hey all,
under tools/options/default templates if you set "prompt user to select document templates" and then try and browse to select a directory of "part" templates, you can only select a single .prtdot file. in 2001+ you were able to select a directory and then when you...
i believe the problem that some of you are referring to isn't actually solved by the tools/options/default templates settings. instead go to tools/options/file locations and set the drop down menu to document templates. then browse to set this file path to a directory you've created that has 3...
sounds cool. i work for a company that does skyscraper exteriors so we render a lot different stone types. the best platform i've found for doing that, for what it's worth, is 3-D studio max. their library of stone materials is great. i've used their travertine several times and it looks...
when you are in the scene editor in photoworks, click on the background tab. choose scaled image or tiled image and you can browse to a file of your choosing. SW will use .tiff, .jpeg and .bmp files as well as targa and lwi. for good nature scene photographs, i would browse websites that...
i had not used the surface model features of SW before, you are correct. i did try this problem though, and i think i was succesful. i drew simple 50mm x 50mm rectangle on the right plane and used that as a bounding box for a planar surface. i then inserted a reference plane at a 45 degree...
if i understand your question correctly, i think what you want to do is possible by doing the following; create your first surface using the sheet metal base/flange tab command. create your second surface by using the edge flange command and define the angle of your "v", changing the...
hey all,
i have an assembly in which two parts are displaying the "stoplight" rebuild sign. i have tried rebuilding (refreshing) the parts, opening them and editing them in context and reloading them. nothing seems to work. i also tried closing and reopening SW. has anyone else...
hey all,
i am new to the API world and have a couple of questions. any help is greatly appreciated.
1. is there a good book for a beginner to learn some basic API with relation to SW? (i speak some spanish, but have not been exposed to VB, VBA, C++ etc. . total newbie!)
2. we use a lot of...
i haven't had any problems with model stability using the sheet metal features. with regards to model size, i haven't done a comparison between boss extrude and base/flange built models. it would be interesting to know. . .
in terms of performance, i find the sheet metal features much easier...
one thing to make sure of is that the view you are attaching the block to is "active" when you place the block. this is accomplished by right clicking the view window and selecting "activate view". if you do not do this, the sheet (or some other view)is active and the block...
cosmos works is an FEA package and solidworks gold partner that will do frequency analysis and buckling as well as thermal and static analyis. they have 2 or 3 different packages depending on if you're doing linear or non-linear analyses, flow, etc. if you're not going to be doing a lot of...
that's really good to know. i'm dealing with large assemblies on a pretty regular basis. thanks.
cheers,
earl earl patrick
epillsbury@bensonglobal.com
www.bensonglobal.com
i've been using winzip consistently with no problems at all. Sbaugh, are you saying that if you suppress features it reduces the size of the saved file?
does anybody know what solidworks means by file "shadow"? has anybody heard yet whether SP3 is stable? our vendor suggested...
thanks for the input. here is the answer i got from the solidworks api folks. it looks like the only way to really get what i want is to write it in code. does anyone know a good book on API for solidworks?
The following identifiers are available for the linked notes:
$PRP...
what i am trying to do is this;
i want a block that i can insert into a drawing that has a note with linked properties that reference the bill of materials. specifically i want to have the note reference the following columns in our BOM;
1. part number
2. part quantity
3. part...
