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I am setting up PDMworks and the vault at work and someNon-SW users need to access the drawings we are producing(Production Managers, VP of Production) to get quotes. Can Viewer allow Non-SW users to access and print SW files or doesContributor only have that capability. They want to use SWExpolorer and add-on PDMworks Contributor or Viewer. Oh and does each one require an additional licence.SolidworksWorkgroup Pdm
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
14 years ago
Hello Solidworks community, Good morning. I am trying to deboss (emboss in depth) a logo on a curved surface. With the help of wrap feature, using deboss tool, it is very easy to deboss logo having constant depth. But I wish to deboss logo on curved surface with gradual depth increment (i.e 0mm depth at start point of logo & 5mm depth at endpoint of logo) on curved surface.
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
3 years ago
I want the piece parts not to show in an Assembly ie the Toplevel has 7 sub-assy with in it, these sub-assy comprise of 6 to 56parts, I wish to save off the top level just to pick up the 7sub-assy and not all the parts within, also display the Sub-assyPart No. PS Aslo when clicking on a Part is it possible to bring through theproperties that are behind the part when inputted intosolidworksSolidworksEdrawings
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
14 years ago
I want the piece parts not to show in an Assembly ie the Toplevel has 7 sub-assy with in it, these sub-assy comprise of 6 to 56parts, I wish to save off the top level just to pick up the 7sub-assy and not all the parts within, also display the Sub-assyPart No. PS Aslo when clicking on a Part is it possible to bring through theproperties that are behind the part when inputted intosolidworksSolidworksAdministration
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
14 years ago
I am the interim admin for our PDM vault at one of our satelite facilities and one of our users uninstalled his PDM client. When I reinstalled it I could not attach to the orignial vault. It appears the vault is still attached and has the comment "Missing Information". How can I correct this and get him back into the sytem?
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
11 years ago
Something that often catches people out when using DriveWorksXpress to control the Configuration of a Weldment Part is the result of their Configuration rule. You must remember to include the or suffixes of the Configuration name, otherwise the Configuration change will not work. An example rule would be : =ConfigurationName & " " Hope this helps some budding DriveWorksXpress enthusiasts out! SolidworksSolidworks Add-ins
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
6 years ago
I know SW has offered the log-in function within the UI for a few years now. My question is, can we use this to handle multiple installs or do we still have to transfer licenses? Where I'm at now - we're a small company and generally one seat per user. We don't have a network license setup and management won't OK one.
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
3 years ago
I model a ton of welded frames and create different widths using configurations. I have to assign a unique part number to every part that differs from one config to another, even if the only thing that's different is, for example, the length of a sq. tube. How do you handle manually entered properties in a cut list that need to be different between configurations? Is this a stupid question? SolidworksWeldments
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
14 years ago
Hi jesse Seger, Thank u for reply. I went through the link what you have provided. And here i found that at the end it is returned to specified values.But actually what i need is if i select the Title then other parameters such as External dia,Wire dia,...,No of coils should select automatically & then i have to use finish button to create the model.Please have a look on the form design & table. SolidworksGeneral
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
8 years ago
Anyone come up with a good way of finding those pesky overlapping/duplicate lines in sketches? I rectangle select over suspected lines and delete if there happen to be 2 lines. Would be so nice if overlapping lines automatically highlighted pink, like the black, blue, red line colors now. Someone made SPR 984957, asking for a special tool to detect them.
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
3 years ago
I had a 3-body part, and saved out 2 of the bodies as separate parts using body save as part. They show out of date with a stoplight, but I cannot figure out how to get them to update. I tried edit in context, CTRL-Q in every location I can think of, and a barrage of other things, but nothing worked. Can anyone shed some light?
