I have seen the same slow down as Theophilus in the dimension entry...For days it drove me crazy(er) until I slowed myself down a little.
My system is about the same setup as yours Sirbartoo and I see slowdown in startup and some aplications. Unfortunately I also had no choice in when we...
Good post in the Faq section to look at
PDM Rules to Live by: faq559-1227
Guy Greenhill
Mechanical Designer/Drafter
Tucson AZ.
SW 2009 SP 1.0
It doesn't sound crazy from MY point of view!
Yup...I was right...about a 50/50 split on the part numbering question. My advice now...use what seems best for your environment...then if it has to change later try doing it before your data base gets too large.
Guy Greenhill
Mechanical Designer/Drafter
Tucson AZ.
SW 2009 SP 1.0
It doesn't...
ECR = Engineering Change Request
ECO = Engineering Change Order
These are tools used when there are several people using the vault and/or changes to parts need to be tracked for documentation purposes or customer requirements.
They are simply forms that authorize a change to your part with...
I have to emphasize point 2 from jmirisola.
Having a common parts file that you can use across multiple assemblies has saved me hundreds of hours...it is vital.
A big help to get you started, Mcmaster-Carr has a lot of downloadable SolidWorks files in the Screw/nut/hardware section of the...
Just to throw my 2 cents in...Visio is not bad after you work with it for a while...when I started using it it seemed a little counter-intuitive...but then..it could have been just me :)
Designer / Drafter
SolidWorks 2009
It doesn't sound crazy from MY point of view!
Ok...I think I have run into this before.
First the bad news...I don't think you will be able to separate the parts out of this as SLDwrks converts all the parts into surfaces. When it says save as PART...it means it.
Good news...this method works great if you want a smaller file size for...
I know how to customize the properties for the density, but I need to know if it is my number that is off or if SolidWorks used a glass with a different property.
Sorry I may not have explained that well enough in my first post.
Can anyone tell me what type of glass SolidWorks used for the default density?
I am trying to determine the weight of a lens in an assembly and the Mass properties answer seems to be off by a factor of 1.75.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
