DISQUS

Devon Sowell · 1 year ago

RE:"Allow adding ordinates in detail views based off the zero in the parent view"

Here's my workaround for this;

1. Fully Ordinate Dimension the View.
2. Copy This View, The Ordiante Dimensions will also be copied.
3. "Crop" this Copied View to look just like a Detail View. "Hide" the unwanted Ordinate dimensions.

Cheers,
Devon

Bruce Buck · 1 year ago

Sorry, but LAME-O (new Ramen flavor, maybe?)

1)Gee, whip out the checkbook, not.
2)They promised the same exact thing last year.
3)Promised the same thing last year. Yes, they added the ability to undo sketch commands after exiting sketch, but they still left much to be desired.
4)Uh, who uses interference detection that much anyway? Half the time it can't take into account flexible components, press-fit components, etc. The interferences that bite you in the butt are the ones where you didn't bother to create the assembly and check it out.
5)Um, lock? No comprendo. Can you elaborate? Even still, it's called being lazy and not checking all the configurations when you make a change to make sure everything is still intact.
6)Don't know 'bout that one.
7)Doesn't Mike Wilson or someone already have a macro for that? I bet he/she doesn't get a dime from SolidWorks for their work.
8)They promised that one last year too.
9)Break out the Señorial and let's party. Uh, sorry, not that great
10)For crying out loud, why are we still talking about DRAWINGS when we should be pushing for ASME Y14.41 and GET RID OF DRAWINGS!!!!!

Wow, I'm cranky tonight, aren't I? Maybe a nice bowl of Ramen stew would help me calm down?

matt · 1 year ago

I've lost my faith in this list. At best it is a customer list which is edited to remove sacred cows. Where is the suggestion to provide reverse compatibility or data exchange with Catia? Where are the quality type enhancements?

SolidWorks allows SWW users to choose from a list of stuff they have already decided to do.

Josh · 1 year ago

Ya know, it made me think too, cause I see these topics, but haven't been to World in a while. The topics seem so familiar, I'm thinking, is it rigged? I'm sure some are still requested, but I thought dual monitor support would happen 5 years ago when, imo, it was most important.

What would be incredible is if SolidWorks had complete transparencies on this. A list is too abstract. Instead of a list at the last session, I was hoping to see actual graphs or stats of where users were suggesting enhancements and then actual data that showed the most requested.

If there's a top one they can't do, just tell us, the technology isn't there yet, but we're gonna do this, this and this in the next version, and that one by 2010. Much easier to trust that.

Jim · 1 year ago

This pertains to planning ahead from the assembly to the drawing...

Have a "Item No." column in the "Display Pane". Drawings are much easier and faster when one can use "item number" instead of "custom" when ballooning. We don't export or include the BOM on the drawing. We use SAP for the BOM that is often created prior to the assembly drawing (based on older versions of similar assemblies). I normally create folders with like-parts and drag n drop to get components to match the BOM. An "Item No." would visually help the reordering process.

Josh · 1 year ago

He Jim, in 2009 you will be able to display a BOM in the model while you work. I can see advantages and disadvantages to that. I like your idea. It's more simple. I hope you've submitted it in the enhancement request online. I've had to 'pre-build' assemblies as well and having a item number on the model could help. It goes along with doing everything in the model.

Alex · 1 year ago

:))