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    HEAP size allocation in VC++ 6.0 environment

    Hi All My program needs a lot of memory and after allocating some using NEW statement, it returns NULL for any new object created. I guess that is becuase of the heap size limitation of the Visual Studio which stands at 1MB. I need to increase it. One option I found was to set /HEAP:memory in...
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    How to Create SW Addin using VB

    thanks TheTick I'll check out these links. thanks nikhil
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    How to Create SW Addin using VB

    Hi All I am trying to embed my application into solidworks. I was unable to find out where should i start and go from there. What kind of VB project should I use, Activex Exe, Activex Dll or something else? If anybody has done similar work please let me know. regards Nikhil
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    Solidworks Window in VB application

    hi rocheey thanks for the reply. It was very helpful. However can I get all SW interaction and menus in this OLE control? Like if I want to change some feature and things like that? regards Nikhil
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    Solidworks Window in VB application

    hi rocheey thanks for the quick reply. However I want to open the files interactively and should be able to work with these. also when you say choose the file, is it solidworks file or some type library you want me to choose? regards Nikhil
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    Solidworks Window in VB application

    hi all I am working for a project where I need to embed the Solidworks window inside my VB forms. Is it possible? I couldn't find the direct way of doing it. If anybody can help me out that'll be great. thanks in advance Nikhil
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    Voxel based thickness analysis

    hi all I am working on a manufacturability evaluation software for metal casting process. I am working with voxelized 3D geometry and am trying to figure out the thickness variation in the geometry. My problem is I have a definite way of doing this for a prizmatic part, but my algo fails for...
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    ProE WildFire Selection

    hi all I am currently trying to switch to Proe Wildfire. I got into trouble when I tried to use query select or other selection options. Somehow I got the option when I right clicked . But it didn't came up again afterwards. Does somebody have an idea of how to do it? thanks Nikhil
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    anybody with part thickness experience?

    hi all I am using solidworks 2001 students edition and doing some custom programming with ray tracing APIs. Solidworks has a ray tracing example posted on their site as "how to measure thickness of the part". However it doesn't work robustly with cylindrical faces. Has anybody tried to...
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    ray intersection information extraction

    hi rocheey thanks for the tip. However the problem is how to reverse the process. How should I get the booleans out of a long when long is a result of the OR operation on few booleans. any tips will be helpful thanks nikhil
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    ray intersection information extraction

    hi jon thanks for your reply. I know I have to concatenate. My question was regarding how to decipher the entry exit points from the reult. I get some result definately. It says it will be "OR'd" I don't know the meaning of this term. anyways thanks for the reply. If anybody knows how...
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    ray intersection information extraction

    hi I am trying to fire ray and find out the intersection wit the parts. However I want to know if the ray is entering or exiting. The help document says that the intersection type that is returned is "OR'd". I am not sure what this means. How can I extract the information from the...
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    select by ray API

    Hi all has anybody tried to select entities using ModelDoc2:RayIntersections or ModelDoc2:multiselectbyray API's? I am finding some problem with it and am not able to trace it. The code is given as below... Also does anyone know how to handle exceptions coming from solidworks or get info about...
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    programming with inventor

    hi all I was trying to figure out capabilities of the Inevntor API. Can I get some information on that. Unlike solidworks Autodesk doesn't seem to have any code examples and stuff like that on their website. Can someone help me in this respect. thanks in advance nikhil
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    events notify using VB

    hi stefan thanks for a real quick reply. I'll check out the link. thanks once again nikhil

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