Solidworks world 2013

It's now been one year since I started this little blog from a hotel room in San Diego!

I was disappointed with the first general session, it was full of subtle and not so subtle sales pitches. There was also some dancing around the solidworks v6 topic without actually saying anything substantive.

I hope I get I some more uplifting sessions coming up.

Lagging on Right Click in ePDM

After upgrading to 2012 SP5.0 I noticed SEVERE lag time when right clicking on files inside the vault, or in trying to use the search tool.

Oddly enough this is due to having too many search favorites. ePDM doesn't like a long list to process I guess. You can log in as admin and right click on each favorite in the search tool to remover users' access and shorten their list.

~Corey Hinman, CEPA, CSWP

What's new in PDM 2013

Looks like some nice enhancements are coming...it also looks like I have some workflows to re-write!

Here's a nice preview from the fine folks at 3DVision Technologies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wWoCYraXWgc#!

~Corey Hinman, CEPA, CSWP

Get out and Vote

I hear Romney is Pro-PDM Enterprise :)

~Corey Hinman, CEPA, CSWP

New & Improved? CEPA certificates

I was part of the first test group of CEPA test takers at solidworks world 2012, since they've formally released that test to the public they've released a new certificate, not that I the paper copy of it for anything, but at least it looks a little more professional

New:

~Corey Hinman, CEPA

Quiet = Busy!!

Been a little busier than normal around here, making finding new topics, or time to post more difficult.

I did just register for Solidworks World 2013 though, I am looking forward to this one as well so I can get a test drive of PDM 2013 capabilities!

~Corey Hinman, CEPA

Enterprise PDM Zero BOM Qty

I have a BOM that is showing some items as 0 qty items.They are not 0 qty items, they are not excluded from BOM. As built is not selected, the pictures are using the default configuration.

The zero qty items appear as yellow (meaning modified), so I backspace over the value, which reverts to it's real BOM count. But when I hit save on the BOM it reverts back to zero on 1 of the items. If I fix that one, and save, it reverts to zero on all items.

2012 sp3

If you're experiencing this, you'll need to wait for 2012 SP5.0 apparently.

~Corey Hinman, CEPA, CSWP