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    Thickness Checker

    If we couldn't bust each others b..(Well you know) once in a while. It wouldn't be any fun.
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    Thickness Checker

    What can I say dgowans...I'm a mechanical engineer, not an english major. I guess now I know where to send my parts for free analysis.
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    Thickness Checker

    Has anybody had any experience with Thickness Checker in the Utilities Module? I/We don't have professional and was wondering if this feature is worth wild.
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    Rev tabke on multiple sheets

    Nella95 No, I attempted to just pick the table, EDIT/COPY, goto 2nd sheet and "EDIT/PASTE". I get an error "The item on the clipboard cannot be pasted here" Are you suggesting I do this through custom properties?
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    Rev tabke on multiple sheets

    Sorry for the type-O!
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    Rev tabke on multiple sheets

    I'm looking for the best way to add a rev table to additional sheets of a drawing, that matches the rev table on the first sheet. I tried copying, no luck...What we are doing now is adding the rev table to the 2nd, 3rd, etc... sheets then manually populating them. Any suggestions? Yeah..Yeah..I...
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    Good drafting practices, GD &T, and culture shock

    ewh & ctopher, I agree with you, I feel like I've taken a step back in time. The questions is getting up with the times and how to drive that change. Training is definetly the answer but is not always feasible (for a number of reasons). First, to train I need funds. To get funds I need an...
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    Good drafting practices, GD &T, and culture shock

    Thanks for all of your quick responses. Good points in all of them. A few things I need to clarify. 1. All though brought up and trained a certain way, I'm not at all interested imposing my beliefs, just influencing so that the solution makes sense. I'm not at all interested in creating extra...
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    Good drafting practices, GD &T, and culture shock

    Hi all, I'm a lead engineer for a medical device manufacture that has a long history in the automotive and consumer products industry. I have a good background and understanding of GD&T and have been through many coarses. With that being said, the company I'm currently with does not practice...
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    Customizing Custom Properties

    I was looking to perform 2 things with custom properties: 1. When starting a new part, have the custom properties window comeup automatically. 2. Create pull down lists for custom properties entries (i.e. Materials, When a material spec is added in custom propeties, a list of available...
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    Wrapping. Trouble creating the continuous surface.

    I'm attempting to wrap a sketch around an object but my surface needs to be continuous. I've attempted extruding a sketch with lines and curves, but this doesn't give me a that contiuous. I ended up fitting a spline and extruding it but it would seem to me there is an easier way. Is there a way...
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    Revision Table Question

    Thanks NHPilot! If it were a snake it would of bit me. Sometime you just need a slap in the face.
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    Revision Table Question

    Is there a way within a revision table to modify the default for the revision to be numeric rather than letters? When I insert a rev table it always starts with "A" so I change it to "01" when a second revision is added, it goes to "B" and not "02". I searched for a default setting, and didn't...
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    centermarks

    Thanks for the suggestions. I also submitted an enhancement request. We'll see where it goes. Thanks,
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    centermarks

    Is there a way to place a centermark at the center of an obround slot/hole and not at the ends of the slot were the arc centers are? Thanks,

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