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1 year ago
in SolidWorks Assemblies: Four Furious Ways To Split ‘em Up (and Why You Should) on SolidSmack
PDMW Workgroup is dead easy to set up straight out of the box. You basically install the PDM service on a server and it sets up a Vault where all the files go to. Clear firewall ports 20000, 30000 and 40000 if there is one between server and clients. If you have Office Pro you will already have the client installed. Fire up sw and add in PDMW Workgroup. If you dont have it you will need to modify your SW Explorer install to include the PDMW add in and the VaultAdmin tool etc. Then, all your settings are in the VaultAdmin tool. Without the training (only 2 day course, 1 day admin, 1 day user training) i would leave the Lifecycle management and just choose your revision scheme and general settings to suit. Hope that helps!
1 year ago
in SolidWorks Assemblies: Four Furious Ways To Split ‘em Up (and Why You Should) on SolidSmack
hi Ivan
You can get rid of a lot of the items you listed slowing down your assemblies. Part patterns can be Dissolved by Right clicking on the pattern feature once you know how many you need or could be done in a sub assembly instead. Top level mates can be reduced by first mating components into place then fixing them. In 2007 and 2008 the mates are suppressed automatically (so you can go back to them)but wont be rebuilt everytime.
Assembly cuts could be done on the actual parts in another configuration of the part and External References could be locked while you are working on the assembly (RMB then List External and Lock, like breaking but you can get them back).
To stop working over the network, speak to your reseller about PDMWorks Workgroup or Enterprise. The file open time will be the same but when you hit save it will save onto your local drive so that will be much quicker. Its also automatic revision control so not a bad thing.
You can get rid of a lot of the items you listed slowing down your assemblies. Part patterns can be Dissolved by Right clicking on the pattern feature once you know how many you need or could be done in a sub assembly instead. Top level mates can be reduced by first mating components into place then fixing them. In 2007 and 2008 the mates are suppressed automatically (so you can go back to them)but wont be rebuilt everytime.
Assembly cuts could be done on the actual parts in another configuration of the part and External References could be locked while you are working on the assembly (RMB then List External and Lock, like breaking but you can get them back).
To stop working over the network, speak to your reseller about PDMWorks Workgroup or Enterprise. The file open time will be the same but when you hit save it will save onto your local drive so that will be much quicker. Its also automatic revision control so not a bad thing.
1 year ago
in 5 Slick Ways To Improve SolidWorks Large Assembly Performance on SolidSmack
To improve working with large assemblies with multiple configurations you could try working with Display States instead. Display states do not require a rebuild when changing between them whereas configurations do. This could save you a fair bit of time. Its best to use configurations when the geometry changes but if its turning on and off parts, just use display states.
Dont forget in SolidWorks Utilities (in office pro) there is a Simplify feature that simplifies Assemblies and gives them a derived configuration of all the parts and the assembly itself. Do this on your sub assemblies to get rid of any fillets and small features you dont need to see on your main assembly.
Dont forget in SolidWorks Utilities (in office pro) there is a Simplify feature that simplifies Assemblies and gives them a derived configuration of all the parts and the assembly itself. Do this on your sub assemblies to get rid of any fillets and small features you dont need to see on your main assembly.
1 year ago
in Cloth Diapers more popular than SolidWorks on SolidSmack
AutoCAD may have a higher search volume at the moment, but this just shows how much more opportunity SolidWorks have in the market.
