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sldsetdocprop.exe does not work in 2011 at least thru SP 1, and converting Toolbox-generated parts to 2011 format within the PDMWorks is perilous in the extreme! I've seen hex nuts and lockwashers transformed into socket-head cap screws, with grotesque mating errors as a...
Jeff
Thanks. Seems like a practical approach if you don't want to model the pilot holes or need to add holes not planned. Do you use CA on ABS FDM parts? Does it have any deleterious effect on the ABS plastic?
I've used epoxy saturation to strengthen wood parts this way, especially plywood...
Chris
The idea in this case was to exploit the denser shell of the FDM part by molding the holes to pilot drill size, so the threads would fall in the dense shell area. It didn't occur to me that the Hole Wizard Tapped Hole would be modeled to MD size. Limited imagination, I guess...
Dennis
Chris
Just don't spec a hole tapped to receive a threaded insert... Or was your observation sardonic humor?
I have used press-in metal inserts in the past, and used drill-size holes per the hardware specs to receive them. Works fine. Got just what I expected.
Jeff
ANother engineer here has...
Any user who plans to make prototypes using rapid prototyping methods, and to use tapped holes in a part, should be aware that the Hole Wizard tapped holes are nothing but revolved cuts with a hole callout annotation assigned. This would be fine, except that the hole diameter is the MAJOR...
I insert the hardware I want from TB, then open the part, save it as a copy in my project directory with a descriptive filename and replace the instance(s) in the assembly with the copy. I then open the copy part and delete all but the desired configuration, add custom properties for my BOM...
I have the same problem with frequent and somewhat random expansion of the FM, including folders. It is often the case that one part, folder or subassembly will expand every time I touch the FM to look for something while other entities expand only intermittently. Ctrl-Q and save doesn't seem...
Scott
It seems that the target vertices are unique entities that should be reliably associated with each tube configuration. Each configuration is extruded to a different vertex in the assembly (however, they are sometimes vertices on different instances of the same part). I would surmise that...
Thanks for the thoughts, all. I suspect that Scott's insight is most accurate, although I am curious as to where in the SW documentation it is stated that extruding one feature go to mulitple vertexes in different configurations will cause problems. The odd thing is that it works for days at a...
I have a medium-size assembly of piping and tubing components in progress. The tubes are all different configurations of one part; most of them are extruded to length in context. In most cases I mate the tube part base sketch plane and an axis to one fitting, then extrude the single feature...
I'm having a similar problem with 2004 SP3.0: THe SW BOM is not word wrapping correctly - the wrap occurs at the first space character AFTER the cell margin, so verbose entries spill over into the column to the right. I tried the Excel BOM and the preview wraps fine but when I exit the OLE...
I had SW hang up on a drawing after installing SP3.0. Quoting from a message from my VAR:
"I did some check and there was some sort of issue with the SP3.0 install (I know, more "Bugs"). That's the bad news... Now for the good news. The fix was very simple. Simple go to add\remove programs...
2003 is on SP 5.1. 2004 is already on SP 3.0.
If this isn't beta testing, I can't imagine who can afford to be a beta tester. My retired neighbor does some for Microsoft. Maybe SW beta tests with retired users who never have to get drawings out on a deadline and within a budget, so they...
Another change for the sake of change, so we can waste more time figuring out how to fix something that wasn't busted...
SolidWorks: SPEND THE DEVELOPMENT MONEY ON QUALITY ASSURANCE AND THOROUGH TESTING. FIX THE STABILITY PROBLEMS.
