I'm a software and mechanic engineer. The SolidWorks softwaredevelopers should be able to understand this suggestion.
It would be nice if SolidWorks could implement asolution and project layer to help group parts andassemblies together. It should be similar to or emulate MicrosoftVisual Studio'sSolution and Project implementation.
We use equations heavily. Furthermore, we use external referencing(between parts and assemblies) heavily. Solidworks implementationof the equation system ispoor at best. It could be impemented far superior than it isand it's shameful that it hasn't really been addressed in such along time.
We create apart calledDIMS.SLDPRT for eachproject. This part contains all the user definabledimensions and equations we use throughout the project. Why not useexcel? Because the DDE is more unstable than referencing SolidWorksdocuments. However, because of the poor implementation of theequation system, thispart must always be loaded (or resolved) in order toreference it (an extremely annoying requirement). This part isusually included in all assemblies to help facilitate thedistribution of the information it contains.
It would be nice to have the ability to set definitions at asolution level and at a project level that is addressable to allparts and assemblies contains within the solution/project. Itshould be independent of resolution (i.e. lightweight/resolved).
The Solution/Project explorer (again, similar to Microsoft VisualStudio) should permit the addition and grouping parts, assembliesand drawings. It should also permit the addition of externaldocuments (documents, spreadsheets, pdfs, etc).
And before any suggests it, the PDM Workgroup system is NOT thesame thing. It's really a version control system like CVS, SVN, etc(i.e. what software developers use).
SolidworksGeneral
It would be nice if SolidWorks could implement asolution and project layer to help group parts andassemblies together. It should be similar to or emulate MicrosoftVisual Studio'sSolution and Project implementation.
We use equations heavily. Furthermore, we use external referencing(between parts and assemblies) heavily. Solidworks implementationof the equation system ispoor at best. It could be impemented far superior than it isand it's shameful that it hasn't really been addressed in such along time.
We create apart calledDIMS.SLDPRT for eachproject. This part contains all the user definabledimensions and equations we use throughout the project. Why not useexcel? Because the DDE is more unstable than referencing SolidWorksdocuments. However, because of the poor implementation of theequation system, thispart must always be loaded (or resolved) in order toreference it (an extremely annoying requirement). This part isusually included in all assemblies to help facilitate thedistribution of the information it contains.
It would be nice to have the ability to set definitions at asolution level and at a project level that is addressable to allparts and assemblies contains within the solution/project. Itshould be independent of resolution (i.e. lightweight/resolved).
The Solution/Project explorer (again, similar to Microsoft VisualStudio) should permit the addition and grouping parts, assembliesand drawings. It should also permit the addition of externaldocuments (documents, spreadsheets, pdfs, etc).
And before any suggests it, the PDM Workgroup system is NOT thesame thing. It's really a version control system like CVS, SVN, etc(i.e. what software developers use).
SolidworksGeneral
