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by eric14779
Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:47 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: Automatic PDM Backup Report (Doc has no Project)
Replies: 3
Views: 6419

Re: Automatic PDM Backup Report (Doc has no Project)

France got it fixed a while back... had to delete and copy some files into the PDM database...
by eric14779
Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:45 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: BOM Document export Decimals are commas
Replies: 4
Views: 7997

Re: BOM Document export Decimals are commas

They fixed it !!! in ver 7.10.301.186 maybe a couple of SP back... I did not try until this one.
by eric14779
Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:08 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: BOM Document export Decimals are commas
Replies: 4
Views: 7997

Re: BOM Document export Decimals are commas

My work around is to export with semi-colon separator.

Then edit in notepad...........replace all semicolon with comma..... save.

Then open in Excel.... good to go...
by eric14779
Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:03 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: Draft Copy View to new page for modification
Replies: 2
Views: 5193

Re: Draft Copy View to new page for modification

I keep forgetting about the mechanism configurations.....

I keep using representations when I should use mechanism configurations.....

thanks
by eric14779
Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:56 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: SQL 2014 Express at 10 Gb limit need to upgrade to SQL Sandard
Replies: 2
Views: 5050

Re: SQL 2014 Express at 10 Gb limit need to upgrade to SQL Sandard

Well, SQL upgrade is complete..... Could not go to SQL 2016 as we have Server 2008 R2 on our PDM server..... so upgraded to SQL 2014 Standard. No problem with the in-place upgrade, except the SQL database log file got HUGE.... that along with the installer download filled the Hard drive. Deleted the...
by eric14779
Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:56 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: SQL 2014 Express at 10 Gb limit need to upgrade to SQL Sandard
Replies: 2
Views: 5050

Re: SQL 2014 Express at 10 Gb limit need to upgrade to SQL Sandard

OK I got my outside IT guy getting SQL 2016 Standard with 1 lic ( had to buy 3 "dummy" lic also.... ?? whatever...) I was able to delete a couple of unnecessary projects and increase my remaining database space ( in SQL Express ) to 4.2 Mb so we should not have a problem before we get the ...
by eric14779
Tue Dec 27, 2016 1:49 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: SQL 2014 Express at 10 Gb limit need to upgrade to SQL Sandard
Replies: 2
Views: 5050

SQL 2014 Express at 10 Gb limit need to upgrade to SQL Sandard

OK. Got the PDM Database is less than 1 Gb away from the 10Gb limit Please consider upgrading to SQL Standard Edition Warning... I contacted our outside IT guy and he quoted a price for SQL Server 2016 Standard and User License per each cost. He also said that we would have to purchase a User Lic. f...
by eric14779
Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:19 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: draft automatic composite dim editing question
Replies: 2
Views: 5994

Re: draft automatic composite dim editing question

You can when using the "manual" composite Dim,

but the AUTOMATIC Composite dim command seems to "rebuild" to the Selected composite dim style if you do something that invokes a rebuild.
by eric14779
Fri Jun 17, 2016 3:48 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: Draft Copy View to new page for modification
Replies: 2
Views: 5193

Draft Copy View to new page for modification

I have a complicated Top section view of a stamping die that I want to use twice. the first time I want to use it in the design configuration, to show the die closed.. the second time I want to copy the section view to a new sheet and change to the configuration that shows the die open. I can not fi...
by eric14779
Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:59 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: draft automatic composite dim editing question
Replies: 2
Views: 5994

draft automatic composite dim editing question

Is there a way to edit individual dims decimal places in a automatic composite dim set ??

I want to be able to, say have the "default" 3 place and be able to change individual dims to 1 place or 2 place, maybe even fractional...
by eric14779
Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:55 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: PDM projects
Replies: 5
Views: 5208

Re: PDM projects

Then filter by major product line.
by eric14779
Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:53 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: Show picture in draft document
Replies: 2
Views: 3387

Re: Show picture in draft document

Yep that did it.

Thanks Kyle
by eric14779
Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: PDM projects
Replies: 5
Views: 5208

Re: PDM projects

what we do is have an overall folder by customer then we have a folder for each job and in that folder is one project for the job with all the components/assemblies for that job. in the project we can break down and separate as we see fit. Our jobs have from one to 40 or 50 individual parts and 1 or...
by eric14779
Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:58 pm
Forum: TopSolid'Design 7
Topic: Show picture in draft document
Replies: 2
Views: 3387

Show picture in draft document

I have made a sign design and have the artwork imported into the assembly, and have added the picture to both the Design & Detailed Representations. When I drag the assembly into a draft document the picture does not show, I have tried both Shaded and realistic render modes.... is there a way to...