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mdebower18-Opal
18-Opal
June 11, 2014
Question

Model dimension will not show on drawing.

  • June 11, 2014
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Hey there,

I ran across this today, I have a model with a sketch. The sketch has dimensions in it. When I try to show those dimensions on my drawing view, all the dimensions EXCEPT one appear. The dimension that wont show in drawing is not erased or deleted.
I have also tried saving, regenerating, and some other things to get it to appear, but nothing.

Any ideas? Including a screen shot if that helps.

-marc

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DonSenchuk12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
June 12, 2014
We're currently able to do this without a Solidworks license.

We're on M090. Not sure if that matters.

We can't use the 64-bit version of Creo to open .sldprt or .sldasm files. We had to change our startup script and check both the 32-bit and 64-bit install, and create a .PSF for the 32-bit to allow users the option of a running a 32-bit Creo. The biggest drawback is that it simply will not connect to WindchillPDMLink (or at least as far as I know).

David Haigh informed me of the trick on a thread back on 11/8/2013.
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colin1-Visitor
1-Visitor
June 12, 2014

We're runing Creo 1, the start script labeled Creo m050 I'm not sure that is still correct.

Chris


---- Nathan Rollins <-> wrote:
> If you're using Creo 2, you can open SolidWorks files - it comes in as an import feature - no feature data, but it is as good as a STP...
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> -Nate
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KENTJORGENSEN1-Visitor
1-Visitor
June 13, 2014

I've done this here through several versions of Pro. Latest has been Creo 2.0 (various builds).


You need to have either a full version of SolidWorks installed on your machine, or the free SolidWorks Explorer http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/downloads.htm


The downside is the free SWE is only 32-bit. Therefore, as mentioned elsewhere here, you have to configure your ProE startup to run the 32-bit version of Pro when you are going to import the SW parts.


Once imported, you can open the model in a 64-bit install. You'll see the previouslyimported geometry, but it won't be linked to the SW files.

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egifford12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
June 13, 2014

I had to mess with this a couple of months ago. The guys in our CNC programming office could directly open Solidworks files in 64 bit Creo 2, but nobody in the engineering office could. I installed the previously described tools from Dassault on a designers PC and it did nothing. As just mentioned, it's because only the 32 bit version is available asa free download and the connectivity won't work if you're running 64 bit Creo. What I ended up finding was the CNC guys are running 64 bit Mastercam, which can directly open Solidworks files. The Mastercam install includes a DLL file that provides this capability. If I copied the SwDocumentMgr.dll file from the Mastercam install, placed it on a PC running 64 bit Creo and registered the DLL file using the regsvr command- presto, the install of 64 bit Creo can directly open Solidworks files.



Erik

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