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**Author:** [@doobes](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/doobes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/scorched-earth-windows-installs/3239 "2024-09-21T01:44:54Z")
Hi de ho, I’m on the verge of doing a scorched earth Windows 10 install on my only Windows machine, which I use for SolidWorks. I’ve done this a couple of times, and it’s not a particularly difficult process but it is … --- ## [Replace my 3DConnexion CadMouse Pro?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/replace-my-3dconnexion-cadmouse-pro/3136)
**Author:** [@Petertha](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Petertha)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/replace-my-3dconnexion-cadmouse-pro/3136 "2024-07-02T15:24:32Z")
My 3 year old 3DConnexion CadMouse Pro (wired) is acting up & progressively getting worse. Skippy & erratic scroll wheel syndrome. If I scroll up, it lags, or goes the wrong direction, scroll some more then it comes back… --- ## [Part and BOM management](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/part-and-bom-management/3112)
**Author:** [@jcapriotti](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/jcapriotti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/part-and-bom-management/3112 "2024-06-18T14:55:49Z")
What is everyone using for Part item master management with bills of material functionality or maybe software you’ve seen that might work? Need to look at migrating our legacy data out of an old mainframe system for our … --- ## [PDM, tool to copy the archives of a file and its reference tree](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-tool-to-copy-the-archives-of-a-file-and-its-reference-tree/3042)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-tool-to-copy-the-archives-of-a-file-and-its-reference-tree/3042 "2024-05-20T18:27:14Z")
Hello again, I’m copying some of the archives from our production server to test server. The plan was to use the “Collect Support Information” utility from PDM Admin tool. I’ve tried it but the zip file only contains … --- ## [Microstation and Open Roads](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/microstation-and-open-roads/3048)
**Author:** [@ctsturdiv](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/ctsturdiv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/microstation-and-open-roads/3048 "2024-05-13T04:14:45Z")
It appears from going on these internship hunts, a lot of people are using either Microstation or Open Roads in the area. Now don’t get me wrong. A lot of people still use AutoCAD civil and AutoCAD itself. But you work … --- ## [PDM, How to check in/undo checkout on all files in a duplicate (test) vault?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-how-to-check-in-undo-checkout-on-all-files-in-a-duplicate-test-vault/3030)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-how-to-check-in-undo-checkout-on-all-files-in-a-duplicate-test-vault/3030 "2024-05-01T18:52:57Z")
I might be several steps past going wrong here, but I have a set of test servers that were duplicated from the production servers. They’re all VMs. On the duplicate (test) vault there are a bunch of files checked out t… --- ## [Files with blank State & Workflow](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/files-with-blank-state-workflow/2938)
**Author:** [@smf39](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/smf39)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/files-with-blank-state-workflow/2938 "2024-03-25T15:53:16Z")
Hello! Our SW PDM vault has several thousand files without any State or Workflow. It appears to have happened somehow after a delete then recover operation. I’m unable to transition them to any new state. Any ideas on ho… --- ## [PDM, change user's login name](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-change-users-login-name/2971)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-change-users-login-name/2971 "2024-03-25T14:49:07Z")
Sometimes users change their names. We use Active Directory for PDM login, so when IT updates the users login name in AD and I run “Update Group from AD” it wants to remove the user’s old name from group(s) and create n… --- ## [\[GEOMAGIC CONTROL X\] How to find the middle point on the surface.](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/geomagic-control-x-how-to-find-the-middle-point-on-the-surface/2935)
**Author:** [@clairepark1130](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/clairepark1130)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/geomagic-control-x-how-to-find-the-middle-point-on-the-surface/2935 "2024-03-05T01:05:04Z")
I need the middle point between the finger tip and finger root. I used the “Between 2 Points” function, but I realized that it is in space, not on the surface. How can I make the middle point on surface based on the fing… --- ## [SNL, Solidworks 2024 is not supported on Windows Server 2016](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/snl-solidworks-2024-is-not-supported-on-windows-server-2016/2833)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/snl-solidworks-2024-is-not-supported-on-windows-server-2016/2833 "2024-01-24T20:03:21Z")
