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Guillaume_REBOUSSIN
Copy/paste Bill of Materials to Excel
Hello, I wanted to know if it was possible to copy/paste part of the bill of materials from a plan to paste it into an Excel file? (without going through a "save as" of the bill of materials and create an Excel file) Do you have a trick or is it not possible? Thank yo…
Maclane
Active configuration on opening
Hello; I'm still working in Solidworks 2022, but I think my question isn't limited by the software version. In our assemblies, we work primarily on the " Default " configuration. As our work progresses, other configurations are created on these assemblies (most of the …
yohann_DEMAILLY
Cross-section view with two configurations in SolidWorks
Hello everyone, On a drawing, I would like to create a section view showing two configurations simultaneously. For a classic view (front, top, etc.), no problem: I use the "View from another position" function. However, when I create a section view from this view, only…
Guillaume_REBOUSSIN
Copy/paste Bill of Materials to Excel
Hello, I wanted to know if it was possible to copy/paste part of the bill of materials from a plan to paste it into an Excel file? (without going through a "save as" of the bill of materials and create an Excel file) Do you have a trick or is it not possible? Thank yo…
Maclane
Active configuration on opening
Hello; I'm still working in Solidworks 2022, but I think my question isn't limited by the software version. In our assemblies, we work primarily on the " Default " configuration. As our work progresses, other configurations are created on these assemblies (most of the …
yohann_DEMAILLY
Cross-section view with two configurations in SolidWorks
Hello everyone, On a drawing, I would like to create a section view showing two configurations simultaneously. For a classic view (front, top, etc.), no problem: I use the "View from another position" function. However, when I create a section view from this view, only…
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