When I rmb on Equations (in the Feature Manager) then click Manage Equations I get a window were I can do just that. When my colleague sitting behind me with the same hardware, software and settings rmbs on Equations then Manage Equations he gets nothing. We are using the same part file.
We have...
This seems to be a fairly simple question but for some unknown reason no one is mentioning it either on the www or books on FEA and SW Simulation. Please take a look at the attached image and, please, let me know what do I have to do in order to analyze this truss with the restraints and load as...
I am new to SW Simulation. I would like to do a static analysis of a truss using the truss option in SW Simulation. My question is how do I add loads and restraints on the truss in areas away from joints?
I need help in mating two faces in an assembly in SW2011 SP5.0. First component is fixed, second component is completely free and I can move it freely with my mouse. The faces are close to each other. I click on mate, select the first face then the second face, I select "parallel" for the type...
This is happening with an older drawing created by someone who is out of reach. I open the drawing and all the views are greyed out in the feature manager. The sheet and sheet format are available.
The drawing views are not visible in the graphic area. Just the sheet format and the BOM are...
I use to have and use a macro like that downloaded from the web. I could use it again but I can't find it anymore. It was exporting all settings of a SW file to an Excel sheet or importing previously exported settings to another file. I think it was created by Stefan Berlitz but maybe not.I...
I have some VB programs and some VBA programs to help me with my work. They worked fine in SW2009 x32. After I upgraded to SW2009x64 (Windows XP) they started this annoying behaviour that the window they open goes to the bottom of the windows on my screen and I have to dig for it. Same...
I received a part in Inventor format from one of my suppliers and it won't open in SolidWorks. I don't even know if the file is valid or not. I am asking someone who has Inventor please download the part and repost it in step or acis format so I can insert it in my assembly.
I have two parts imported with errors by someone else. I was able to run Import Diagnostics in one part and fix it. In the second part the "Import Diagnostics" line in the menu is greyed out. SW help does not mention anything about it. What is the problem and how can I run Import Diagnostics?
I know this has been discussed so many times but a search on the forum reveals no solution. So I am getting it again in an assembly created by someone else who was let go recently. We had to down size. Anyway, I was hopping this "failed to save" was a thing of the past but SolidWorks Corporation...
Please take a look at the attached sheet metal part. When I click the unfolding button I get an error. If I suppress the holes on the side wall I don't get the error anymore. Those holes should not affect in any way the folding/unfolding. Can anyone explain what's happening? Is this a bug? I am...
Is there a way to stop the name of the configuration be shown in the BOM with the quantity property? I can edit the column to delete the configuration name but any rebuild will bring it back. I am using SW2009 SP2.1
It used to be like this:
1. Insert a drawing view
2. Move mouse to the left, left projected view was dinamically generated, click to fix it
3. Move mouse up, upper projected view was generated, click to fix it
4 . Move mouse 45 degrees to the left and up, iso view was generated, click to fix...
I never had an issue like this before SW2009 SP2.0.
I created an assembly by copying references and changing the names of the components. I've done this hundreds of times before. This time all the part numbers in the new assembly came in lower case, like g16s-11-202 instead of G16S-11-202. The...
I am running a small VBA program which at some point may call in an external exe program, then returns to VBA. The problem I have is it does not return to the point where the exe program was called. It keeps running to the end, in parallel. How do I stop it while running the exe to return in the...
We are using mainly sheet metal parts to build our machines. Our laser machine program accepts only dxf drawings. I am looking at ways to speed up a little bit the generation of flat patterns for our models.
1. One problem I have right know is how to control which face SW will show when...
What should I do to make the custom properties "stick" to a SW file?
I have this issue since SW2007 SP2.2. I am using now SW2008 SP3.0
I use a VB6 macro to add the custom properties to assemblies and parts so they would show up in the BOM. For some unknown reason after I close the files their...
