If you have Solidworks PDM that works across all your sites then you could maintain the templates. However, you cannot control what each person does within those templates.
However, that said, there is a tool you could use if the users would bother to use it. The tool I am thinking of is Design...
I can read the posts now because I recently had to force Chrome to bring up all pages with a dark background due to some recent eye surgeries. The old forum colors made certain text and backgrounds hard to read.
Is this the Bluebeam software you are talking about: https://www.solidworks.com/partner-product/bluebeam-revu
If so, that seems pretty easy to use. From what I can tell, it looks like a PDF markup tool.
Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Mechanical Engineer
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drawoh,
Maybe that's why he disappeared, IDK. That is not my thing. [wink]
Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Mechanical Engineer
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Mike J Wilson is an old colleague from years past. He disappeared from the forums, but his website is still up. Check out the stuff he made prior to what SW has become today. Maybe something in here will help you.
https://www.mikejwilson.com/otw.html
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There are no options for "Flexible features" such as rubber being squeezed. You can make springs flex, but that's a complex process and it will complex your assembly. Unless you are a spring manufacturer it's not worth your time.
Flexible components are just an option to mate components...
Sounds to me like your company has some sort of API program that auto-recognizes those features. SW Professional has Featureworks, but I have never found it to be all that powerful to auto-create features unless your parts are very basic. That add-in might not be part of the student version. You...
It might... Due to all the Registry entry changes that will occur. Then again I am no IT expert, I would ask an IT guy if you have one available. For me personally, I am holding out as long as possible on Windows 11. I have been through too many OS upgrades that claim a lot but are nothing but a...
You will need to set this up in your templates so it's like this every time you make a new drawing, otherwise, you will have to make this change every time you start a drawing.
That is what Templates are they are your foundation to build on. You should have different templates for different...
I saved it as a Parasolid but you will lose all the information and the DT. STEP file has the same result.
I went ahead and included the Design Table. You have to ensure you have all macros enabled under the trust center of Excel. Also, enable the ActiveX option as well. I also have the...
Joboggs - One of the main reasons I never recommend doing that. Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should. Weldments and Sheet metal together are very unstable.
Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Mechanical Engineer
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Here is a bolt design that I use on all my assemblies so I don't have to use the Toolbox crap.
Maybe it will help answer your questions.
Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Mechanical Engineer
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You can rotate the part\assembly save that as a specific view and use that view in the drawing.
Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Mechanical Engineer
Ciholas
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Try making some sketch geometry and putting a plane that you can do "normal too".
If that is not going to work ,then I really do not understand your question properly
Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Mechanical Engineer
Ciholas
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STEP and other 3D model types like Parasolid, IGES, and ACIS you cannot make changes like that too.
Honestly, I do not see any way to save a SW part\assembly file to an .obj file type.
Have you tried saving to an STL? You can adjust the options for that file type
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