Hello, we use network licenses and the SNL server is on our PDM SQL Server instance, which is Windows Server 2016. It will likely remain that way until our next update in a few years. (We are updating to 2023 before lo… --- ## [Plasticity 3D guidelines](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/plasticity-3d-guidelines/2837)
**Author:** [@Intellimode](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Intellimode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/plasticity-3d-guidelines/2837 "2024-01-07T19:43:09Z")
I’m new in using Plasticity and by watching some tutorials I stumbled over creating guidelines or construction lines. This should be done by just holding Shift-key and clicking on a vertex. But it seems that this funktio… --- ## [PDM, Is there a user/group state permission to list file but not allow caching it?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-is-there-a-user-group-state-permission-to-list-file-but-not-allow-caching-it/2826)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-is-there-a-user-group-state-permission-to-list-file-but-not-allow-caching-it/2826 "2024-01-03T17:53:04Z")
This probably sounds like a bad thing to try to do, but I believe it would be nice if we could set permissions for some users (not design eng, but sales or purchasing for example) so that they can see that the file exist… --- ## [Space Mouse Issues](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/space-mouse-issues/2798)
**Author:** [@SPerman](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/SPerman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/space-mouse-issues/2798 "2023-12-14T19:01:20Z")
Does anyone else have issues with their 3dconnexion space mouse? About once a month mine goes black, and the only solution is to physically unplug it from the computer. Shut downs and reboots have no effect. --- ## [Circled Letter and number block libaries](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/circled-letter-and-number-block-libaries/2741)
**Author:** [@ctsturdiv](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/ctsturdiv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/circled-letter-and-number-block-libaries/2741 "2023-12-09T16:35:28Z")
Anyone have a link somewhere for circled letter and number libraries? I feel people on being hardcore, not lazy, and making your own blocks, but why reinvent the wheel when someone, somewhere probably has this? I am fa… --- ## [cannabis kaufen online](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/cannabis-kaufen-online/2777)
**Author:** [@AlexLachance](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/AlexLachance)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/cannabis-kaufen-online/2777 "2023-12-01T17:07:04Z")
lol interesting matt --- ## [\[Geomagic Design X\] What would you do in this scenario?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/geomagic-design-x-what-would-you-do-in-this-scenario/2772)
**Author:** [@Volume](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Volume)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/geomagic-design-x-what-would-you-do-in-this-scenario/2772 "2023-11-28T20:59:54Z")
I have a newbie question as Im still learning the ropes with Geomagic. I have the below scan which Im trying to fix up. I have gone around it with the fill tool and most of it is good, this part here won’t really work w… --- ## [CAD Admins, raise your hands!](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/cad-admins-raise-your-hands/257)
**Author:** [@matt](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/cad-admins-raise-your-hands/257 "2023-11-14T21:35:48Z")
One of my hopes for this site is to give CAD Admin types somewhere to connect with their own kind. I know when I did that job I felt very isolated, with a lot of responsibility, little authority, and no resources. It wou… --- ## [PDM, archive server; do the archive folders \>need\< to be local to that server?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-archive-server-do-the-archive-folders-need-to-be-local-to-that-server/2705)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-archive-server-do-the-archive-folders-need-to-be-local-to-that-server/2705 "2023-10-23T19:28:48Z")
From management standpoint it would be simpler if our archives were not local to the archive server, but rather a network share. A bit about the setup. Archive and SQL servers are VMs managed by IT through VSphere ALL… --- ## [PDM and File Explorer](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-and-file-explorer/945)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-and-file-explorer/945 "2023-10-20T12:20:23Z")
We had issues of Vault View (actually explorer.exe) crashing or closing “Randomly” from the day we started having users use PDM. Most users were used to have several to many File Explorer windows open throughout the day… --- ## [Reverse Engineering Program Advice](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/reverse-engineering-program-advice/2650)
**Author:** [@Donnyvan](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Donnyvan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/reverse-engineering-program-advice/2650 "2023-10-19T16:58:46Z")
I am currently in the market for a program that is able to handle converting mesh to a solid model (ideally in both CREO and SOLIDWORKS). With my previous employers, I used Geomagic Design X and really enjoyed using that… --- ## [PDM what do you use for \ nag?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-what-do-you-use-for-private-state-nag/272)
