SW2004 bug list survey

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SW2004 bug list

In the last 2 weeks.



Cannot print drawings to HP Design Jet 700E from Windows 2000 workstation

(Worked fine in 03)



Material Database does not accept English units

(NOT repaired in SP1)



Material density edit at Tools options window does not update properly

(repaired in SP1)



Change direction on Linear Pattern crashes application.

(Worked fine in 03)



In an assembly you cannot select a part's plane for use with the view
section feature. (repaired in SP1)



Application ignores open command (repeatable until reboot)



Section views on drawings vanish i.e. "broken" upon opening in 04. (User
actively working over a server)



2 drawings permanently corrupted. Parts and assemblies are ok. (User
actively working over a server)



"XML network exception" then CTD. 3 Users effected about the same time of
day. This is a MSXML issue? At our license server? Weird that it crashes
Solidworks. 1 User had 3 in a row.



PDMWORKS: Error retrieving vault data on a open command. Followed by the
always pleasant CTD. This particular part was not in the vault.



Last 4 probably caused by our cheesy network?



All reported to vendor no reply from them on any of the above. No listing at
SW corp. that any of these items had been fixed.



Post your troubles today!

Maybe SW will make them go away!





IMO buggiest update since 97

 

I had a similar problem with '04 SP00 as well with my HP 450C. It would
eventually print after about 15-20 minutes of spooling time between prints.
My VAR said I was luck to be getting anything at all. After SP01, it will
start printing only seconds after clicking print, just like it should.

I had another issue with printing that was NOT fixed in SP01. When I click
the print button, SolidWorks is automatically printing 2 copies of each
sheet of drawings that have multiple sized sheets, both landscape and
portrait. And what's strange is the first copy of all of the sheets is
print on, but not scaled to, the first sheet size. For example, I have
many, many drawings with the first sheet being A-Portrait, and all of the
following sheets either C or D-Landscape. The first copies are trying to
print on what appears to be an A-Portrait sheet regardless of what the
individual sheet settings are set to in the page setup. Then, when it
prints the second copy, it will print correctly.

Drawings that only have one sheet are printing properly with just one copy.

Unlike most people, I have never really had many major problems with
SolidWorks in the past. But, as of SW'04, I am beginning to think that
instead of SolidWorks only having a "What's New" document in new releases
and SP's, they should also start including a "What's Broken" or "What's the
Work-Around For" document. Sure would save their users a LOT of headaches
and time. As a matter of fact, it would save us so much time that it would
probably be more of a productivity enhancement than some of the extra bells
and whistles that they are giving us that is causing 90% of the bugs to
begin with... (end rant)

Seth Renigar

 

you need to uncheck something in the printer properties. go print...um..page
setup maybe? uncheck something like "use same settings for all sheets."

i forget exactly.

but it's a known issue. i just found this bug the other day.

--nick e.

 

Nick E.

Thank you for your reply, but I don't see the setting that you are talking
about exactly. The only thing I see that is remotely close to what you are
describing is the check box for "Set each drawing sheet individually". I
currently have that checked and each sheet is in fact setup properly.

Could you please clarify what you are talking about?

Thanks,
Seth Renigar

 

Uncheck that!!!

that will put you back to one copy per print.

unless, of course, you need that checked, in which case you need to live
with multiple copies until it's fixed.

--nick e.

 

If I uncheck this, then it will print each sheet to the same size paper (not
good). I guess I will have to leave that checked and keep my printer folder
open and just manually cancel the first print as it pops up.

For as long as I can remember, there has ALWAYS been something wrong with
printing in SW. Some little glitch, something that just doesn't work right.
Most of the time it has been simply a nuisance rather than a major problem.
This problem is leaning more towards a major problem IMHO. This is the only
program I know that has had so many issues with something as simple as
printing. When are they going to fix this instead of making it even more of
a PITA.

I have never been one to flame SW. In the past I have always been fairly
satisfied with it for my particular needs. I am one of few that thought
SW'03 was one of the most stable and robust versions to date (full time user
since '97). Since I have switched to '04, my whole opinion of SW is rapidly
changing. Don't get me wrong. There are some things I like about '04.
But, it is entirely too buggy to be productive with it. With all of the
workarounds, it like you have to go to China and back in order to go next
door. Also, some of the new tools, and some of the new interfaces with old
tools do not work like you would expect them to, which slows you down even
more. (end rant)...

Seth Renigar

 

Let me add one more bug:

When cutting with a sweep, the sweep path is not always used.
Sometimes mirror image of path is used, sometimes path is ignored.
(At least on a part I'm trying to use two separate helical sweep cuts
with)

John