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Thanks everyone. Using ICMECH PROActive to manage BOMS is a bit like using an AK47 to go possum shooting - well it is for me anyhow. You can be precise but if you hold your finger on the trigger too long or point it in the wrong direction, you can do an awful lot more damage

Huh! Solved this myself - see video. Hi all, Sometimes I need to pre-determine the label naming of a section in CAXA CAXA automatically selects the next letter sequence and sometimes that's not relevant, especially if I have decided to delete a section I do not want. Is there a way when doing the section view I can tell CAXA " I want the label to be B" for example instead of it auto selecting D? Harley CAXA - Manual section lables.mp4

Hi Malcolm, I agree but for a couple of these old scenes for which the previous CAXA drawings are no longer required, it won't pose a problem and there are no external links to the parts. Thanks for that link though. That was helpful.

Hi all, Totally weird I know, but is there a way to NOT include all parts in scene with just one or two simple key strokes? I have a scene with several hundred parts that was drawn some years ago. Everything was ticked as 'Include in BOM' There are fastenings and all sorts of bits and piece that simply should not be part of the BOM when I go to do the CAXA drawing. I don't have the time to go through each part and untick the 'Include in BOM', but then again I don't have the time to go through the BOM itself when I do the CAXA drawing to untick all the superfluous bits there. So I am hoping for some magic fix where I can disable ( untick ) the 'Include in BOM ' for everything and just go through the parts ( about 25 out of the 250 odd ) that I'd like included in the BOM. I have ICMECH PROActive if that would be quicker, but again - how would I go about that? Many thanks in anticipation, Harley

That's handy for my 3D printer - nice missile! Thanks

Thanks aalbe

Hi all, How does one disable the PICS that show in PROActiv'es export to excel? Whilst they're quite natty and may have their uses, for what I need they are superfluous and just make gigantic file sizes

Will do Cary

After a couple of frustrating moments of having no bend lines and annotations show up on a CAXA drawing unfold and hearing from Malcolm as well about a problem regarding centre lines not showing up, there's a simple fix that some people may not know. This is caused by the ICS model not being perfectly lined up in the scene. Even just .01 degrees out in one plane, once the unfold takes place the bend lines and annotations will not appear. Similarly as Malcolm related to me, even centre lines won't show up if the model is out of line in the scene. So if you experience this problem, then check your scene for the part alignment and your unfold for the same. Setting front view definition also helps. Harley

Hi all, I braved doing a partial section in CAXA tonight. I sort of got the end result as to what I wanted but the guidance lines ( blue ) look a bit wonky. Wat's the secret of how to get this looking right? Harley

Thanks Kevin. Clicking on the scene first was what I wasn't doing. I don't get your fancy formatting in Excel though - I get this message. What is 'TMIC.ASIA' ?

I decided to try out ICMech pro-active manager. How do I export the BOM to Excel? Here's what the on line instructions say; Here's what my screen looks like but I can't see any options for exporting like the in-line instruction says

Hi Kevin, I'll do that tomorrow for you. Harley

This is more elusive. These are the settings in both CAXA options and 3D interface. I'll email you template. EXB and ICS. Put it on the meter

Yeah, that fixed it somewhat. Thanks Malcolm

Hi all, This problem is really annoying and happening on both my desktop and laptop. This has happened since loading latest patch. Further, there's always been a problem when going from CAXA back to scene that it screws around with the browsers. I have brought this up several times before. I was hoping this would get fixed. Now it seems much worse! Harley CAXA - Causing porperties and scene browser in scene to shrink.mp4

Hi tgjang, Malcolm has made quite a few videos which I am sure will help you. Not only instructional ones from scratch, but also in answer to people's requests when they have come cross problems. Do a search on his posts. It's the starting off of structured parts that needs to be done right. Here's a reference for you to start with;

OK, here's how I would normally do it. Because you can't mitre individual sheets, you have to know how to manipulate the bend reliefs. Once you get your head around that then it becomes relatively easy to set up a mitred feature. So here's a video, sorry it's a bit jerky and I made some blues ( like not positioning the end bends properly at the start ) but you get the picture. To make a mitred box like this, it would take me about 5 minutes tops ( without interruptions ). I never use out or in bends - I just make my own calcs and use smooth bends. Note that to change width of ends, the mitered top bends will not follow the stock width change BUT it's just a matter of setting that underneath bend length to suit once that's done. Enjoy Sheetmetal box mitred construction.mp4 600x400x300 mitred box.ics Mitred box instructions.txt

Thanks Malcolm, that was extremely helpful.

Thanks Malcolm. I sent you the file. Looks like it was dimensioned in model space.

Hi folks, I have been given a dimensioned detail DWG drawing which has come in as a 1:1 model. I need to be able to put this onto our client's A1 drawing sheet ( Layout ). What's the best way to go about this so the drawing and dimensions scale down to the layout sheet? Thanks in anticipation. Harley

Here ya go Kim, this will get rid of the mess.

If I unfold, to 1:1 view in CAXA draft and export as DXF, the result is clean of information ( apart from bend info ) Seems the problem is with ICMECH package.

OK, I am getting pretty much the same as you Sarath. If I do Unfold Export to DXF with the settings as per below ( only requesting bend lines and un-checking write SM informations ) I still get some info as you see on the second DXF snip below. When I use ICMECH Tool face to DXF, I get the whole 9 yards! ( first DXF snip below )

Hi Sarath. Post the ics part here. I'll try it on my ICUtils