1 KB hidden files

just out of curiosity: why is solidworks saving every document it creates
also in a 1 KB version starts with "~$" (like ~$part1.sldprt with windows
hidden attribute) ?

 

This is a Microsoft thing. The tilde files are there to let the system
know that a program has a file open. When a file is successfully closed
the tilde file should go away. If SW terminates unexpectedly the tilde
files will remain.

 

If they remain after SolidWorks closes, delete them. I've been deleting them
for years with no problem.

Best Regards,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

 

Hopefully Microsoft gets its act in order with Vista and users can do
just that, USE their OS, without all the garbage, garbage collection,
garbage man, and garbage fees, garbage separation, etc.

I want VISTA to be something that helps me get my work done rather than
causing work...for once.

Rant Over - Bo

 

You mean you want a Macintosh.

 

"You mean you want a Macintosh. "

No! I already have my new MacBook Pro, and it is already running Mac
OS X just fine.

But the MacBook Pro is also now running Win XP Pro with SolidWorks just
fine, too.

Since SolidWorks won't change from Windows, I hope Vista indeed proves
to be a better b_tch to run than XP.

Bo

 

ahhhhaaa....thanks for the explanation.

 

Bo, I'm feeling sorry to smash your great expectations, but...
According to what I've heard vista will be exactly the same as XP without
any major improvement besides a lot of unnecessary fancy-memory consuming
effects like 3D effects inside the OS interface. it will require a minimum
hardware of Pentium IV 2.6 GHz + many GB in HD space for the system and
applications to run! so I'm afraid that in the effectiveness and speed of
system it will bring the next generation of computers which are based on the
next generation of Intel/AMD processors to the same speed/computing power of
today (in a short sentence: it will be an OS which wastes much more of the
computer hardware resources).
In general Microsoft is going to aim to the general public which wants a
cool OS with lots of fancy colour/sound/Effects and so on -not good news to
those of us who use our machine for daily work!

in a recent thread on this NG I've read from someone that Microsoft has also
decided to abandon the OpenGL part of windows in the upcoming Vista edition,
so is another good news for the gamers (directX will be strengthened
instead) and bad news for the CAD users and developers.

I hope I'm wrong, but in the mean time I advise everyone not to develop to
much expectations from the upcoming Vista OS.

just my two cents..

Gil

 

IMO it' a mistake for CAD programmers to sleep with Bill. No one can figure out
who's supposed to change the sheets. They be getting really sloppy. It's a
trick for some of them just to get a stable upgrade install.

UGNX and Pro/E both run on Linux platforms. I hope it's a trend that will
trickle down. Least serious CAD developers can do is Stop the Windozification.

 

Gil, I would jump up and down with glee, if SolidWorks were to move off
to a "Nix" of some type, so that the reliance on a dinosaur codebase
could be abandoned.

I can run most any Unix on my Macintoshes, with more ease than ever,
now that they use Intel chips, and indeed am running SolidWorks on
WinXP on my MacBook Pro now...fast.

I just don't know if the COST of converting SolidWorks to Unix/Linux
will allow it to happen anytime soon.

A friend of mine worked with McEleney (Computervision) prior to when
SolidWorks was founded and then was CEO of a company developing
software solutions using Windows NT based on Gate's & Ballmer's
promises of delivering an "industrial strength OS". My friend now
hates Windows as an OS for touchy work, and I gathered that there has
been discontent @ SolidWorks. The difference between discontent and
putting out a whole new OS is a MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK.

SolidWorks management would have to get Dessault corporate to agree to
spend the money and time, if they wanted to bring out a dual OS
SolidWorks. I wonder if that will happen any time soon?

Bo

 

There should be no need to delete them. SolidWorks will replace them when
you reopen the files, and will clean-up after itself the next time you close
(without a crash). Even thinking about these files is a waste of your time.

 

RE: ["If"] they remain after SolidWorks closes, delete them. I've been
deleting
them for years with no problem.

During the past 7 years, this has been my experience, also, during the
design process, I rename files on the fly, so some of these Tilde files
still remain.


Best Regards,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com