I seem to have found a solution, here’s what I did for those facing the same problem: I had to download the above utility and run it, then select the Autodesk Genuine Service from the…
1. Several common causes of slow SolidWorks startup and suggested ways to improve and pinpoint the cause of the slowness. Load third-party plugins at startup. These 3rd party libraries need to be loaded into the…
Setting the Level of Detail with iLogic iLogic requires a custom Level of Detail (LoD) before it can perform an operation that suppresses a component. If a custom LoD is not active or one does…
Here’s how to do it, ignoring occurrences in patterns. Trace.WriteLine(“Starting….”) Dim oComp As ComponentOccurrence Dim oComps As ComponentOccurrences oComps = ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences For Each oComp In oComps If oComp.Suppressed Then Trace.WriteLine(oComp.Name + “is suppressed”) If Not…
It is a bit tricky but you can add a new rule and inside that rule set the named dimensions and parameters. Inside a part add a rule. Here is an example, Blue words are…
Teamcenter is a product lifecycle management software owned by Siemens. iLogic is an automated programming design program in the inventor software. How to automatically download 3D models in Teamcenter through the iLogic automation programming program? In…
Use Inventor iLogic to automatically convert 3D drawings to stp format files, the code is as follows: ‘ Get the STEP translator Add-In. Dim oSTEPTranslator As TranslatorAddIn oSTEPTranslator = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById(“{90AF7F40-0C01-11D5-8E83-0010B541CD80}”) Dim oContext As TranslationContext oContext…
Use Inventor iLogic to automatically convert 2D drawings into AutoCAD files in dwg format. The code is as follows: Dim oDoc As Document oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim DWGAddIn As TranslatorAddIn DWGAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById(“{C24E3AC2-122E-11D5-8E91-0010B541CD80}”) Dim oDocument…
Generally speaking, the birth of a masterpiece is not to spend more time and resources to solve the problem itself, but to do more with less nonsense. In the past I thought that as technology…
Data products are products with data as the main goal, and whether they are complete products for customers or part of the back-end products, they have different characteristics from other technical products.
A Product Innovation Charter (PIC) is at the heart of any business’ new product commercialization process. It contains why the project was initiated, the purpose, goals, focus, and boundaries of the project.
We are affected by various aspects every day, and many laws that affect human behavior have been summarized, and will help us design better products, or make certain product designs fail. This article explains the seven rules of user behavior that affect design.
Visualization is not a simple data display, its real value is to design a data display that can be easily understood by readers. Every choice in the design process should ultimately be based on the reader’s…
In some products, we can change the user’s behavior through the corresponding design, and play a certain boosting role. The article combines the author’s own experience to do product design from the perspective of behavioral economics….
Tank traps are designed to block tanks in a known area and buy time for other defenses. It is very difficult for artillery to fire on moving tanks, and it used to be much more…
