14 Replies Latest reply on May 18, 2018 8:44 AM by Vladimir Urazhdin

Syntax error in all equations

Anders Klem Jul 5, 2017 11:04 AM

Hi All

I recently discovered a major problem with my SW 2016 SP3, when I noticed rebuild errors through out my entire toolbox library. All parts came out wrong, because the equations driving them didn't update. I tried to re-write some of the equations, but every single time, it gave me "The syntax of this equation is incorrect" message, though nothing is actually wrong with them. Investigating this further, I found that this was the fact with every equation in every part on my computer (check out the attachment). So something seems to be wrong with the equation script itself, which then causes the rebuild errors in the toolbox library.

Any help would be appriciated

Regards - Anders

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Re: Syntax error in all equations

Vladimir Urazhdin Jul 5, 2017 11:29 AM (in response to Anders Klem)

Would you make screenshot of Equation Manager - to let us see how to looks like the whole issue?
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  Anders Klem Jul 6, 2017 3:06 AM (in response to Vladimir Urazhdin)
  
  Hi Valdimir
  
  This is two screendumps of the equation manager. One showign the error message and one shows, that the system actually still does the math.
  
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    Vladimir Urazhdin Jul 6, 2017 8:15 AM (in response to Anders Klem)
    
    Everything is fine with your equation. In my SW it looks OK:
    Something is wrong with your SW.
    Create an Administrative Image and reinstall SW using Administrative Image.
    
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Edward Poole Jul 5, 2017 12:43 PM (in response to Anders Klem)

Strange, it looks good, and it seems to equate!
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Re: Syntax error in all equations

Albie Waterton Jul 5, 2017 12:50 PM (in response to Anders Klem)

Anders,

From the SolidWorks Knowledgebase:

"S-067375 In different situations, this message appears every time the user tries to manage equations, even with simple data. Generally, this happens when the SolidWorks prerequisites are not perfectly aligned."

In this case, my first suggestion would make sure that the following Prerequisites are installed correctly: these can be found on a DVD or from a full set of downloaded files.

VSTA
VBA (vba71.msi)
VBA (vba71_10xx.msi - it depends from different languages) ***
VBA (vba71-kb2783832-x64.msp)
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  Edward Poole Jul 5, 2017 12:55 PM (in response to Albie Waterton)
  
  Try a SOLIDWORKS repair maybe?
  
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  Anders Klem Jul 6, 2017 3:09 AM (in response to Albie Waterton)
  
  Hi Albie
  
  Thank, it seems like you're on to something. I'll have my IT guy take a look at it, since all this "behind the scenes"-stuff is not really within my comformt zone.
  
  So has this been caused by a windows update or something?
  
  Cheers - Anders
  
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    Albie Waterton Jul 6, 2017 4:18 AM (in response to Anders Klem)
    
    Anders,
    
    It can be down to a number of things, including Windows updates. But is most likely down to the original install of the product, or a newer install conflicting.
    
    Hope that your IT can run the Prereqs' and get you going again quickly.
    
    Albie
    
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Re: Syntax error in all equations

Grant Bond May 4, 2018 9:07 AM (in response to Anders Klem)

Hi,

I have experienced this problem myself. It seems that Solidworks has a bug in it whereby it doesn't load whatever widget manages the equations correctly. What fixed it for me was a simple full system reboot (simply closing and reopening Solidworks did not solve the issue).

So before you try any of the more time consuming suggestions above I'd try the age old turn it off and back on again approach.

I've had similar feature losses with hole wizard and various other components in the past as well.

Currently running 2016 SP0.

Best of Luck,
Grant
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Re: Syntax error in all equations

Mark Biasotti May 18, 2018 12:59 AM (in response to Anders Klem)

On SW2018 Sp2 - this issue just started happening to me two days ago... stumped?
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  Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama May 18, 2018 8:37 AM (in response to Mark Biasotti)
  
  Could you attach this file?
  
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  Vladimir Urazhdin May 18, 2018 8:44 AM (in response to Mark Biasotti)
  
  Automatic solve order must be checked
  
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Re: Syntax error in all equations

Husein Delic May 18, 2018 2:30 AM (in response to Anders Klem)
To test if the issue is with VBA or not, please follow the steps and check the result:

1. Start a new sketch and insert a rectangle.
2. Now insert a dimension.
3. Now in the Feature Manager, instead of entering a value, enter:

msgbox("Hello!")

If VBA is messed up, the dimension box will ask us to enter a number. If VBA is OK, a message box will pop up containing the text "Hello!", and then the dimension value will be 1.
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Re: Syntax error in all equations

Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama May 18, 2018 8:29 AM (in response to Anders Klem)
Let me see if I understand
Hey pal it's works fine
it was made on SW2018SP2

Rectangle.SLDPRT.zip 37.4 KB
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