5 Temptations of a Hardcore SolidWorks User

by Josh on February 29, 2008 · Comments

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You’ve probably been there – tease and ridiculed for organizing other people’s features, “accidentally” fixing someone else’s sketches or finding the last keyboard combination for a shortcut. It’s a condition that use to be treated with humidifiers and Malox, but that made the affect and smell even worse.

So, I’ll just list some of these things to watch out for. And if you see someone going a little overboard, pretend you’re going to give them a nice hard slap and then just throw your head back and laugh.

Over-Macro-ing
Creating Macros for everything from loading files to adding mates while they carrying on a conversation with you. “yuhuh… yeah, (coincident) I know, I told her that *hahaw*, (concentric, coincident) but she was like, you are still ugly (parallel)…”

Derived-Configuration mayhem
So many levels of derived configurations that you need the original product manual to find the configuration you want to use. “I’ve created a configuration for everything in the entire world, including soup. My life is complete.”

Making Backgrounds
Ya know, because cool backgrounds are so useful and help you design. Actually, it’s enough to get strange looks from co-workers when you’re sporting a new background. “Is that a new version of SolidWorks?”… (hmmm)…”Yes.”

BOM Overuse
Modeling and Using a BOM (Bill of Material) to make a grocery list and keep tasks. “Ok, uhhhm, hun, can we get the macaroni next week, I don’t have a model yet… ok, ok… I know… I’m wierd, but… what?… you’re taking the kids too… I don’t have models of them, SORRY, that slipped…hun?”

Screen-licking
I don’t want to go into specifics. Don’t worry, this one is not hereditary.

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Comments

Josh

I'll agree on the color usage. although I like things to look realistic, when you're working on a model that has 57 pieces of the same material, it's nice to be able to tell where they start, stop and overlap. We even have a random color generator when a new part is created. Strange that this is one of the key aspect to a design being created huh.

cad joe

"My models often have three levels of colors. You know, after it gets machined it changes the surface finish! Then it gets painted! It’s important to have that in the model. (we use B&W drawings only)"

We chose this approach. Its very usefull on complex parts to see casting and machined surfaces.

Bruce Buck

I found the original few the funniest, which I am guilty of, of course.

"...organizing other people’s features, “accidentally” fixing someone else’s sketches..."

Can't help myself.

Gabi

This is so funny, Josh! I hope never to fall into one of those categories. So far, I'm only absent minded, stared at everything, trying to figure out what features I could use to model most everything around me... My kids look at me funny and giggle behind my back, but lucky for me, at least here at home I'm still boss and in charge of allowances and curfews. :-)

Charles

My models often have three levels of colors. You know, after it gets machined it changes the surface finish! Then it gets painted! It's important to have that in the model. (we use B&W drawings only)

Devon T. Sowell

How about users that go 'crazy' with colors? They apply different colors at all levels, ie, at the Solid Body level, Face level, Feature level, even colored sketches too!

Willllllburrrrr, A horse is a horse, of course, of course...

:-)