catia have a similar function?
  3. dakeb

    Pattern Text

    Hi, In modelling I have a plate with a pattern of holes in it. I want to create text for the first hole, and then pattern it to all the other holes but be able to modify the text at each instance. Can this be done? Thanks David
  4. dakeb

    identify unused models in drawing

    Guys, I don't do much drafting, but have picked up a large multi-sheet drawing with many models in it, and I am sure some of them are not used in the drawing views. How can I identify which models are unused, and can therefore be deleted to speed up load and regeneration times? Thanks Dave
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    HLR for quilts

    Hi, WF3. I have a drawing with a number of sheets and views that I want to enable HLR for quilts. I have selected View/Properties on some of them and successfully hidden the quilts. However, there is one projection view containing a local section that the option is greyed out, and it is not...
  6. dakeb

    General Tolerances - Metric

    Guys, In a metric drawing you cannot use the number of decimal places to control the acuracy in the general tolerance block, because standards do not allow trailing zeros in metric dimensions. ISO get around this with a specific general tolerance standard, ISO 22768, which bases the accuracy...
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    helical pitch in relation

    Hi, I want to construct a helical sweep with a constant pitch. The pitch must be driven by a dimension in the model (e.g. d34). Problem. When I define the helical sweep it allows me to enter the pitch as d34 in the dialogue box, but when d34 changes it doesn't update parametrically and I have...
  8. dakeb

    Figure-8 formula

    Hi guys, I think I need the help of a mathematician, so I am posting this here. I am trying to construct a figure-8 curve in ProE and have so far not found the right expression. The type of figure-8 curve I need is a full circle, constant radius throughout, i.e. two full circles tangential to...
  9. dakeb

    Figure-8 Helix

    Hi guys, Is it possible to do a helical type sweep, but in a figure-8 format? e.g. imagine a spring wound in a figure-8 style, around two parallel mandrels? cheers, Dave
  10. dakeb

    ProE Crash !

    Hi, I was working in a PDMLink Workspace checking in and updating files, when PDMLink just shut down. Now when I try to start it I get to the login, but as soon as I log in it shuts down immediately. Any suggestions? Cheers Dave
  11. dakeb

    rename family table frustration!

    I imported a large assy into a workspace in PDMLink as new parts, opened it in WF3. I needed to rename a large amount of the parts, so I got all three hundred drawings in session, and all the sub assys loaded. I systematically gave the parts proper part numbers, tooke me two days, whilst...
  12. dakeb

    Rounding Times

    Guys, I couldn't find the answer to this by searching. If I have a time enterered into a cell as hh:mm is there a way of rounding the time up or down automatically to the nearest quarter-hour (i.e. Excel chooses which way to round it)? e.g. if the time entered is 18:23, Excel must round it up...
  13. dakeb

    Batch import and rename

    Guys, I have been given 512 files (assy, parts, & drawings) and want to import them all into PDMLink, and at the same time attach a project prefix to each filename to ensure no duplication in the database. Is there a way of importing these as a batch and simultaneously renaming them? Thanks Dave
  14. dakeb

    Repeating Datums

    Guys, WF3. When I show flat plane datums on a drawing ProE allows me to repeat them as many times as I want in as many views as I want. No problem. However, the same is not true for datum axes (from a cylindrical surface). I can show it in one view, and it disappears in another. Why can I...
  15. dakeb

    repeat datums multi sheet drawings

    Guys, On a multi-sheet drawing of a comlex machined part I want to specify some of the datums on more than one sheet so that the manufacturer is not continually flicking thru sheets looking for them. I am not sure if that is regarded as dual-dimensioning, I cannot find anything in ISO 5459 or...
  16. dakeb

    Removing holes from section view

    Hi Guys, Using Wildfire 3 and PDMLink. I am modifying someone elses assembly drawing, and they have created a lot of patterns of holes as assembly features. As I am showing some unmachined sections, I want to exclude the holes from the section views. I know I cannot add features to a...
  17. dakeb

    Assy too large to load in ProE

    Hi, I have 2GB ram but for a particular large assembly it always runs out of memory before loading up and crashes ProE. I only want to load it to create a step file to export. Am running WF3 on PDMLink. Has anyone any suggestions how to get this done? To open each sub-assy to create the step is...
  18. dakeb

    Batch rename NX4 files

    Guys, We have about 14000 nx4 native files we want to globally rename and maintain the links in the assemblies. We don't have Teamcenter yet, is there a batch file we could use to do this? Thanks Dave
  19. dakeb

    Prompts when inserting drawing borders

    Guys, In ProE we could get automatic prompts when inserting drawing borders so that the user could go through a list of attributes that would then be automatically populated in the Title block. Does UG NX4 allow you to do this? Thanks, Dave
  20. dakeb

    teamcenter default role

    In teamcenter I have two roles, Cad Designer and Design Checker. Whenever I open Teamcenter my default role is Cad Designer. I want the default role to be Design Checker. How do I set it this way? Thanks, Dave

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