About the Innovation Day there is a session dedicated to the subject of large complexes
That said: it would be interesting to identify the big gap between what we are told or shown (see the 2018 show) since 2019 and what you feel in your companies.
Does it come from a PDM environment or does it happen on strictly individual workstations?
Kind regards
For the 2020, the heaviness of the drawings, the big black spot and strongly accentuate if certain parts are in transparency.
We noticed that with the building in transparency, for example, it becomes almost impossible to record a large drawing. It turns all night sometimes to end up crashing.
If we go back to the building in non-transparent mode, it is still a hassle but in a much less way.
And since we used to put all the strips in transparency as well as the plexiglass doors and others, it quickly becomes problematic during the assembly registration and worse of MEP.
For the 2021 version I am also waiting for your feedback because with the 2020 it becomes very complicated sometimes.
PS: the heaviness remains on an individual position.
@tous,
I have launched a call to all people with experience or customer feedback (support team, trainers, etc.) regarding SW 2021.
We try to provide you with feedback and recommendations as soon as possible!
Coralie
Hello @sbadenis
In your building, are all the exterior rooms made transparent (e.g. the walls) or is it only transparent objects such as glass or plexiglass panels?
Are you allowing me to say something stupid?
Kind regards
Anyway, I sometimes put the walls + floor to see through it temporarily. And also to have some parts conveyor belt or plexiglass part here and there. And as soon as one or more pieces are transparent, the more the multiplier coefficient of chance for his oar/plant is important in 2020!
@Zozo_mp stupidity granted!
@tous,
I would like to share with you the answer of Maxime CASIER, our SOLIDWORKS trainer, who recommends SOLIDWORKS 2021;
"Few customer feedback after the SOLIDWORKS 2021 training, which is a good sign! I didn't encounter any " big " problems on this 2021. I know that SolidWorks has worked a lot on fixing the bugs in this 2021, they highlight it very well on this poster: there are fewer new features but more quality/performance."
I am waiting for more feedback from our support team in order to bring you more testimonials.
Coralie
Hello
As far as I'm concerned, I don't really work on SW for development since CATIA is imposed.
On the other hand, I use the calculation module quite regularly, with the imported Catia files.
In the SW simulation module I noticed a clear improvement:
- improved computation time, it seems to me that there has been a lot of work on the solvers
- less interference problem, not always justified (import problem)
- it seems to me that the processor is optimized during the calculation phase, it seems that for some phases of the calculation it manages the different cores of the processor better
- I also have less problems using the connectors
That's it for a little feedback....
Have a nice day
[STUPIDITY MODE ON granted]
I share this point with you. I am often bothered with transparent parts in ASMs that are a bit copious because when I have two or other combinations I can't easily select the faces to measure or put a constraint.
So I change the material for glass or transparent plastic.
And there! Tada!!!
I can select anything I want.
I don't know anything about configurations but you should be able to with a glass or plastic configuration and the other with steel sheet or other opaque material.
On the other hand, for the MEP I don't use transparent material so it's up to you to see if this proposal is suitable or if it sucks ;-)
[Stupidity MODE Granted /OFF]
Kind regards
Hello
As for the plan, I'm starting to test the fact that I always save them as a detached plan. This way if I need to add a dimension, annotation or a crash I can intervene quickly but if it's a cut modification I will be forced to reload in clear I have a chance in 2 to be able to go fast. This is already a solution to save 50%.
From the explorer, it is easy to see if the plan is saved as a detached drawing or not, just put the mouse on the file without doing anything and a box opens with several information including whether or not it is saved in detached drawing.
I'll let you test on your side.
May the force be with you.
Hello
I have seen some problems with Drawing, heavy mep and opening/recording times,
I invite you to go to Options > Drawing / Performance and uncheck "Include skin mode data when recording", (appeared in 2020 SP4.0).
