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    Problem with large assembly after SW upgrade

    How about: Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. 300 Baker Avenue Concord, MA 01742
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    better aluminum alloy for part drawn from sheet?

    Thank you everyone for your replies. I've attached a drawing of the part. Dimensions are in inches. I'm pretty sure our vendor hasn't done any analysis of the part, they're pretty unsophisticated. They've been making the part for us for about 30 years without any problems but now they're...
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    better aluminum alloy for part drawn from sheet?

    We're currently having an aluminum part drawn from 1100-O sheet. The vendor has been experiencing issues with the item separating at the corner in the area of deepest draw. He has refurbed his tool but the success rate is still marginal. Would going to a stronger alloy likely alleviate this...
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    renaming an assy with virtual components

    Supposedly this is a known, critical bug and will be fixed in SP4. Don't hold your breath. Eric
  5. istimewa

    stability of PDMWorks Workgroup vs Enterprise

    Thank you all for your feedback. Eric
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    stability of PDMWorks Workgroup vs Enterprise

    We're considering implementing either PDMWorks Workgroup or Enterprise. I realize that Enterprise has far more capabilities than Workgroup and, frankly, most of the additional capabilities are not really that useful to us since we're a small company. However, as a Solidworks user, I am...
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    Save As Pdf line weight

    What service pack are you on? This was corrected with a later service pack if I remember correctly. We saw this on drawings without views (purchasing drawings with text only). Inserting a blank drawing view solved the problem.

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