**Author:** [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/pdm-what-do-you-use-for-private-state-nag/272 "2023-10-11T22:02:24Z")
All users are a bit different. Some are paranoid of loosing data and will check in the file every time they accomplish something. Some don’t bother checking in the first time until their done with it. Some respond to … --- ## [In Search of a Mentor](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/in-search-of-a-mentor/2668)
**Author:** [@darthdrafterbell](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/darthdrafterbell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/in-search-of-a-mentor/2668 "2023-10-11T16:12:48Z")
Hello all! I’m currently searching for AutoCAD work, and someone willing to take some time to be a mentor. I have academic experience, am a certified draftsman, and enjoy working with CAD. What I’m best at, as well as my… --- ## [Best practice recording](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/best-practice-recording/2127)
**Author:** [@mike\_miller](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/mike_miller)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/best-practice-recording/2127 "2023-09-20T23:02:35Z")
I’d like some input on this, since I’m starting to consolidate tribal knowledge. Do you try to keep all CAD and PDM best practice data in one file, or do you spread it out into separate files for different sections of t… --- ## [CPU vs GPU](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/cpu-vs-gpu/1814)
**Author:** [@Frederick\_Law](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Frederick_Law)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/cpu-vs-gpu/1814 "2023-09-15T18:16:38Z")
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-i-dont-upgrade-my-cpu-for-higher-frame-rates-anymore/ A gamer’s path to find out if CPU or GPU is limiting. I don’t think most CAD user will push enough for GPU to be limit. --- ## [Advice please](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/advice-please/2135)
**Author:** [@PeterS](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/PeterS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/advice-please/2135 "2023-09-07T20:38:24Z")
Hello, I’m new to CAD software, and normally use paper, pencil, ruler and compass to plan the small projects I make in wood. I’m looking for advice on a simple, easy to learn and preferably free package. I don’t need lo… --- ## [Plasticity Help](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/plasticity-help/2535)
**Author:** [@RexRon70](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/RexRon70)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/plasticity-help/2535 "2023-08-11T17:11:16Z")
Hello. I´m trying out Plasticity and I have run into problem that I can´t seem to figure out. I am trying to make a 3d logo and I have used curves to create the edges of the logo. When using a circle or rectangel it a… --- ## [Advanced "where used"](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/advanced-where-used/1915)
**Author:** [@sloworks](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/sloworks)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/advanced-where-used/1915 "2023-08-02T14:14:50Z")
Hi. Let’s say that we have an assy, x. Then we have products a, b and c that are all using x. X gets an update because of changes in product a. At this point, nobody remembers that also b and c are using x. B and c ar… --- ## [Conversion Task Alternatives](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/conversion-task-alternatives/1644)
**Author:** [@revenki](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/revenki)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/conversion-task-alternatives/1644 "2023-08-01T20:06:43Z")
Does anyone know of alternatives to the conversion tasks in PDM Pro (2021 in our case) that actually work? I’m at wits end trying to get it to do a simple renaming of the output files to suit our company naming policy. … --- ## [Old Engineer needing new cad software](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/old-engineer-needing-new-cad-software/2216)
**Author:** [@sorekllc](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/sorekllc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/old-engineer-needing-new-cad-software/2216 "2023-08-01T15:51:58Z")
Good morning all, You can skip this to TO MY QUESTION SECTION: I am new to this forum but not new to cad. Been using CAD sense 1990 and have used everything, seen the birth and death of many systems. Now I am 53 year… --- ## [SOLIDWORKS PDM Export File (.cex) Parser?](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidworks-pdm-export-file-cex-parser/2525)
**Author:** [@cdantonio](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/cdantonio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidworks-pdm-export-file-cex-parser/2525 "2023-07-27T18:47:52Z")
Is it possible to create a .cex file parser? I have supply chain people who use mac (without SolidWorks or PDM) who like seeing plain text exports of card variable lists from the admin tool. I used to just copy and paste… [Previous page](https://forum.cadmunity.com/c/cad/6.md) [Next page](https://forum.cadmunity.com/c/cad/6.md?page=2)