Employee rolled alot of feature trees backwords

[arcticcatmatt]

I have an employee that decided that when she wanted a new part that was the same as an old part but minus the last 2 features, she would save as copy then roll back the feature tree 2 features. UGHGHGHGHG

Now I have a 50 part assembly on my screen and solidworks keeps telling me that some parts were saved in their roll back state, would I like to roll them forward. Go figure!

Now I have a mess on my hands. Is there a way to check what parts she did this to? Or do I have to go thru them all.

I hate work.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

"solidworks keeps telling me that some parts were saved in their roll back state, would I like to roll them forward"

What happens if you tell SW, 'Yes'?

 

[arcticcatmatt]

^ It apparently rolls them forward and opens my assembly. BUT, every time I open the assembly, we go thru the same dance.

Why she did this is beyond me.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Once the assy has been opened with all parts rolled forward, use the File > Save All option. That should save all the opened (referenced) parts in their rolled forward state.

After that is done, give the assy back to the employee to suppress the parts features properly. It should be a lesson learned for her and a mistake she will not (should not) repeat.

 

[MadMango]

I agree, she should have used configuration instead of rolling back the FM.

 

[smcadman]

I don't think there's an automated way. Pick "No" so it doesn't roll all features forward because some are not required. Hopefully there is a PDF so you can compare the existing models to what was made. Then go through each model and delete the features that are not used to prevent future headache and having someone else accidentally un-suppressing the features.

Flores

 

[TheTick]

Will this troll and her hacksmanship be allowed to continue? Someone needs to make clear to management that this is a problem.

 

[uGlay]

hackmanship? LOL. I'll have to add that one to my list of portmanteaus

designeering, enginerding, hackmanship.

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[arcticcatmatt]

This same person has been adding .010 to a part if she wants it a little thicker INSTEAD of just editing the sketch!

She creates a whole new feature and extrudes it .010! UGHGHGHG

No wonder my planes are not centered!

I ask her to do it the right way and I get called everything in the book.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Then if I were you, I would call her "Gone".

 

[dgowans]

In your first post, you referred to this person as an employee. Is this person a colleague or a direct report? If the latter, I suggest you tell her to do it the right way rather than ask. If she's a colleague, try to impress upon her the effed-up mess she's making of everything she touches. Nicely, of course...

 

[arcticcatmatt]

^ She is a fellow employee. We are a group of 7 designers. We have our boss working with us in the group. I am the solidworks admin for the group.

How about this one, same employee does not want to put in any properties in the part. Instead, she will manually type in everything in the title block on the drawing.

Of course, I have it set up that you input your properties in the part (your name, part description, material, treatment, and so on) and when you make the drawing it automatically populates.

She just got done screaming at me and calling me every name in the book because she was giving a fellow employee bad advice and I called her out on it. She tried telling me that she can do whatever she wants and it does not effect me.

Of course it effects me. We do alot of "save as copy" here from other peoples parts.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

And where is the boss (who is working with you in the group) while this is happening? What is he doing about it?

 

[dgowans]

Good luck...

 

[arcticcatmatt]

Corblim- He had his headphones on for most of it but after he heard it he said "OK knock it off".

He is a good guy and is new to being boss. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. Telling stubborn people what to do can be hard.

After the first of the year, he said we are going to sit down and write "design rules" and everyone has to follow it. I said great idea but I don't think people will follow it. They just don't care.

Hell, I got people making part xxxxx-1 and xxxxx-2 and putting a note on xxxxx-1 that says "Refer to xxxxx-2 for opposite hand. Dimensions the same but opposite".

We had a person hand typing in all her hole call outs because she didn't know about the hole wizard.

The same employee that this thread started with will not put her planes in the middle of the part, wont' use design tables, add's a feature to widen a part instead of editing the sketch, and tons of other things.

It is just a PAIN because when it comes to me, I am expected to do something in a similar time frame and I can't unless I do it wrong like she did and just get it out the door.

How can you explain to the boss that taking the time to do something correct, will pay off the next time you use a part.

 

[DesignerGuy16]

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Be diligent. Keep records and copies of the work in question! Make sure to bring it up with your boss everytime it happens. Trust me it works, just stay on it.

Nothing like getting weldment drawings with no bom's, dimensions, or callouts and figure someone could actually manufacture it...

This sort of thing went on at my current work for years. So we're wading through extremely poor models on a daily basis. Eventually with good practice this will all get weeded out, but man it will take years to sort this mess out.

I feel your pain!

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

 

[DiegoLGraves]

...and when your vendor (me) gets the SW files to make the parts, they throw up their hands and remodel everything.

I too feel your pain, often, especially with certain former coworkers and some customers. But then once in a while I'll open up something I did back in 99 and wince.


Peace on Earth, Diego

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

The following macro was posted by Wayne Matus in forum.SolidWorks. It apparently identifies the rolled back parts.

https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/attachments/Find Rolled Back Components.zip

http://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=4056

 

[TheTick]

I suppose you're stuck with this hack. The talent puddle is a bit shallow in Thief River Falls.

 

[arcticcatmatt]

thanks cor.. i will check that out

Tick - Ha. I am in NY but would love to work at arctic cat!