I'm using Dr Abe on Windows 10, though it is officially unsupported. I've been using it around a year or so, but all of a sudden yesterday I started getting some errors and weird behavior. Windows installed some updates, and I also updated SolidWorks to the latest SP the same day, so not sure...
I'm currently in the process of implementing a part numbering system from scratch, and I'm just curious to see what software you guys are (or aren't) using to store/generate your part numbers and all subsequent information. I welcome all tips/questions/comments/suggestions/etc as I basically...
I just upgraded to 2013, and the first thing I wanted to test was the bend note controls. I love having more control over bend notes, finally, however I'm experiencing some issues. If I open up an older drawing, bend notes are displayed according to the document's units settings, as they...
Using 2012 SP3.0 here, and I just noticed that I can not click a part in an assembly, and edit the sketch of whichever feature is selected. I can edit the part, or add a new sketch, but not edit the existing one. If I right click the feature in the tree, then I can edit the sketch, but that...
Good morning everyone!
There is a Chicago SolidWorks Users Group meeting next Wednesday, May 30. I've been trying to get to one of these for a while now, but the situation I was in made it quite difficult. Well now I will finally be able to get to one. I'm pretty excited.
Does anyone here...
I've been working with SolidWorks and sheet metal for about 10 years, but in all that time the forming tools have all been set up already. Well, now I'm in charge of setting them up and there's something I just can't quite figure out (help files are pretty uninformative for forming tools).
The...
Is there an easy way to run through about 15,000 DXFs and check whether or not they contain any entities on certain layers?
Basically, I need to open each DXF and know if it has any lines on layer 9 or 10. At the same time, each DXF should have a textual note in layer 10, which I need to NOT...
We have a lot of parts that have long cuts where the lines are about a tenth of an inch apart. The problem is when the laser goes over the first long cut, and then back along the second line, there is a lot of splatter, the metal gets too hot, and best case scenario is the laser stops cutting...
Does anyone know if it's possible to link an equation to the bend allowance in a sheet metal part?
I'm trying to do it a few different ways, and I'm not having much luck.
Thanks
SW2009 SP4.0
We start out making a sheet metal part. Then we make a drawing for said part, with a separate sheet for the flat pattern so we can export it as a DXF. I know you can do that from the part itself, but to do it from the drawing gives us a little more control over the DXF and any...
I have a macro that I made in SW2008 that do not seem to work in SW2009. The problem seems to lie within the following line of code:
visibility = swApp.DocumentVisible(False, swDocPart)
When I run the macro, I get an error that says "Compile error: Expected Function or variable" and it...
We are on SW2009 SP4.0, using Windows XP Pro 64bit, with 8GB RAM.
This problem is very repeatable, I just wanted to check with you guys before we open up a case with our VAR. That being said, when working in a part and you click the smart dimension button, it pops up with three options in the...
I've seen Handleman's post on controlling properties of parts based on the parent assembly, and it seems like it could help me with something I've been trying to accomplish for a while now. I don't get exactly how it works, and the new API help file just confuses me. My goal is (seems) pretty...
So we finally updated to 2009 (SP 2.1) last week, and initially, everything seemed to be working. I came into work after the weekend, and now whenever I try to look at the custom properties, I get nothing but problems.
It doesn't matter if it's in a part, assembly, or a drawing. When I click...
Can API be used to insert parts into an assembly as internally saved parts?
AddComponent4 and InsertNewPart2 both need the part to have a filename. I have searched through the help file, as well as prior threads, but don't see much referring to internal parts.
So a coworker asked if I could model a Gordian Knot. I did. It's not perfect, but in 2D it looks great. I made it by sweeping a quarter of an ellipse and putting two of those in an assembly. Then I made an AutoCAD style spring with them, and did a circular pattern. Then I just filled in the...
I have a subwoofer, Infinity Reference 1230w, and the Polypropylene cone has separated from the Butyl Rubber Surround. Is there an inexpensive adhesive suitable for this bonding the two back together? I really have no idea where to look for this kind of thing, and I really wouldn't trust...
Is there an option somewhere that ignores the "Do you want to open document(s) read-only?" dialog? If I open multiple parts from PDM that are checked in and all I want to do is view them, I have to click OK for each one. I looked through the options but didn't see it.
So after a couple months of preperation and fixing compatibility issues, we are finally live with PDM. Our first issue has to do with major/minor revisions and the where used tab. Logically, to me at least, the point of a minor revision is to change info on a file without the need to update...
If you right click a configuration, you can specify what the part number will be in the BOM. Generally we have our part number as the file name, but occasionally it is impossible (i.e. using a "/") so we must use "User Specified Name". Is there a way to link a note in a drawing to this name...
