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Just wondering if anyone here has experience of using a laser for cutting plastic sheets. We are buying a new laser (a LVD Orion probably) and it would be nice if we could do this. I understand that fumes can be an issue. Are there extensive ranges of plastics that can be used for lasers...
Is there any way to remove the background in photoworks. I know there is a selection in scenery which says background none, but if i render to file as a jpeg the background is black. I have a graphic designer looking for the parts with no background so that he can place it on a layer in his...
Ok. I have never used Photoworks much before so apologies in advance if this question is stupid. I am trying to render a conveyor. I am having trouble with the belt. I have set the belt to be a smooth blue plastic but when I render the file the top surface of the belt is grey while the underside...
Is it possible to rename a project in PDM Works (2006 SP4). The project I want to rename is at the top level and has numerous sub projects underneath which I do not want to rename.
Hi there. I updated a few machines at work from SP3 to SP4 (2006) and over the days I found that there were a huge amount of problems. Opening DT's slowed down by 100% as did closing them. Many mates errors appeared where previouly they were not present. Then when I did an edit feature on the...
This one is giving me nightmares. Let me first briefly describe what I am doing. I am creating SW models of our machines which can be changed by entering variables in an excel spreadsheet. For example, we build some conveyors. There are 30 or so things that can change on the conveyor (examples...
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I know round about ways of doing this but I am wondering if anyone out there has there own nice easy method and if they wouldn't mind sharing it.
Lets say I have a panel part that appears in a machine assembly. The assembly can dynamically change which will automatically change the...
I wonder has anyone out there some pointers which may help me. We make some large machines which could have up to 1000 parts in them. For these machines I need to do a general arrangment drawing with a BOM attached. Our machines are conveyors and are often long so I often use the vertical break...
Hello. I have looked through the old posts and can't find an answer to this question even though it seems a pretty simple request. I have a simple part. The part is a rectangular bar. The bar has 10 configurations, each of which is different only in length. In a job I could use anywhere between...
Hi. This may seem like a very simple question but I can't find the answer to it anywhere. Lets say I have an assembly with 10 parts in it. I check it out of the vault and make some changes that alter 4 parts. Now I select the assembly and try to check it back in. I would have thought that it was...
Hi, I am new to using PDM works so be gentle. What I have is a Project in the vault which esentially is a large assembly. Numerous parts in the assembly are defined in context of this assembly. When we begin a new project I would like to be able to copy over the assemblies, Parts and part...
I am sure I have seen what I am looking for somewhere before on the net but for the life of me I can' find it. What I would like to do is assign a 'custom Property value to every part in an assembly. For example, I'd like to be able to change the job number of each part as it is used in a new...
I am designing an assembly in which all the design tables cells of all the parts are linked back to a single Excel Spreadsheet. With every new design the excel spreadsheet is filled in and all the DT's of the parts are refreshed afterwards (by opening and closing). I have encountered a slight...
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My boss has asked me to put together an overview document on the do's and don't do's for designing sheet metal machines in Solidworks. I know that this is a huge task and everyones situation is different but I am posting here just to collect some points that I can use. I'd also love to...
I have a panel part which I want to pattern in an assembly. The panel has a number of cuts in it and has worked well for some time as part of largish assembly with numerous equations, DT's and mates controlling it. The problem is that now our design team would like to add a new cut only to the...
One of our designers asked me an interesting question today - maybe someone out there can help. We build large one of machines. We give each machine a job number and then we copy (using SW Explorer) an old similar machine into a new folder which we then edit. The folder is called after the job...
I have come up with another sheet metal problem! The company I am working for uses software to automatically tool up and nest flat patterns. The flat patterns must be in DWG or DXF format and must be scaled 1:1. No problem there. However, the software also insists on the edges to be cut being on...
We use only 3/4 different thicknesses of sheet metal to make cabinets etc. I am wondering is it possible to assign custom properties to a sheet metal part as defined by its thickness. For example, it would be ideal if whenever one of our engineers began building a cabinet in 3mm sheet that...
I have a motor assembly with about 10 configurations varying length, width, height etc etc. I recently decided that I would like to put some bearings into the assembly. The bearing would be the same across all configurations. I applied 3 mates to the bearing (concentric, coincident and...
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I am very interested in exploring the API aspect of Solidworks. I am wondering if anyone could recommend a good book to purchase on the subject. Obviously there are lots of books out there on visual basic etc, but there don't seem to be as many with particular focus on Solidworks. I did...
