My Current Wish list for SolidWorks

Jan 10, 2007 5 Replies

My Current Abbreviated SolidWorks Wish list:



It would be nice to see most if not all of what data is scattered throughout SW into an easy to use central location... this should be true not only for weldments, but ALL parts (or materials) that SW has scattered throughout its database(s)... or at least have the same data.



Example: I had to manually transfer/copy the COSMOS material data to the SW Material area (actually it creates another drop down menu category, along with my materials category) and now it opens up a much larger materials database for parts creation... especially for plastics and steels. And thus makes what is in COSMOS available and the same in SolidWorks... the way it should be.



While I am at it... it would be nice to see toolbox components that mount with specific hole sizes be somehow incorporated into the "hole wizard"... like PEM nuts, or bearings & dowel pins (with tolerance data for various fits - free, slip, interference, etc.)... Then during assembly (or sub-assembly) creation, SolidWorks would then ask if you would like to populate the holes "marked" for a specific hardware type... that way I could forget remembering the hole sizes used to insert PEM nuts (for example) and give my brain space to remember other things, like our anniversary, birthdays, and other important data as well!!!



Aron


"Aron \(bacsdesign.com\)" wrote in news:9S9ph.73$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews8.bellsouth.net:

Please make sure to submit enhancement requests, if you haven't already. These are not new requests, and every request logged against them is like a vote for them. No guarantees, of course.

I know what you mean about pemnuts. The amazing an ironic thing is: if you drill into the toolbox database for pemnuts, there is a column with all the hole sizes for each pemnut listed - yet this information is used no where in solidworks. It exists only in the database.

Zander

Ar> My Current Abbreviated SolidWorks Wish list:

Well that is a start... Thanks for that info!

I guess there is hope for a "Unified SolidWorks Database"!

Aron

I ended up adding Hole Wizard Favorites for most of the PEM nut sizes we use. It works pretty well in that you only have to set them up once.

I agree with you guys that this should be pre-installed and part of the Hole Wizard.

Best Regards,

Ricky Jordan CSWP Dynetics, Inc. Huntsville, AL

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Zander wrote:

Could you create a smart-component for each PEM nut that inserts the appropriate hole automatically when you insert the PEM nut?

Ricky Jordan wrote:

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