Has anyone used Solidworks MDB? I had first heard about they style of detailing about 8-10 years ago at a former company, another engineer was trying to move things towards that style of details because he had used it before with Pro E. We did not move forward with that approach. I have 2...
We have 5-6 machines with Solidworks or Solidworks Explorer loaded on them. We have one license for Professional that allows us to use Workgroup PDM. There are times that the Solidworks Professional license will not be released. One example that happened this morning. I launched solidworks...
I am sorry if this has been covered before but I did not find an answer when I did a search.
I am in line to get a new computer, Lenovo W530, and wondering if SW 2012 will run on Windows 8. I have a network license so I cannot test this out on my home PC which runs Windows 8. SW2013 is not an...
I am pretty new to the rendering side of things. I have been fudging for a year or so but now I need to create a bunch of renderings of product and everything needs to be stadardized. I have about 10 products that I need to render and the scale of the products all needs to be the same. I also...
Is there anyone looking for some side work to write a program for use in Solidworks DWG editor?
We are looking to automate some of our processes and looking for some programming help. We make a product that comes on a string and needs to be laid out at different spacing’s and lengths depending...
I am looking for a material to over mold a PCB, there will be a clear PC lens on top, a PVC supporter (with lens captures PCB in the mold) and 2 nylon wires that run through the part. Size is approximately 2"L x .8"W x.25H" We have used a TPE but when exposed to 90C temperature the material on...
I am looking to over mold some electronics for outdoor usage. I am looking for a material where I can put a PCB and wires into a mold. The inject material to complete encapsulate the PCB, providing protection against moister. There will be a couple exposed LED's on the board and the device...
This topic was covered in the past and the posting has been closed, http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=205851. However, the macro posted by Handleman, a macro guru, will not work in SW2009. I have tried this on two computers and get the same results on both, Compile error: Can't find...
I have not had any luck looking this up in help or here, but I know it can be done because I have done it before. I cannot remember how to rotate a drawing view when inserting a model view. When in a drawing, I have a rectangular shape, when SW brings in the shape it wants to put the long side...
We have 5 network licenses and 5 engineers who are daily users. We also have 4 partial users, 2-3 times a month. In the near future we will be adding 1 maybe 2 dedicated FEA machines. Ideally we would have more license than we do. I would like to be able to build a case to purchase more...
