Solidworks is a dog

Martin · 2005-02-27T06:10:48+00:00

Folks, I'm not sure how you high-end folk get any work done with this program. The mere thought of using this tool (if we are to call it that) for highly complex mechanical design scares the living daylights out of me. The performance and robustness issues it has are almost beyond belief. It's simply unbelievable.As I write this, I've been sitting in front of the computer in total disbelief watching as SW is has been at 95% CPU utilization for 30+ minutes to delete 100 external references in a part. The part is a simple 1/8 extruded plate. The external references are on-edge references to rounded rectangles. This should take all of 2 seconds, if that much. Break the links and create new geometry to replace it. Or something in that vein. What the hell is it doing at 95% CPU utilization for that long?I'd be more than happy to email anyone this simple part for a look-see. I could be doing something really stupid. However, if it is that simple to do something "stupid" that causes these kinds of performance problems with SW, well, my current opinion stands: This thing is a dog.BTW, I got my VAR involved about a week ago. They recommend not using external relations. Well, what the hell is the point of using this sort of a tool if you can't relate features in parts to geometry in other parts? Without external relations, changes in one part would have to be propagated to other parts by hand. What's the sense in doing that?Anyhow. Frustrated. Productivity shot. Very frustrated.-Martin

Feb 27, 2005 20 Replies

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Wayne Tiffany 21 years ago

Dang, I knew you were going to ask that one, as I have struggled with it myself. Why is it not defined??? The length of the flange is defined, but not in the sketch. Why??

Now, to my answer - I do not go back and add that dimension on edge flanges. I also have never seen a case where an edge flange went on a walkabout, so my presumption is that they really are, in fact controlled and just don't let us know.

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