I am trying to “save-as” a top-level assembly containing route subassemblies, but cannot successfully do so. This is what I’ve done:
1. In PDMWorks, I copy a project that contains the top assy, route sub-assy’s, & their parts. All files names contain a common phrase, so I change the filenames...
Apparently, PDMWorks will not allow you to select multiple documents to perform functions (take ownership, change project, open, check out, etc.) When checking out files that do not reference one another is it ever possible to do it all at once? Or must they be selected individually?
Can you...
During training for PDMWorks, my co-workers and I were told that the SW setting "Search file locations for external references" should be left on to force SoldWorks to look for referenced documents in the local folder established as a PDMWorks "workspace".
However, in PDMWorks help, under "best...
Is there a macro that will generate a part/assy file's custom properties, those of the drawing, and the title block all at the same time? I have looked around and all I seem to find are macros allowing you to do one or the other. What is everyone using to populate all of these fields...
I am suddenly unable to delete individual files from projects. I get various messages like "Not authorized to delete documents" and "there's no document available for ownership change"
I had accidentally checked in a large assy from my hardrive and deleted the copies. It was only for test...
Does anyone know how PDMWorks treats lightweight parts in an assembly when the assembly and all of it's components are checked in at the same time?
Do they become resolved upon checkin?
Is it recommended to resolve all components before checking them into PDMWorks?
Thanks in advance for...
Our company is about to go completely SolidWorks and will soon be implementing PDMWorks as well. We are tying up some loose ends and in the process decided to find a naming convention for route sub-assemblies and their components. Has anyone come up with a successful way to achieve this? Any...
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I'm in the process of putting together a large cabinet assembly that holds two pumps. Eventually, I'd like to make animations showing the doors of the cabinet opening to reveal the working pumps.
To start, I've put together the assembly, complete with the two doors...
Has anyone been able to keep the Add Relations dialogue box visible when adding multiple relations? I have SW2005 SP1.1. The tack is on by default, but the dialogue box always goes away when I "check" to add a relation. A bug perhaps?
I have a cooling coil part for which I created a helix. It's revolved 4x and the height is 4.5". I started the helix @ 240 degrees on a face of an existing sweep b/c the first 30 degrees at either end of the coil are a smaller diameter than the rest. This worked fine for the start of the...
I'm trying to add a hydraulic fitting to a pre-existing route of tubing. I read in Help that you can manually insert a fitting by editing the 3D sketch and then either dragging it in to the desired location or RMB clicking over the desired point and picking "Add Fitting." Has anyone done this...
Hi, I have a welded frame consisting of about 7 different size pieces of channel and tubing. I'm still not totally sure how the whole cut-list works in your part file, for example, re-ordering and moving members of your cutlist around and to different folders, etc. And how to change the order...
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I'm finding weldments to be a bit frustrating. I am trying to balloon an isometric view of a part consisting of 3 different kinds of weldment members. I cannot get the balloons I place to match the item numbers in the weldment cut list. Please help!
Hi, I'm working with weldments alot lately and must use many seperate members to create my model. Whether I only have a few of them or many more, I find it a waste of time to keep editing the feature or checking back to my hard-copy references to remember what kinds of members i used and where...
In my assembly I have a configuration "Default" from which I created 2 derived configurations, "Config 1" and "Config 2." I am having various problems with features and functions since creating these.
1. I make an extrude-cut through my model in one of the derived configurations. But it...
I'd like to know if anyone has experienced this wacky problem. Often, we produce 4-5 sheet SW drawings. While working on the drawing and/or switching between it and the model, every so often I'll notice every dimension inserted into the drawing using the default dimension properties (ours is...
I'd like to know if it's possible to split a hole table into two parts. I know this is possible with an (Excel based)BOM in the control properties, but I don't see anything like this for the hole chart. I've got an extra long table showing x's & y's so I'd really appreciate some tips. Thanks.
I have a 9.5 x 9.5 plate w/ 2.25 corner radius. I am trying to use the new hole table for the first time but cannot get past the placement of the origin datum to get my x/y coordinates. there isn't really anything to snap it to...no temp. origin or endpoint. i guess i could sketch a line to...
