I looked in the archives for an answer to my question but I didnt find what I was looking for.
(SW 2012)
While in an assembly, I would like to take a few parts and create a sub-assembly. These parts have external references (screw holes) defined in the top level. When I create the sub-assembly...
SW2010 SP5.0 I download models of cylinders (SMC) for example. I take that cylinder assembly and save it as a part file. In the newly created part file, I create configurations of advanced and retracted. I advance the cylinder by inserting a move/Copy bodies feature. I then suppress the...
Our part files are part numbers only. For example "123-456.sldprt". Looking at that part number, I would have no idea what this part is. I would like to see a description while in windows explorer or when I am in Solid Works and select "file open". Is there a way to display custom properties...
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I have completed a feature using the Loft command. I lofted to a point, but I used guide curves to adjust the profile. It seems like I am getting a little point at the top of my feature that I can't see. I have detected it using the check entity tool. It tells me...
I have a 6" x 6" flat plate. I would like the left half to be red and the right half to be blue. I also want the two colors to blend in the middle, not just go from red to blue. Is this a function in solidworks colors or rendering?
90% of the people in my company have a rotate/ zoom problem with SW2008/ SW2009. This never happened in SW2006. While in a part or assy (mostly assemblies) if I select a surface and then try and rotate, my assembly rotates, but only in the small command menu box that appears after you select a...
Excel crashes almost every time I edit a design table in 2009. I am on a 64bit Vista operating system, 12gb ram, Intel Xeron, SW2009 sp2. Other people in my department have been having similar problems. Anybody else seen or fixed this? Thanks in advance.
Just got a new computer with Windows 7 (64 bit) operating system. When I am in Solidworks 2008 and attempt to open a file, none of the files have a preview. Anybody else have this problem?
My company just upgraded from SW2006 to SW2008. 2008 seems to lag when dimensioning sketches and drawings. Is it just me, or have others seen this as well?
The properties tab is missing when I go to a 2008 part file's properties in explorer. I can see custom properties of SW 2006 files, but not properties of 2008 files. Is there a chack box that I have overlooked? I have no idea where to start looking.
I am getting 2 error messages when I try to open some of my solidworks parts, assy's, and dwgs. 1)"Unexpected end of file" then it boots me out of a drawing, and 2)"Unexpected file format" then it suppresses all the files that have this problem in my assy. All files were ok as of this morning. I...
There are tons of property editor macros floating around the internet. I can't seem to find the one I am looking for. Does anybody have a macro that edits the custom properties of a solidworks drawing file without opening the file?
ex. I have 10 drawing files in a directory. The drawings have...
I have an entire directory of drawing files that are 9,10,11 meg. If I open one of the files and do a "save as" to another name, the file size drops down to 300k. Has anybody ever seen this? It does not seem to be block related. The format.slddrt is also reasonable size. I am in SolidWorks 2006.
I can take characters from the sw file NAME and place them in the sw custom properties of the dwg using a macro. Does anybody have a macro that would allow me to take parts of a file PATH and apply them to a sw property?
ex.
file path: J:1234/abcd/567.slddwg.
custom property would read: 1234567.
I have a problem that I have never seen. I have an assembly that I copied with references, renamed and made some minor changes to. I then copied the original assembly drawing to a new location and changed the name. now I want to change the new(copied)drawing file references to the new assembly...
I have a part with a tapped hole. the part file has cosmetic thread, and the part drawing has cosmetic thread. My assembly drawing does not have cosmetic thread. Is there a setting that will turn cosmetic threads on in an assembly drawing?
I am constantly changing between in. and mm. in my measure tool. Does anyone know of a macro that will automaticly open the measure tool in inches, and a second macro that will open the measure tool in mm? Maybe macro is not the way to go...I'm not sure how to address this issue, any suggestions?
Using custom properties or linked properties in a drawing sheet, does anyone know of a way to take a file name, ex. (1234-014-D002.slddwg, 1234-014-D003.slddwg, 1234-014-D004.slddwg) and strip out the 002, 003, 004 to create a sheet number?
