why can't i drag 'n drop from toolbox and get a preview when using a part/fastener that's already in the fm? i get the following message, "a document named blah, blah, blah, is already opened. do you want show this already-opened document?" makes it kind of difficult to "tab" between orientations.
it only happens on existing assemblies, newly created assemblies are ok. wtf?
kenneth b
This can happen when any part (inc. ToolBox part) of the same name is already opened from different location. Alex.
only have one location
i was wrong, there is another location, crap.
Kennth,
we had a user having this problem yesterday...what exactly do you mean by "other location".
Derek
i kept my old (2003) toolbox when i upgraded to 2004. when i installed
2004, i thought it detected (correctly) my old toolbox installation. it didn't. so i had 2 toolbox locations.btw, i did uninstall 2003, cleaned the registry of any sw corp stuff and re-booted before installing 2004. guess you need to do a custom install to point to the toolbox location if you had a previous version.
to correct the situation i copied the database files in, \Toolbox Parts\lang\English from 2004 version to 2003 version
i also edited the "toolbox.ini" file located in \Program Files\SolidWorks\Toolbox to point to 2003 version
once i was satisfied with the way thing were working, i removed the 2004 toolbox
for reference, having a common, shared toolbox does not work in SP0.0. Haven't checked it yet in sp1.0.
Straight from my VAR: "They didn't bother to check the software to see if it worked for multiple users."
They didn't test the software?!?!?
'magine that.
--nick e.
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