When I used CTL-Mate to mate parts in an assembly before SW2021, I used to just get a thin mate selection bar that came up. Now, I get an unrelated multi-function box- Breadcrumb? that appears above the mate selection bar. About half of the time I mate this way, I just get this multi-function...
All of a sudden, my models show a shadow mirror or identical image right behind the actual model. I must have hit something inadvertently to trigger this, and have tried to get rid of it. Can someone tell me how to get rid of it?
A drawing for a part that is to be anodized calls out a MIL-SPEC for the anodizing. The note that calls out the MIL-SPEC included the rev letter after the spec, MIL-A-8625E. Looking up the spec online, I see that the rev had changed to F. Is it common practice to include the current rev letter...
Our company has been using EPDM for two years now. It was configured by one of our engineers. To revise a drawing, an ECR is initiated. The data card fields- changes, reasons, disposition etc. are filled in and then it is sent for approval. The PE approves the ECR and it goes to Doc Control to...
I would like to source a thermocouple with the following rating, or as close as possible, in a strip type configuration. Could anyone identify this style of thermocouple? It is a plastic rectangle, 8.67mm X 25.45mm X 1mm thickness. It has two solder pads. This would be used in temp feedback in a...
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I have set up an INTET-555 data acquisition unit with a PC, windows 7, 4G of RAM. I am measuring temperature with 10 (channels) J thermocouples. Following the instructions, I chose "digitize to RAM" for data saving. After the digitization is stopped and the data saved, the text file...
When I make a drawing of a sheetmetal part and select one view as flat pattern, I get bend notes but no bend lines. I went through the properties and still no bend lines. Any ideas?
I was trying to open an Illustrator file in solidworks. I do not have Illustrator. After that experiment, all pdf files that I tried to open were reverting to Solidworks as the default program to open, unless I right-click and select Acrobat. This isn't horrible to have to do but not possible...
I am trying to locate the wire pass-thru forming tool feature on the selected face of a .047" thk. sheetmetal part. I searched here and in SW help but can't find more detailed instructions as this is my first time using the tools. I can place the form onto the face. When I go to the position tab...
I am using draftsight after having autocad for years prior. Two things don't work that did so in acad: extending a line to a perpendicular line, and the ability to have different dimension decimal places. If I change the dimension format to a different amopunt of places, all of the dimensions...
Searching and using solidworks help and tutorals are great ideas.
I ressurected a 2004 SW that we never used at my new company. I was a SW user for 8 years prior to starting here. The old version is fine for what I will use it for but I was accustomed to using hotkeys. I have set some of them...
We are having a machine made that makes a unique product. We have machinist who will fabricate the machine and install an Ingersol Rand ARO drill head and two air cylinders that make up the machine. We need someone to configure a PLC operating system to control the pnuematics and the ARO on/off...
I can open a drawing template but I can not get a model into the drawing. I searched around everywhere and the only thing that I found was a message in the feature tree saying that I can right click in hte drawing window and select "insert from file", but this selection does not exist. I am...
What is the best material to use for a feeler sotck for setting a gap between the horn and anvil of an ultrasonic welder? Is there any chance of scratching the horn with common steel feeler stock? The gap is .063". Thanks!
I was a Solidworks user for 7 years at my previous job. I do not have it now and would like to stay in tune. I have noticed that Solidworks has had free downloads for students as a trial but I have not seen them come up lately. Does anyone know where I could get a free version? I would use it on...
I have looked all around the internet for 0.015" thickness polyurethane foam. The thinnest I could find was 1mm. The manufactureres that I have spoken to do not have the process capability to skive that thin. This is for a medical product and I have seen similar products that are thin. I need...