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
10 years ago
The relese notes of SolidWorks 2009 SP3 tells that itsupports to open files from Pro/E Wildfire 4... I got some files from a customer and SW says that it not a validpart file. Have someone had the same problem? /Mattias --EDIT-- It seams like the problem lies in the export of file that comesfrom my cutomers PDM system... files I got directly from a clientwith Wildfire 4.0 it works fine. /MattiasSolidworksImport export
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
14 years ago
Hi everyone, Just a reminder that voting for the SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten list ends on Wednesday January 15, 2014. Please be sure to submit your votes as soon as possible to have your opinion heard. Please click [HERE]
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
10 years ago
Is anyone using this and how does it work for you? - IssuesLimitations - Success? My question is... can you get a floating license? Do the drawing id numbers attach to the drawing views that theannotation is on?
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
15 years ago
is there a way to measure inside edrawings viewer? i haveedrawings viewer loaded on some of the computers on the productionfloor and some users are wondering if they can measure things fromthe models. is this possible without having a edrawings professional license? ido not want to buy a license but want them to be able to do simplemeasuring. please advise if you have any ideas. thanks in advance.SolidworksEdrawings
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
15 years ago
Hi Everyone, You may have noticed in the What's New that we mention being able to add a mate between a general parametric surface and a line. As detailed in the release notes, this is unavailable in beta1, and unfortunately, we have been unable to resolve the remaining issues with this feature, so it will be unavailable for SW2015. Apologies if you were looking forward to this. Thanks, Chris SolidworksSolidworks 2015 Beta
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
9 years ago
When extruding text in an assembly as an assembly feature the text will not follow the sketched line or curve. The entire text line does not always display on the screen, only a few characters show when the line is selected and the text jumps to the origin of the model. At first the text seems to be on the line and when dimensions are added the text begins to behave irradically. Tim Kehl SolidworksAssemblies
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
12 years ago
I was creating a new administrative image for SW2018 SP 0.1 and one of the files in SOLIDWORKS CAM was flagged by ESET anti-virus as being a potentially unsafe application. The file in question is 'elevate.exe' in the SOLIDWORKS CAM/NCEditor/Sys folder. In looking at the Quarantine history, the file was also flagged in my PR1 admin image. I'm curious if anyone else had this file flagged. SolidworksAdministration
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
6 years ago
We are hiring a freelance design engineer with their own seat of Solidworks 2019 Business or Premium to draw/edit isolation booths, custom foam inserts for transport cases and rooms/interiors with office furniture and AV equipment. Photoview 360 rendering skills are essential. For more information and to apply, please visit: http://iprobesolutions.com/jobs/freelance-solidworks-design-engineer SolidworksJob Postings
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
4 years ago
Hello all, this is my first post here. I'm looking for a weldment profile for a 2"x1"x"1/8" steel channel. I downloaded the "ANSI inch" weldments package, but it does not seem to have anything smaller than 3". I know how to make custom profiles, and could draw it up myself if I had all the dimensional info.
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
14 years ago
We can't add attachments to the Top 10 list. So I am adding this here, then linking it back to it. Discussed here: Maybe it is a waste of time and space......but here goes. See the attached video on how to link a Global Variable to a distance mate.
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
6 years ago
Really love this enhancement, just wanted to write something that came to mind. I could really see people using this as their primary usage for mouse gestures, just as a right at your fingertips OK and Cancel. My suggestion here would be, currently you can use a 4 or 8 gesture dial, perhaps a 2 gesture dial for such a workflow could prove useful? In two configurations, left/right or up/down.
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
12 years ago
This is a strange question, I know. Is it possible to print aSW drawing to a file that I can sneakernet to another PC that doesnot have SW and print it there? I have a drawing that has somecolor in it and I would like to print in on my color printer athome but I'd rather not have to install SW on my home PC. Any ideasguys?
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
15 years ago
I've been running SW 2019 for months now and today it decided to give me the below error message when I try to do a pack and go. I do pack and goes (packs and go?) maybe 20 times a day. now I am getting this. I am just doing a pack and go to within the same folder, just renaming it and keeping the original file as is. this is now happening with model files and well as drawing files. Any Thoughts? SolidworksGeneral
SOLIDWORKS User Forum
4 years ago