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Tom Keaton in Assemblies6 months ago (Show more)

Hello, I have imported an assembly and it does not give me the option to float the assembly when I right click on it. I went to the customization menu to check if the option was unselected and the option in customization didn't show up for it either. These problem solving methods work for all my other components. Just not the imported… (Show more)

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Corey Wardrop (to Tom Keaton) 5 hours ago (Show more Show less)

"If I had a dollar for every time the problem was 3D Interconnect" I'd have one more dollar. Thank for for this, worked for me as well!

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Alin Vargatu in Assemblies2 months ago (Show more)

Large Assembly Performance Boost in SOLIDWORKS 2020

The best enhancement in SOLIDWORKS 2020 is the one that require no training or reading. You simply upgrade the software and your life changes. This is what users of large assemblies will experience once they upgrade to SOLIDWORKS 2020. You know who else would be extremely happy? Their CAD Administrator! And this is why:… (Show more)

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Alin Vargatu (to Jody Wilkerson) 1 day ago (Show more Show less)

Jody Wilkerson wrote: We have always converted the files to the native version. Which I do each year when we upgrade to the latest version usually to SP2.0 or SP3.0. SW2019 has been terribly slow even after converting all of the files especially with imported files. This pointed out something that I did that may have caused some of our issues.…

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Jody Wilkerson in Assemblies2 days ago (Show more)

In assemblies loaded lightweight, why are the primary planes?

If I have all of the assemblies loaded as lightweight, I have to scroll down to the bottom of the assembly to find the primary planes for the assembly. I can't remember if this is the way it has always been. I haven't work with lightweight assemblies for a while but in order to pick the planes to create mates in the main assembly, it makes it very… (Show more)

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Chris Saller (to Jody Wilkerson) 2 days ago (Show more Show less)

Yes, this is how it works. It would be a good one to turn in as a enhancement request (if hasn't already).

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Philip Prendeville in Assemblies4 days ago (Show more)

Switching between Windows is very Slooooow

When I open a main assembly file (500MB) and then open a sub-assembly to view all is well. When I want to switch windows back to the main assembly it becomes very slow. Any idea why this is. Is there a more efficient method for switching between large assembly files?

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Jody Wilkerson (to Philip Prendeville) 2 days ago (Show more Show less)

So I found something interesting yesterday, when I was trying to simplify the suspension models to get rid of some of the details and make them work better when it is in the full trailer model. The screen shot below shows the files that were created in 2014 when these models were brought in from the .stp file. There were 3 different versions that…

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Kevin Bruce in Assemblies10 years ago (Show more)

Selected Face not highlighting

While in an assembly, I select a part face but the face will not highlight showing me that it is selected. If I rotate the assembly with my 3d mouse, then the face highlights. Does any one ever see this problem?

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Bryant Bratsch (to Josh Brady) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

thanks for info!! just purchased new Z2 workstation that was supposed to be built for solidworks... however, I didn't realize the graphics card supplied with the machine was not a solidworks certified card. that most likely is my issue

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Richard Kendrew in Assemblies4 days ago (Show more)

How to size parts in increments

Is it possible to specify a parts dimension from an assembly (either from a sketch at assembly level or another part) and have that set at increments. Such as if the curve increases, 'X' maintains a minimum distance of say 10mm from the curve, and 'Y' increases in increments of say 5mm to be as close to the curve as possible within the… (Show more)

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Neville Williams (to Richard Kendrew) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

Have a look at equations. You can do alot with them to control dims 2018 SOLIDWORKS Help - Equations 2018 SOLIDWORKS Help - Operators, Functions, and Constants can use all visual basic operation functions as well, IF , THEN, INT (integer) etc 2018 SOLIDWORKS Help - Visual Basic If Function

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Maha Nadarasa in Assemblies4 days ago (Show more)

Text color in edit mode in assembly

When I go to edit mode in assembly file text color in the tree is dark blue and difficult to read. Is it possible set custom text color here only?

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Jeremiah Feist (to Maha Nadarasa) 4 days ago (Show more Show less)

i don't believe so - but you can try one of the other color schemes to change the background color of the tree.

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F. Leatin in Assemblies5 days ago (Show more)

Assembly file confusion.

I've been working on this assembly file. I recently realized that the instruction I was following has me adding the sheet metal portion while in the Assembly mode. The sheet metal is not a separate file it seems. Don't see any way to mate them later ? So my questions are: 1. how is this an assembly file and how with one be able to remove or… (Show more)

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Dan Pihlaja (to F. Leatin) 5 days ago (Show more Show less)

You have been creating virtual components. 2018 SOLIDWORKS Help - Virtual Components These are parts that are embedded right into the assembly file and not saved externally from that. If you want them externally, you can....just follow the instructions in the link I added. If you want to keep then virtual, you can still do that. You…

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Siva Praneeth in Assemblies3 years ago (Show more)

Selection Through Faces

Hello all, I am editing a sub-assembly in a main assembly and for some reason SW selects the edges through the faces of the objects I am trying to move. I am unable to select the faces of objects I want to move. None of the parts in the sub assembly are transparent. Below you will find a picture about what I am talking about. Please help… (Show more)

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Glenn Schroeder (to Mukesh Prasad) 5 days ago (Show more Show less)

Mukesh Prasad wrote: Thanks Glenn, Yes, I am using SW2019 SP4 but unfortunately I cannot go back to SP3 since our installation is Site Wide. That's unfortunate. I assume having everyone revert to sp 3 isn't an option? There was another bug in the same service pack that causes SW to sometimes crash when renaming display states in…

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Andy Sanders in Assemblies3 years ago (Show more)

Instance of a component pattern changing to something different on its own

Solidworks 2016 SP5 on Win10 64 Bit Has anyone experienced a instance of a derived component pattern changing itself to a different config other than the seed component on its own? I and other users here have seen this multiple times lately. In my screenshot below, I know for a fact that I did not change this screw. I had no reason to at… (Show more)

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Marco Laffra (to Jason Martin) 5 days ago (Show more Show less)

Jason, allways report it to the var, they can add you to the existing SPR's increasing the number of affected customers.

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