The first opening is always long but after a first recording this should no longer be the case and the weight should decrease,
Have a nice day
Hello @OBI WAN
You have to be a Jedi Master to know this stuff. Because the online help is like ""VAT is easy"" in twelve volumes.
Thanks for the tip!
In the same vein (to be explored) because there is a certain antagonism with the "detached drawing"
Lean drawings are similar to lightweight assemblies. By default, most assembly drawings are opened in a lightweight state, and only a portion of the model data is loaded into memory. The remaining data is loaded as needed.
The performance of drawings of complex assemblies increases significantly with lean drawings. The effectiveness of Lean drawings stems from the fact that model-specific data is loaded as needed.
Detached drawings cannot be Lite drawings.
http://help.solidworks.com/2018/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_lightweight_drawings.htm?id=b239a4cdf4c449b5b49efba277da2cc5#Pg0
Let's see which of the two solutions brings the best performance ;-)
Kind regards
@toute the community
A summary list of 2021 enhancements that confirms enhancements for simulation and assemblies
http://help.solidworks.com/2021/french/WhatsNew/c_wn2021_top_enhancements.htm
Also a very useful function, namely "the restore function" in excel, word and many other apps. (the "redo" function allows you to undo a recent undo operation. Until SOLIDWORKS 2020, its use was limited to sketches.). This function did not exist in case of a wrong operation but no possibility of going back.
Solidworks finally knows how to "restore"
http://help.solidworks.com/2021/french/whatsnew/c_wn2021_parts_redo_support_features.htm
https://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/fr/2021/01/redo-support-for-part-features-in-solidworks-2021/
The one I'll like when I switch to the 2021 :-)
The ability to export interference detection results as a spreadsheet but with the inclusion of room thumbnails.
Indeed, on big ASMs it is not always easy to see where exactly the interference is
Kind regards
@Zozo_mp ,
yes that's the kind of thing you learn at the JEDI temple.
the detached drawing is like a photo, a dead body so no calculation time, blue bubble so to dimension annotation it's great very fast opening but the disadvantage is the addition of cuts or modification in the 3 D there you are forced to reload the plan in full. the best is to prepare your plan with all the views and sections and save in detached drawing this way if crash you can come back to it very quickly, to finish a plan the next day big quick opening no need for 3D.
Less of a fan of lighter shots because it implies that you are in a full loaded 3D so with an intention to make cuts or other and in this case if you make a cut you are obliged to put in a resolved state to make this cut. In clear sooner or later you will go into solved. I'm still in a state of resolution to avoid the latency of the parts loading.
may the force be with you.
WAN @OBI
Thank you for the explanation, which is very clear. We can see that it's well thought out ;-)
Kind regards
Hello
I have just switched to the 2021 version and I am experiencing a problem that I did not have before, it is impossible for me to put bubbles related to the nomenclature on exploded assemblies.
CDLT
Have you checked in the property of the view which is well related to the nomenclature?
may the force be with you.
Yes the problem is that the windshield does not magnetize to the parts as if it were non-existent, the whole thing is well linked to my nomenclature
There are 3 of us who have this problem
Hello, @conception_13
These are Bugs in progress of resolutions and High priorities present since SW 2019.
A workaround worked in 2020 but this is no longer the case in 2021. (Enable exploded configuration in 3D, in the plan select the drawing view > Disable, then activate the "Show in exploded or model break state" option).
You will need to bubble with an unexploded setup, to burst afterwards, the bubbles will remain attached
Good night
Hi everyone!
We did the migration in the second quarter (with PDM too) from 2019 SP5 to 2021 SP3 and for a while to SP4.1.
For us it was a disaster: crashes, fully loaded graphics cards (very unstable shading, sometimes even non-existent, forced to refresh non-stop), functions that work well at startup and then after a certain amount of work time don't work anymore... There is something for everyone (or dislike). Almost everyone regrets migration.
It's true, on the other side of the coin there have been improvements for certain functions, but frankly we would do without them because we have really lost a real comfort of work that we had before.