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    ANSI working drawing callout for a non-PEM "Lanced type M3 thread"

    My client has a 1.5mm thick aluminum sheet metal part that needs to have a call out with a "lanced" type M3 thread instead of using a PEM. Can someone tell me how to ANSI properly call out this Lanced M3 thread hole on my sheet metal working drawing? www.illustrativedesigns.com Product...
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    Searching for a Wire Grommet wth multiple through holes

    Howdy, Can someone refer me to a grommet manufacturer? I am searching for a rather odd grommet for us to place a CAT 5 cable through the center, and also two small 1mm thick wires through holes near the perimeter, as shown in the attached picture. THANK YOU! www.illustrativedesigns.com...
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    Finding a free hanging Cable to Cable connector?

    I'm designing a pigtail from my security camera and I can't find a molex or samtec connector that fits the need. Basically, I need the ability to have my eight free wires, stripped and tinned, going into a bulkhead that allows me to fasten some screws down like in a terminal block style to...
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    AutoCAD 2007 32 bit install on 64 bit computer

    Howdy, Can anyone tell me what file to use, to start up an install of AutoCAD 2007 32 bit software on my install CD? It doesn't auto recognize when I put it into my updated high speed laptop. Or, can someone also tell me if it will even work on my 64bit Windows 7 computer, before I even try...
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    Open File Dialog Box disappeared

    Howdy Folks, Can anyone please tell me how to turn back on the "Open" "File" to get the dialog box allowing me to search the computer for my files? I was working in AutoCAD 2000 when all of the sudden this capability was lost. It only shows a command prompt suggestion I type in the file to be...
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    What is the best engineering advice you ever received?

    The secret to art is knowing when to stop www.illustrativedesigns.com Product Designer of Contract
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    Can you turn off the mouse over hint's that show?

    Howdy Folks, Curious, if anyone know's how I can turn off these mouse over hints that are distracting in SolidWorks 2006? Thanks! www.illustrativedesigns.com Product Designer of Contract
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    "*" Asterisk model update symbol not going away after save

    Ooops, I figured it out. I was in my mirror part that referenced another part and had a configuration in that part which needed to be updated. Once I went to the other incontext part and updated all the configurations, then went back to my mirror part and updated it, the asterisk went away...
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    "*" Asterisk model update symbol not going away after save

    I noticed that no matter how many times I regenerate or "Control-Q" or save my part, the "*" Asterisk symbol (Which I was told means the part hasn't updated) won't go away on my present configuration part. Does this mean I have to update all the configurations in my part to remove the "*" from...
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    Creating Mirror Part Duplicate Dimensions?

    Hello Folks, I have a left handed part which has feature toleranced dimensions which I want these dimensions to show up in both my left my right handed part drawing. I created the mirror part by a "Insert mirror part" and have two separate drawings which each references a left or right side...
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    STEP export problem

    Hello, I am having a similar problem and hope someone can assist me too. Help, I see no STEP export option in Save As with Wildfire 1.0 www.illustrativedesigns.com Product Designer of Contract
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    Small diameter 3 Conductor multi-strand wire Cable Vendor?

    Hello Folks, I am having a difficult time finding a vender that can supply a multi-strand wire cable diameter less than .125" in a 3 conductor Black or Grey silicone Jacket cable for our design. The wires need to be at least 22 AWG with no shielding. And we would like to order 4,000 feet...
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    2005Light Custom Plotter inconsistency?

    Hello Borgunit, Yes, I am referring to the apparent loss of new "Page Setup Names" which we saved in our new .PC3 file. I don't think I used the Plotter Manager. Maybe, I'm new to AutoCAD 2005Light, so I don’t think we did. We just went to send a plot, by selecting the Plot command, and...
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    Copying a drawing sheet to another Drawing Document

    Back to the original question. Does anyone know how to copy or move views from one seperate document to another? Thanks, Chris www.illustrativedesigns.com Product Designer of Contract
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    Drawing Layouts

    Howdy, Can someone tell me how to reorder the sheets? I created a view on sheet 3 and need to move it and all the contents to sheet 5. And I want to move sheet5 to be the main Layout1. thanks! -Chris www.illustrativedesigns.com Product Designer of Contract

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