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Finding length of a swept profile
Hi all, Boat question. Another SW user has asked how they can calculate the length of raw material for stringers on a boat. It is a "L" section that is swept along a guide profile and then trimmed as...
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Exporting to autocad via sw2006
I have converted several sldrw to dwg format. Once I go into autocad and try to import the new drawing format all I get is an empty a3 drawing sheet. The preview window in autocad shows the correct...
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Small Holes
I remember, not too long ago, there was a post from someone that designed parts with lots of small holes. If I remember correctly, it was something like a plate with 8000, Ø.008 holes. I think the...
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Calculating total costs in a BOM
I'd like to get a BOM to show the cost of an assembly. I was hoping to be able to add a "unit cost" custom property to the parts/sub-assys that comprise the assembly, have another BOM column where I...
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Tolerance Analysis Software
Has anyone tried using low-cost tolerance analysis software? The ones I have found are MITCalc and ToleranceCalc. Varyx is another one that showed up on the radar, but I can't get a straight answer as...
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Arrrgh--Reload Problem
Here is the scenario: Assy. C contains Assy B. Assy. C is open read only. Assy. B is opened from C and modified by adding a part. Assy. C is changed to writeable using reload. Upon reloading Assy. C,...
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Colours in 2006
I've just moved to 2006 (many good new features/improvements), but one change that I'd add to the unofficial "de-enhancements" list is the colour of the text in the Feature Manager tree for inactive...
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Hole Wizard misbehaving on multibody part
Have just spent a very frustrating day, wrestling with the @&# hole wizard - from where I'm sitting it looks fubar'd. Hole wizard seems to loose the plot, when in multibody part environment. It's...
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weldment properties
in a weldment -- does anyone know how to link a note or balloon to the custom property to the BODY that the note or balloon is attached to? I know how to do it for a regular assembly -- however these...
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How to view/print Inventor Drawings
Company A has bought out a product line from Company B. Company A uses SW. Company B uses Inventor. Company A wants to be able to open Inventor Drawing and print out hard copy. Need to do this for...
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dimension problem?
I'm using SP 4.0. I am dimensioning a drawing using both English and Metric units. On some dimensions I cannot change the precision. I've tried everything and it will only display with no significant...
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Auto dimensioning
I have just tried to autodimension my model. It has thrown hundreds of dimensions on the screen. Is there a way of SW being more select with relevant dimensions?
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OT - U.S. Tool Shop to build Mold Tooling for China Manufacturer
Yes, that's right! You heard it here. Probably don't hear that very often (if ever again). I can't go into any details, being top-secret and all. But we just got the verbal kick-off that we will be...
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Cheap PC Oprtions?
I am looking to buy a relatively cheap PC to put beside the PC based CNC Machining Center to act as a server to it and to occasionally run Solidworks and CAM programming software. (I currently use a...
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broken link
For some reason there is no link between my 3d model and my 2d drawing. When I make an alteration in my 3d the 2d drawing stays the same. Can anyone help?
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