u/TwentyYearVoyageur

I don't use solidworks myself, I am a programmer for a company that uses solidworks. I was tasked with pulling pdfs from our PDM server into a separate server we have, that is on the same network. Initially, I had set up a share for our other server to be able to read the PDM folder, and using the file paths stored in the PDM database, I was going to have a service pull those files and put them into the non PDM server. I did this, however I realized very few of the pdfs from the file paths from the PDM database actually existed. From searching/talking to ai, it seems that this is because only cached files remain in the PDM vault, and the other PDFs are just binaries stored in a way that only solidworks can read. So that plan seemed to have failed.

What are my options to achieve this, if any?

I feel like my ways of thinking, and my mental on a day to day is just messed up in so many ways and I don't even know what to pinpoint as my "issue". I've singled out so many different issues in the last few years and every time I convince myself it is that one thing, among these:

Roughly 4 years ago:

- thinking I had low iron because of my mental fatigue

- thinking I had hyperthyroidism because of my fatigue

- thinking I had diabetes because of my fatigue

- thinking I was deficient in vitamin d because of my fatigue

Roughly 3 years ago:

- became strongly convinced I was ADHD and that was what caused all my mental issues

Roughly 2 years ago:

- maybe I'm autistic and struggles with life are what causes my issues

The last year:

- my issues stem from anxiety, and caffeine is one of the big issues, as well as my dopamine being fried.

I guess the repeating issue in all of this, is that I constantly have mental fatigue, find it hard to focus or do regular day to day things despite having a high level of ambition, get lots of anxiety over normal day to day things like shopping at Walmart, never feel like I'm really talking to someone and more that I'm playing this game of predicting what they want me to say as I stress out, and obviously as seen above, lots and lots and lots of mental fatigue/burnout.

And while I say I "strongly thought I had ADHD" or autism, etc. I would have these thoughys present in my mind all throughout the day, but still would rationalize that its likely not that and that I just need to figure out a way to deal with all my shit.

I just genuinely don't know what i should do. I don't even know why I feel mentally not good. I feel like I have so many different mental issues, but then saying that I feel like I'm just over exaggerating and I don't need therapy or anything, but then I feel like shit over and over again. I genuinely feel like for the past 5 years I spend 90+% of the day inside my own head, thinking about how I'm feeling and why I'm thinking the way I am and what is wrong with me

Anyways, I've always never thought therapy would help. But now Im just giving on. I finally scheduled an appointment with a doctor for the first time in 10 years, and with not saying too much about anxiety or anything but just answering the few basic questions they ask, he prescribed me a couple anxiety medications which I am unsure about and have not filled, and he also told me to do therapy. So idk. More than anything just trying to find people who have been in a similar situation and figured it out

I have almost 0 solidworks experience. I understand how to read a drawing, but in terms of doing anything inside the program itself, I don't have much knowledge at all. I'm a software engineer tasked with building a system that will utilize solidworks drawings data.

So essentially, I found the PDM database, and am able to query whatever from there. After doing some digging, I found how to get all of the "card" metadata for any given drawing, what has ~50% of what I need. The other half are the dimensions for each part on a drawing. I can see the dimensions visually on the drawings, but as far as I can tell, they are only in the sketch/drawing file themselves and not in PDM as metadata. My question, is there a way, without making our drawer type in more manual metadata fields, that I can set something up inside solidworks/PDM to automatically make the dimensions data for each part live inside the card as a variable so that I am able to pull this info from the db?

I'm 23. I have had anxiety pretty much as far as I can remember. In college I often would leave to go home early because I was so exhausted from it and I convinced myself it was an abundance of other things (went down a rabbit hole of maybe it was hyperthyroidism or low iron or low vitamin d or I was dying cause I had a speck on my skin), and would never really acknowledge that on days where I could completely shut myself inside, or if I'm on a vacation with close loved ones, I didn't feel this way, pointing to it being more of a psychological issue. I always have anxiety. I worry about how I'm doing everything, how others will perceive me, if I'm making the right choices, etc. But because I haven't had a major panic attack that has required me going to the hospital, I avoid ever telling my doctor because I don't want to be wrong about my anxiety or maybe im overreacting. But I just want to be able to be myself. Recently, I've noticed at times my anxiety is making me (for lack of better term cause blaming it all on anxiety is not probably a good thought pattern) say mean things/treat loved ones poorly and I can't even pinpoint why. I'll notice im just kind of being a dick, and I don't even know why. And this specifically happens when my anxiety is triggered, which is much of the day. As I said, I have less so the extreme sudden panic attacks, and moreso constant anxiety where I just can't fucking get my brain to stop and it makes me get tired by like 1 pm every day and then I just don't want to do anything. What do I do? Should I tell a doctor? I hear mixed things about anxiety, and I don't want to be the guy saying I have an issue if I dont. Sorry for the half rant, half question.

