Hi all,
This is slightly long-winded and not sure if anyone can help, but here goes.
Last Wednesday (7th February) two of our network storage drives failed - these were originally called "SNAZ". The PDM/Works Vault would have been originally installed on \\SNAZ\PDMWorks\
The two network...
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Does anyone know if it is possible to insert a SolidWorks BOM (not the Excel based one) into a drawing template? SW wold then automatically create a parts list when the assembly is inserted.
Thanks in advance.
Hi all,
I'm currently reviewing our CAD procedures at work. At the moment, we have a very "manual" system - the following is a brief description:
User takes the next part/assembly number from the Drawing Code document. This is an MS Word document and all information is input manually. The...
Hi all,
Has anyone here got experience of a Solidworks add-on called TreeWorks? I've downloaded the trial version, but wondering if anyone has any tutorials etc.
Thanking you in advance.
Regards,
Bandh
Hi all,
Up until 1 year ago, we used to create seperate files for each drawing sheet. e.g. if a drawing had 5 sheets, there would be 5 seperate files. we had our reasons for doing this so I won't go into it at the moment - but nowadays all sheets are in the same file.
My question is, can we...
Hi all - would like your comments on the following. What are your thoughts on the requirements for an Engineering Manager in a small engineering company. In our case, the EM will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the design office, as well as responsibility for engineering issues...
Is it possible to open a file View Only through PDM/Works?
I know you can go File - Open - Browse to PDM Vault and open that way, but it would be useful if you could open it from the PDM menu.
Thanking you in advance.
Regards
Does anyone know of a method of generating multiple split lines from a single sketch?
For example, we use split lines in FEA to represent the contact between the bolt hole and the backing plate. Currently we have to create a split line for each hole seperately, which can be time consuming where...
In PDM/Works, has anyone else seen the error message "Cannot open file (FILE NAME), too many files open". This normally results in SolidWorks hanging and/or crashing.
Is this a setting change?
thanks
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We would like to reduce the amount of paperwork (and the time spent photocopying etc.)in our office. Does anyone know of software that allows us to electronically sign off our drawings checked and approved? Is this possible in eDrawings? We are using SolidWorks 2006 Office Professional...
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We've recently installed PDM/Works 2006 and I am responsbible for getting it up and running. In trying to check-in a drawing and related part, I get the following error:
VAULT ERROR 102:
You have no permissions to change document properties
Failed on check in of (drawing name)
Check...
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Has anyone come across a complete list of Solidworks commands - for example AutoCAD used to have a demonstration file that showed, in a tree format, all the commands - is there something similar available for SolidWorks? Even a list would suffice.
I want to develop an in-house survey...
I hope someone can help me obtain information on the following. I work for a company that designs and manufactures on/off road vehicles e.g. fire tenders, 8x8 vehicles etc.
We normally estimate our own duty cycles for vehicles, and this in turn is used to size gears, bearings shafts etc. The...
Hi all,
I am a design engineer with company that builds prototype vehicles, and we have SolidWorks as our main CAD package. On occasion we have to send out an assembly (for example a suspension assembly) to a customer but the problem is, we don't really want to give them a solid model of our...
Does anybody know where I can get a 3D model of a 95th percentile man/woman? I am currently working in vehicle design and would prefer to have an accurate model that can be imported into SolidWorks 2000.<br><br>Any suggestions would be helpful.<br><br>Regards,
