Strange Editing Imported Geometry Issue

MadMango · Feb 7, 2013

SW11 Sp5.0

Sometimes we get imported geometry from our ID guys that use Rhino. We edit these files in SW for manufacturing feasibility. We recently had a part that whenever we tried to edit it we would get the "Feature Failed to Cut the Body" or "Geometry Error" messages. I went to a co-workers computer to have him try to edit the part, and he had no errors, so I copied his settings (Copy Setting Wizard) over to another machine that was having the errors, and it can now edit the part without any problems.

I have left my machine as "the control" and am comparing all the settings, but I cannot find any differences. Do any SW Gurus here what I should be looking for? It's very possible that I have overlooked something, somewhere.

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EEnd · Feb 7, 2013

The files saved by the Copy Settings Wizard are text files and relatively readable. I would get settings files from both a good and a bad machine and then use a file difference tool to see which settings are different. Because programmers use them to compare versions of their source code, there are a ton of those tools out there. The one I currently use is from

http://winmerge.org.

This should be quicker and more thorough than digging through the options menus on the two machines.

Eric

Eltron · Feb 7, 2013

Did you try it the other way around? Copy your setting and see if you can jack up a working computer.

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TheTick · Feb 7, 2013

Hmmm...

MadMango · Feb 7, 2013

Eric, I will keep that method in mind, and try that route.

Dan, I don't have the luxury of impeding production in the office, that is reserved for Directors and above. It would be interesting to try though. [smile]

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mjcole · Feb 7, 2013

Dan,

Eltron said:
Copy your setting and see if you can jack up a working computer.

Are you thinking that maybe screwing up both computers could lead to MadMango and his compatriot both getting new High End Workstations? [lol]

At least MadMango didn't take the Reinstall route typically copy settings will fix most problems for identical machines and many times for different ones.

For a cheaper investigation you can do a file compare of the .sldreg or what should be (or actually is .reg as you'd get with using regedit) using msWordd, excell or Textpad.

Registry location
MyComputer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks
You can use (Favorites > Add to favorites) to save it for easy access from the regedit pull down menus.
MyComputer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 20##\ImportSettings.

Save off your settings and try the option to reset all settings to SolidWorks Defaults and try that next.
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handleman · Feb 7, 2013

Verification on Rebuild setting?

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