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Vermont SWUG Meeting with John McEleney
The Northern Vermont SolidWorks User Group will be holding it's next meeting June 22nd. The June meeting will feature John McEleney, CEO of SolidWorks, Richard Doyle, SolidWorks User Group Coordinator...
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Source for drywall screw files or wood screw
I would like to get some kind of pre-built drywall or wood screw files to use in some furniture assemblies that I am creating. I might even buy a product that exists, depending on the price. I'm...
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Cursor changing and not changing back
I have seen several instances of the cursor changing to something other than what it's supposed to be and getting stuck there. It may be that it changes to something appropriate for the situation and...
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Custom colours
I had a number of custom colours saved in a custom swatch which I've lost with the upgrade to 2006. My parts still show the correct colours, but is there a way to extract these colours from the parts...
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Installing SolidWorks 2005 on a Machine with SolidWorks 2006 already installed.
I've just picked up a new contract and the company is still on SolidWorks 2005. My new PC only has 2006 installed, are there any issues I should be aware of before installing 2005? Can I use PDMWorks...
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CADPo's I.get.it SolidWorks Training: What do you think?
Hey all: I've been thinking about how to assess the skills of our SolidWorks group and how to improve it. I see that you can do this online with CADPo. Does anyone here have experience with CADPo? Did...
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Dimensioning to center mark rather than hole
Hello all, When I want to dimension a hole's distance from an edge in a drawing, it seems that I automatically pick the center mark rather than the hole edge when I click on it - resulting in a 90=B0...
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VIEWER--Opening past versions with 2006 viewer
Has anyone run into problems opening past version detached drawings with the 2006 viewer? We are getting the dreaded unsupported version error when opening detached drawings that open fine in 2004 in...
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External Preferences Dialog - Can not choose configuration
I have problems to choose configurations in the external preferences dialog box in SW-2003 SP-5. The area is grayed out. See have a main assembly with two different configurations of one sub-assembly....
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help, hole center lines to follow bolt circle
In SW drawing, it automatically puts coordinate type center lines for the thru holes as if you are using coordinate dimensions. How do you change the type of the center lines so you can use bolt...
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help: 'failed to save document' warning
Hi, SW2006 SP4 - I'm getting a 'failed to save document' warning when I try and save a part. It was previously referenced in an assembly, which I closed in order to save it as another part without...
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OT: For NZ'ers on Broad... sorry SkinnyBand
Sorry couldn't resist this. all NZ'ers who gag every time they see the Latest Telecom add spouting how good there broadband, mobile etc, is for business Yada yada. Mashup / parody of said ad. Aussies...
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Need model or someone to create a model
I'm am looking for a 3D model of a vajra as depicted at In particular, I am looking for a "goko" or five-prong vajra. I've not been able to find one of these anywhere as a 3D model. If none exists, I...
 
Question on use of Item Numbers
We use Item Numbers across several systems and documents. It starts with our assemblies drawings. We place a parts list (CAD modeled parts) on the drawing that contains an Item Number (right now...
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OT Website
Does anyone know how to add a discussion forum to a website? I'm using Microsoft Frontpage for my website and it has some template discussion forums but they are really basic and I don't like them. I...
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