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Hi all, Anybody heavy into top down design techniques? I understand the differences between it and bottom up but havent tried it on large assemblies(>1000 parts). Anyone have thoughts regarding performance?

Hi all, I'm told my part files should have a display state window below the config listing. Is this turned on somewhere?

Hi all, F9 hides feature manager, F10 hides toolbars, Crtl-F1 hides design library. Can a macro do all three, and undo with one key? Not having luck creating. Thanks SW2009 sp3.0

Hi All, I would like to create a timing chart using a display grid with the ability to snap to the intersections. It will be used as a timing display for cam paths. The sketch grid in SW would be ideal as it is customizable, but I need to convert it to a template keeping the snap feature. Adding...

Hi All, I will typically bring into assemblies commercial items that need alterations for our purposes, in their as bought state. I then "hide in all configurations" through the component properties. Some colleages, when viewing sections of large assemblies use hide to get at internal parts...

Hi All, I have a sub assembly which is made flexible within the top level. I have been offsetting one of the primary planes in the top level and using it as a mating plane to define the tooling height of the sub assembly. It has been working for a while now, but lately I get mate errors at the...

Hi all, I have an assembly in which all details are colored thru the appearance tab at the component level. The assembly built shows these colors. I recently created a drawing and everything turns gray in both the drawing and assembly. I can get color back at the assembly level but not the...

Good morning All, We have a number of assemblies such as cylinders, press units, pick and place units, etc. which are mated to allow movement to the their respective extreme positions generally using coincident mates. Configurations provide the options for these positions and work well. In...

The introduction of SW2009 highlighted a range of improvements as each release does. One highly noted was the use of display states. I recently tried to take advantage of this feature by creating an assembly with display states showing the expected part addition per operation. This assembly was...

Hi all, I believe we all know how SW holds onto RAM even after closing documents. Do any of you SW/WindowsXP gurus have any way that allows users to clear RAM after a solidworks document is closed? We are on SW2009 sp3 with 2Gb RAM per our VAR recommendation. We are also waiting for the upgrades...

Hi all, Can anyone commment on fixed versus mated parts in assemblies with regard to performance? I am in process of testing this but has anyone have any experiences. Thanks

Hi all, When bouncing in and out of assemblies editing parts, I see these parts are missing when going back to the assembly. I believe it only happens in assembly lightweight mode and Solidworks may know about it already. Has anyone else seen this in SW2009 sp3.0

Hi all, I received the note from our VAR containing a slew of videos introducing 2010. I mean really, these videos show guys whipping thru stuff, animations showing entire machine operations and the usual "best possible condition" for the software to run in. I understand it is for sales but come...

Hi all, We recently upgraded to SW2009 from 2007. Recently I have been unable to save an assembly (failed to save error message). In 2007, I downloaded a macro which rebuilt all configurations when I got this message, then was able to save. This does not seem to work in 2009. I can save parts...

Hi all, Since we upgraded to 2009 I cannot get toolbox to work properly, for one type of screw. We use socket caps primarily and when going to drag and drop I get the message attached(insert error.docx). After clearing, I can select the size I need but the cap screw will appear in space...

Hi all, Just upgraded to SW2009 sp3.0. I have an assembly created originally in SW2007 sp4.0. In a couple configs, I have some parts suppressed. These parts do not show in the configs they need to. They unsuppress in the tree but are not shown in the assembly. "Zoom to selection" from the...

Hi all, I have a drawing in which I created a section and a detail view from that. I cannot seem to select any feature in the detail view from which to dimension, add centerlines, etc. Has anyone experienced this before SW2007 sp4.0

Hi all, I have an sub assy with a few configurations. The default makes up a part of the main assembly and has a degree of freedom which I would use to check some moving clearances, when added flexible to the main. The other configs of the sub are locked solid for use in drawings. The issue is...

Hi all, Anyone know where I can get some information on the details of the cam designer in solidworks?

Hi all, quick one. I have a collegue who showed me a somple circular extrusion from a defined plane (top) whch appears skewed in the drawing. The circle sketch remains undefined even though it is centered on the origin and has a diameter. No relations other than being fixed are showing and this...