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Thanks Matt, SolidWorks 2007 Bible
Thanks Matt, This is one book I will be buying! John Layne
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Solidworks licence
Hi, I am thinking of using one of our work licences of Solidworks at home and I was wondering what, if any limitations are placed on the use of the software at home. For instance, can you use the home...
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Importing points in part file.
Hi All, I have a .sldcrv file and I want to import it as points in solidworks part file and not as spline curve. How can we do that? I am using Solidworks 2006 sp 5.0 Thanks in advance. Kav
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Precision of Mass Property in a drawing.
I have a field in my title block that shows the mass of the part. I want the display in the drawing to show the mass with a .1 lb precision. Right now, the display precision is based on the precision...
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Patent Info Sources
Since some SolidWorks users work on their own patents or try to find patentable solutions, I thought I'ld mention something I found that some engineer friends have MISSED. Using the site is less...
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Custom properties being deleted when doc copied across network?
Has anyone else seen custom properties being deleted from a sw document when the document was copied across a network? I have some files on my hard drive with some custom properties, another user...
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How to copy the entire drawing sheet?
Does anyone know how to copy the entire dimensioned sheet, because using the same part with diff. configuration. Thanks.
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knurling...
How could I knurl a cylinder surface (diamond shape). Or at least some cosmetic way in drawing mode. Thanks for answers.
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Re: My Daughter and Me
wrote in news: LOL. No thanks.
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Document fonts
We had something happen this past weekend that caused something to change in SW. I was working on some drawings as of Friday night. Come Monday morning, when I printed the next drawing I noticed that...
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Turn off Display as Chain Dimension
Hi, I cannot seem to find a way to turn off "Display as chain dimension" while making a template using options either document or system??? I do not like chained dimensions when using ordinates, too...
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API: Silent Save
I created the macro below to do a silent save but as you can see from the code it actually launches two saves, one to save the active doc and one to save the referenced docs. Can someone please show...
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Smallest Footprint Laptop
I'm looking for something small to run Solidworks on - no bigger than a 12" display, altough smaller would be better as I'm fed up with lugging around my 17" widesreen Alienware monster when I only...
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New cad machine AMD or Intel
I did a quick search and wasn't able to find allot on what to get. I like AMD currently have a intel pent D overclocked to 3.6 or 3.9 on 2gb or ram and need more speed. Quadro Fx1500 running 2006 sp5...
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Inquiry regarding revolving a model
Being a newcomer to Solidworks, I don't know if this is a dumb question or not, if it is I apologize. I found that if I use the arrow keys I can revolve a model 15 degrees at a time. Now if I wanted...
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