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No that was still checked to show thumbnails.... So I'm baffled why it's not showing the thumbnails... Though in all honesty I should turn it off anyway as it does really slow opening folders with allot of SW files when the thumbnails are shown...but it makes finding the files so much easier...

Hey...just finally upgraded from 2007 to 2009.. The one thing that I notice not entirely related to Solidworks is that all the solid works files no longer have a thumbnail image of the part/assy/drw anymore...it's just a generic Solidworks icon representing either of the three...has anyone else...

Thanks you so much... That, "Sketch Picture", is the command I was looking for... Again Thanks for your help...

Is there a way to create a plane and insert an image onto it...the very same that you would do in Alias to generate 3D surfaces from 2D prints... I ask this because I want to to some free-form surfaces and I will insert Front/Top/side views of the object, to be specific a car, and model the...

Okay..that was super easy to do...worked like a charm

Thanks...I'll look into that...I've never really created a new config...so I'll play around with it till I get it... Again Thanks

Well...after looking at it a bit...I though I would just create an boss feature to fill in the logo on the mirrored part and then just redo the logo from there...I get the same results, but if anyone know how to remove a feature from getting mirrored without suppressing it...that would be great...

I've been searching for a way to suppress a feature, so when you use: INSERT >> MIRROR PART about a plane it leaves the feature in the parent part but does not transfer it to the mirrored part. We engrave our logo into the part and unfortunately our logo is not symmetrical...so as it stands...

okay...I'm wondering if it's just me or if others are experiencing the same thing... When I have a part that has a left and right side...I create one of them and then just mirror the part to create the other half...everything works fine with the exception of tapped holes...they transfer over...

TVP, I did Tensile, composition as well as harness... Now I didn't have them polish and etch the part to see what structure the grains are...and now that you mention that, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have that done... But for the harness I wanted to know where and how deep the...

I use matweb quite a bit...but their search based on composition doesn't work all that well...you have to hunt and peck abit.... but they do have a great resource if you do know what you want....

Fantastic...that's exactly what I was looking at doing...using 4340 in a normalized state for easy machining and then induction harden the high stress area to increase the outer surface strength for the max compressive/tensile loads... I had looked at even 300M, but that was getting to be cost...

I'm assuming the closest US spec is 4140....though the Cr is a bit lower and there is no Ni in 4140. But this is the closest I see.... Also going to 4340, assuming 4140 is the best US match, the nickel content should improve fatigue strength, is that right? Though 4340 normalized has a Rc of...

Hello, I sent out a sample of material to determine it's properties and chemical composition in the hope of narrowing down the material... Unfortunately the metallurgist cannot specify a material for this part as it's a non US spec material... Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go...

Thanks Bob... I was a bit curious how the drilled holes affected the measured strain...but I see you what you did now... Let me ask you this...did you have to drill the studs, because you found the strain gages were not providing any information so you drilled them out for concentration...