I have been waiting for many years for Geometric/SolidWorks to add the "Save As... DXF" as well as "Save As... IGES" to eDrawing. This would provide all the info our vendors need in one non-editable file, reducing the potential for error of parametrically updated 3D data no longer matching the...
justkeepgiviner,
You may be right about the video card. I updated my driver but it didn’t solve the problem.
I didn’t realize all the options available from the “Color and Appearance” menu to map pictures onto surfaces. This works great both in part and assembly and so far is stable (no need...
I love the Trace Sketch feature from ISDX to insert pictures in part mode as a reference to create geometry.
I would like to use the picture in an assembly to have all my parts reference the same picture. I tried to insert the part that as the picture into my assembly and the picture used to...
Is there a way to attach geometric tolerances to the dimensions of the 3D model? The goal is for my 3D models to have all the information necessary on them without looking at the 2D drawing. Then when the 3D part is pasted on a drawing, the tolerance would be attached to the corresponding...
Thanks for your reply MLoew.
Most of our customers are indeed using Pro-E, and it is going to play a role in my decision of which CAD package to adopt. But on the other hand, even when we send them Pro-E models, we save them as “dumb-solid” to remove the features history from the file (we send...
We have some Pro-E (2000i) and SolidWorks (2001) seats we used for isolated 3D projects. We are finely going to move from 2D to 3D for every part we make. And you guess it I am wondering whether to go with SolidWorks 2003 office or Pro-E wildfire. They both go for about $5000 with $1,300...
Thanks for the reply BillRND.
Well I guess checking in the vault my Excel ECN is better than nothing. I was hopping for a more secure way for each department to approve changes. If I check in my Excel ECN it will be easy for the other departments to claim that the file is corrupted "someone...
We do not have any PDM software and are thinking about getting PDMWorks.
Can you do the revision notices (ECR/ECN) using PDMWorks? What I am looking for is a place where manufacturing and production can approve the revision. We currently do it all on paper and it will be nice to have a database...
StarrRider,
I like your idea of having the first 3 letters of the part as the beginning of the part number, SHA-XXXX-XXX.
But what happen when you have two parts that start with the same 3 letters, like Cart and Cartridge? I guess we can use Synonyms. The other thing is that using letters (vs...
Lee, first thanks for the very good tips.
You said:
"An Old-Hand knows where to go while New-Bees spend a lot of time looking things up."
So here is a little help for the New-Bees :-)
The part number format we use where I work is XXX-XXXX-XXX. The first 3 digits define what kind of...
The line font is set to Phantom and it is still Phantom on the printout.
But here is how the line shows between two edges:
On the screen: |----- - - ---- - - ----|
On the printout: |-------- -- -- --------|
When I print to Full Scale the Phantom lines display correctly. But when I use the...
I like the fact that tangent edge can be displayed with their own font. The problem I have is that when I print the part, the line size is different on the printout than it is on the screen.
By size I mean the spacing between the dots in a dotted line for example.
(to show those lines I right...
You can install SolidWorks on Windows XP with a traditional install starting from SolidWorks 2001 +. If you have any previous version of SolidWorks (2001 and older) you will need to use the "Program Compatibility Wizard" (see my previous post).
I should add that I only tried it on...
I tried to install my SolidWorks 2001 on a Windows XP Home edition, and got the same error message. There is a way to get around it and run the setup by using the Program Compatibility Wizard (go to Start->Help and type: "Program Compatibility Wizard").
This got me past the...
