Solidworks CAD Design software

Part color problem

I have a SW 2007 problem. I have a component that is made up of simple extrusions and extruded cuts. I am trying to giv...

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posted by bcincotta

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by bcincotta

A BOM question

Hello, I have an assembly that contains several instances of the same part. As these parts have different functions, I...

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posted by dhaude

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Printing a window (i.e. a part of a drawing or part)

This might be my autocad spilling over. I want to print a "window" of a part file or dwg file. In other words a specifi...

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posted by bhorn1

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catia anyone?

where can one find some help with catia? thanks.

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posted by 3dmdlr

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exploding on an "angle"

When I take and want to "expode" a small assemlby mounted on an angle, when I use the explode funtion, the "explode" do...

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posted by bhorn1

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by bhorn1

3D Scanning and Prototyping

I've been tasked with investigating 3D scanning and 3D prototyping for our division of companies and I am looking for a...

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posted by schroema

13 comments posted 18yrs posted by schroema

explode line

My exploded line sketch is not showing in one of my drawing views, do I have something turned off. Thank you

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posted by bhorn1

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API help : Save as Jpeg

We need to write a macro that opens all parts in a dir one at a time, put it in "hidden lines", goes to the first confi...

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posted by jean-marc.brun

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2007 .sldmat compatible with 2008 ?

I upgraded from 2007 to 2008 sp1.1 recently. I have over the years created a custom sldmat file for materials that my c...

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posted by dmarsden

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Third Party for backwards compatibility

The subject of saving a Solidworks file to an older version has come up many times on this forum, and we all know that...

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posted by jack

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custom property macro for Weight, how to get the parenthesis?

I am trying to write a macro to create a custom property for Weight and set the Weight custom property value to "SW- sn...

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posted by neverchecked40

12 comments posted 18yrs posted by neverchecked40

Kurukshetra08@ CEG ,Anna Univ

College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, presents KURUKSHETRA '08 - an International Techno - Management fest f...

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posted by jollylyphe

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Designing with tubes

Hello, I'm edsigning a part which is essentially a big hollow tube with several thinner tubes sticking out of it at all...

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posted by dhaude

8 comments posted 18yrs posted by dhaude

Solidworks VS Inventor

No I'm not trolling, I'm changing careers to mech drafting and just trying to get an idea on which way to go. Would lik...

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posted by nospam

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

normal to a surface in an assembly

If I want to get a view that is perpendicular to a flat surface in an assembly, not sure how to do it. I know that if I...

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posted by bhorn1

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by bhorn1