It's some compatibility problem between SW2011 and Windows - when your feature tree grows longer than your display area the scroll function isn't kicking in like it should. Just click the minimize button in the top right corner of the SW window then click it again to maximize the SW window - you...
I've had several things printed by Objet printers in Nylon (called White, Strong & Flexible by Shapeways) from STLs made from SW parts by Shapeways:
http://www.shapeways.com/
http://www.shapeways.com/materials/
Their price cannot be beat but you can't specify print orientation yet. I had one...
Take a look at using someone like Shapeways to print your parts:
http://www.shapeways.com/materials/
They're located in the Netherlands but I've had parts in White, Strong & Flexible material arrive in seven days after ordering them.
Shapeways is currently opening an office in New York city...
Try turning off Large Assembly Mode under system options.
I was having a problem with suppressed parts appearing in an assembly despite being listed as suppressed in the design table - doing this solved the problem.
Try disabling Large Assembly Mode under Tools-Options-System Options-Assembly.
I had one assembly go haywire in SW2011 - if I inserted it in a drawing suppressed parts and sub-assemblies became unsuppressed, parts and sub-assemblies flew off into space ignoring their mates and others vanished...
Your problem was caused by Large Assembly Mode (lightweight). Turn it off under Tools-Options-System Options-Assembly so parts will always be fully resolved rather than opening in Lightweight Mode and your problems are gone - my assembly works perfectly now.
Solidworks has assigned an SPR to...
It's not the graphics card - I have the same problem with one of my assemblies whenever I insert it in a drawing.
The assembly was useable for about a month in SW2011 (original assembly was built in SW2009) but suddenly began to act weird like your assembly. It works fine when you just open the...
Mike:
Don't expect Solidworks Help to fully explain how a lot of things work; important steps are omitted in the step-by-step instructions for several commands and other instructions are ambiguous in meaning. This problem's existed for a long time.
The best thing to do is use your reseller's...
CBL said:
"Have you tried performing several mirror functions ... one for each feature (or at least for the chamfer)?"
I just tried mirroing the web and rib alone (that worked OK) then mirroring the chamfer all by itself - I got the 'Rebuild Errors' message with the chamfer.
CBL said:
"Select the Geometry pattern option when mirroring."
Thanks - I tried it and it worked for the simple example I posted earlier. I tried it on my actual part and got a 'Rebuild Errors' message (see attached screen...
ctopher said:
"Have tried deleting the right rib then mirroring the left one including the chamfer's?"
That's exactly what I did. The only chamfer I applied was to the bottom edge of the left rib; the mirrored rib on the right has a chamfer 10mm deep and 5mm high on the bottom edge rather than...
Here's an example of my problem. The 'distance-distance' option for the chamfer is where the bug lies. I input 5mm for d1 and 10 mm for d2 on the left rib. Next I mirrored the rib and the chamfer thru the right plane. See where the 5mm and 10mm values were switched?
This is NOTHING compared to...
Thanks for trying that, ctopher. Are the values for d1 and d2 of the chamfer equal in your example? I was using different values for each (this is where the problem arose) and chamfered the bottom edge of the rib.
ctopher:
I can't attach the file, but it's nothing complicated. extrude a flat plate on the front plane; extrude a rectangular rib from that plate to the left of the right plane; chamfer one end of the rib; try to mirror the rib and chamfer thru the right plane.
gwubs:
What you suggested is...
Yes. I get an error message:
"Some chamfered items are no longer in the model. Edit the feature to reselect the items."
and the mirror will not let itself be saved.
I added a chamfer to the bottom of a rib in a part (for example: d1=1" and d2=2") and tried to mirror the chamfered rib through the right plane. The rib is previewed correctly but when I save the mirror the values for d1 and d2 are exchanged with each other by Solidworks.
Has anybody else seen...
I've been using Propertylinks for 18 months and never had any problems with it after I changed a Windows setting it conflicted with when I first installed it.
I'd give you the link to the thread explaining what was happening to me and what I changed to fix it, but I cannot get the search...
It can be done in SW2006, but it'll take a little bit of work. This has been covered here before (try searching for "rack and pinion" or "gear mate") and there are some good example files in the threads that you can download. I've been in the same boat as you and found a way to do it through...
We include all hardware in our assemblies, too. We use the BOM to generate costs for quoting and also to generate our part orders from a .CSV copy of the BOM. It's fast and 100% accurate.
