SW2006 SP5.0 Design Table messed up ?

[jacek0841]

I believe the Design Table in SW2006 has got messed up. Models created under SW2005 SP 5.0 and working perfectly do get messed up when opened in SW2006 SP5.0

Let say in (File) Properties you have Weight “defined” as Mass. Then you create Design Table (automatic) and the Table gets “populated” automatically.

When you open the Table again, in the column $PRP@Weight you read 476 (lb) – everything works O.K. and at that point you can use Excel Design Table as a “calculator” – say to convert that 476 lb into 216 kg (say you need to produce “bilingual” drawing).

That works nice and dandy under SW2005 SP5.0

Let say that now you open the same part under SW2006 SP 5.0 – you get warning that it will be converted to 2006 – you go ahead and after conversion the Design Table gets messed up – when you “Edit Design Table” you notice that now in the column $PRP@Weight instead of 416 you have “SW-Mass@@Casting @Part1.SLDPRT” which obviously messes up any notes or formulas that use that cell(s).

Has anybody experienced that ?? Or is there any “switch” somewhere in SW2006 that needs to be “set” or “re-set” to have the stuff working properly (as under SW2005) ?

Thanks for all the replies.

 

[ctopher]

Try running the conversion wizard before opening the file.

Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-27-06)

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

If I remember correctly, that was a problem within the SW06 DTs, not the conversion process.

I just did a quick test creating (not converting) a DT with Material and Weight properties in SW06, and the values did not compute.

The same test in SW07 and the values showed correctly.

 

[jacek0841]

Try running the conversion wizard before opening the file.

Won't help - see I used the above example as a last resort to check - thinking that mayby I am messing something up.

In real life, I get the same problem when I create NEW part and dwg under 2006 (without any reference to 2005).

Try to make a very simple part under 2006 and than in Properties make material Steel and "make" Weight <-- Mass

Then insert "automatic" Design Table and see what you get in the column $PRP@Weight.

Do you get a number or something like "SW-Mass@@Casting @Grid_Casting.SLDPRT"

 

[AnnaWood]

What service pack of SolidWorks 2007 are you using?

I believe this was fixed in SP2 of SW07. It appears to be one of the issues listed in the Fixed SPR List on the SW Support website.

https://customercenter.solidworks.com

Regards,

Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
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[jacek0841]

IF the following is true:

If I remember correctly, that was a problem within the SW06 DTs, not the conversion process.

THEN SW2006 release was a disaster - I believe Design Tables are used quite a bit - and it looks like it took them a whole year to fix it ??

 

[jacek0841]

It looks like not only the Design Table has been messed up, but some other things as well - the weight (WEIGHT_IND) in Cut List *.SLDPRT properties (individual parts in WELDMENT) looks O.K., but when adding a column WEIGHT_IND on a drawing BOM one gets numbers that are not even close to numbers mentionned above ....