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  Chris Serran 10:05 am on November 6, 2009 | 3 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: pdm (9), PDMWorkgroup (2), PDMWorks Workgroup (2)

  I have a project that has disappeared from WPDM. The project folder is there, but there are no documents contained in it.
  - A search for some of the documents brings up nothing.
  - My vault gets validated every night after it is backed up.
  - I can see the data folders when navigating to the vault data on the server.
  - Searched the server log file to see if it was deleted…nothing
  - Server SP and client SP are at same major SP (SP4)

  I’ve submitted the issue to my VAR, just wondering if anyone here has some insight.

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  Chris Serran 6:50 am on October 21, 2009 | 9 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: SolidWorks 2010

  Anyone install SW2010 yet? Thoughts?

   
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  Chris Serran 1:01 pm on January 8, 2009 | 6 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: photoview, PhotoView 360 (2), rendering (2)

  New to photoview 360, is there a way to create a transparent background? Can anyone suggest a good workflow for rendering? IE. should I setup appearances in SW then open in PV360?

   
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  Chris Serran 3:00 pm on January 7, 2009 | 4 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: crash (4), drawing (6), Geometric Tolerance, Tolerance

  Every time I try to insert a Geometric Tolerance to a drawing, SW crashes to the desktop. Has anyone seen this?
  SW09 SP01 XP64

   
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  Chris Serran 11:21 am on December 23, 2008 | 0 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: Bulletin, FYI, network license, SNL

  FYI, a bulletin was released yesterday regarding 2009 SNL Customers and redownloading the license file.
  http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/CustomerBulletins.html

   
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  Chris Serran 9:43 am on December 16, 2008 | 8 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: sheet metal (3), Stock size

  In my parts I add reference dimensions to show stock sizes, I then link those 3 dimensions to custom properties. In my drawing I reference this property for my stock size.
  The issue I’m having is when I do this for sheet metal parts. I’ll flatten the part, put my dimensions on but when I unflatten the pattern the ref. dimensions change.
  Unless I always keep the part flattend through configurations, the drawing will show the stock size of the part as if it were folded.
  I’m trying to get away from manually typing in the stock size, does anyone have a workaround for this?

   
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  Chris Serran 8:29 am on December 5, 2008 | 2 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: pdm (9), PDMWorks Workgroup (2), reporting, where used

  Is there anyway to add a header to the Where Used in PDMWW? I see you can right click on the header and unhide a column, however it is blank. I would like to add fields like Customer, etc.

   
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  Chris Serran 8:40 am on December 3, 2008 | 1 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: Backwards Compatibility, faq (2)

  Before anyone asks, we might as well address the question now….
  At this time SolidWorks CANNOT open native files from newer versions. IE. SolidWorks 2006 cannot open native files from SolidWorks 2007, 2008 or 2009.

   
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  Chris Serran 8:26 am on November 28, 2008 | 1 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: answer, faq (2), solution (2)

  If you post a question and a solution has been found, either on this site or by other means, please post to let everyone know. That way when someone searches here they know what suggestions work.

   
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  Chris Serran 9:48 am on November 27, 2008 | 1 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: anchor point, regression, revision (3), SPR (2), SPR 464547, tables

  Since SW08, a regression in table positioning has been found. The stationary corner is not saved to the template like it was in 2007 and before.
  This results in possibly having to change the table orientation if your table isn’t in one of the 4 corners.
  IE. I have a revision table that is inserted near bottom middle of our title block. I cannot save the rev block table orientation (top left) to the template. It always gets inserted into the drawing with bottom right orientation.

  If this affects you, submit a service request through your VAR with SPR 464547 attached to it.

   
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  Chris Serran 11:34 am on November 25, 2008 | 7 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: pdm (9), revision (3)

  Can PDMWorks Workgroup manage revisions for Autocad drawings like it does for SolidWorks documents?
  I’m migrating our electrical schematic drawings (all done in acad) to our PDM vault and am hoping it does.