Yes, I know 1 day is not a lot, but it's what we have and it's between that and not seeing Olympic at all. We are staying in Seattle, so the drive will be starting and ending there. The plan is to make the 6am ferry (planning to get to the ferry 45 minutes early to ensure we don't start behind), and then:

Hurricane ridge

Lake crescent

Hoh rain forest

Ruby Beach

I would rather do the other beach, but even with just these 4 things and being okay with not getting back to Seattle till 11, many are saying this is unrealistic. With a small travel group who can move quickly, is this actually unrealistic? Will we be disappointed in what we can get done?

A couple years ago I started a self improvement journey cause I was in a rough spot. Literally had 0 friends, worked at a fast food spot, was overweight, and hated going to any social events. Since then, I've lost 45+ pounds and am at a good weight for my height now, Ive been lifting 2-3 times per week, have a social circle, a good paying job, and am playing in a recreational soccer league once a week to have a hobby.

I still feel kind of empty, and I don't have a very high view of myself. Early on in this journey it was super easy to do things that made me feel like I was making a ton of progress, so even though I wasn't yet where I wanted to be, knowing that I was getting better each day was enough. Now it's kind of tough, cause I'm doing a lot of the "right" things, so now I just kind of obsess about how I could be even better at everything, which is mentally draining. I also think I'm really struggling with the part that I've made the improvements in many areas that 2 years ago me would've thought was everything I needed to be happy and more successful socially, but that hasn't been the case at all. It's honestly way more scary when you've done all the easy steps, and still are not at all where you need to be.

Genuinely don't even know where I'm going with this but I feel very lost and I imagine other people have been in this same spot so I guess I'm just looking for advice. What I feel like I want right now is something easy to improve at so I can feel like I'm doing something good, but at this point I don't know if that's actually what I need, or if I just want that as mental masturbation to make me feel like I'm doing well

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I've been on a fitness journey for 2 years now. I haven't been perfect, but id say I've averaged 2-3 days a week of working out to failure, have gotten my steps way up (typically go on walks at least 4 days of the week). I've went from 225 lbs to 182 in this timeframe as well.

What's been really getting to me though, is I'm 6'3, and yet I have a very noticeable gut. And I'm genuinely not exaggerating. My face and belly have all the fat, and my arms and legs look tiny. I'm sure if I lost 30 more pounds it'd go away, but I'm not sure 6'3 150lbs is what I wanna go for. My fat distribution has me question if I have an issue like low T.

And then there's the lifting progress. From everything I see online, 2-3 workouts a week training to failure should be more than enough to make a lot of gains. I'm still at the point I can only do a couple of reps for 1 plate (135 pounds). I genuinely do focus on form and have had others watch my form. I eat enough protein and track my calories. I will say I do not eat a lot of fruits or veggies/get in my micronutrients at all, but it seems like very few people do and still get great results. It just feels like comparing with some people I know, I've put in real consistent effort for a long enough period of time where it seems odd. Not to mention the fat distribution thing

I'm at the point where I'm having a hard time knowing if I'm just in my own head, or if at this point I should go into the doctors. And if I do, what all should I get checked?

I'm 21. A lot of my last 10 years I'd say I did a lot of things/had a lot of habits that led to a pretty uneventful decade. However, about 2 years ago I lost a ton of weight, started working out, found a tech job after graduating, found a social group, started traveling, etc. I'm very glad when I take a step back that I've done what I have in the past 2 years, cause I really think I was getting close to a place where I was just gonna be stuck in my habits for my whole life.

Now, this being said. There are several objective metrics which I have made a lot of improvements, but still, often I get back from work and working out, and I scroll my phone. I've lost interest in video games, which for me is actually a good thing because I used to spend so much time on them.

Point is, I need something to fill my free time. When I get back from work, it's usually either I waste my time on my phone or I just do more work even when I don't need to. I've become someone who actually really wants social connection, which is strange because I used to very much so just close myself off from society. But I'll hear advice like "just go to a coffee shop!" Or similar online when people talk about social interactions which genuinely makes me question if those people have ever been outside because where tf do you go that you talk to a random person in a coffee shop and they aren't weirded out by that. Either way that kind of unnatural social interaction is not me. I guess I'm looking for more natural ways to meet more people and have more connection, or even other things I can do with my free time to stop just scrolling my phone and then stressing about my life and wasting all my time