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    New Solidworks Laptop

    Right at 3k, the graphics card drove the cost up a bit but it should be good for the next 4 years or so. I get it on Tuesday so i will let you know how it goes. Thanks Michael McMillan, CSWP http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-mcmillan/53/375/52b
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    Use of Family Tables, good or bad for computer resource requirements?

    What i would recommend depending on your possible configurations is to use a design table but keep it to only 2 configs. You can drive multiple tables in a design table that all feed one configuration. Put in some simple validation lists and you are good to go. This is not a good approach if you...
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    New Solidworks Laptop

    So this is what I went for from @xi. I should have it in 2 weeks or so. Thanks for your advice everyone. Xi® PowerGo™ XT (Base Configuration) Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0/4.4GHz-1C Turbo Boost 8MB Shared L3 Cache DMI 2.0 Quad-Core 4th Gen. 22nm w/Artic Silver® 5 Thermal Compound 16GB DDR3...
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    New Solidworks Laptop

    Thank you all for your advice. I really like the boxx machines but due to cost I am going to go with a dell. I have not decided on the 4800 or the 6800 yet. But speed will be my greatest expense. I will op to buy the SSD separate and install my self as I prefer a clean install. Plus the savings...
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    New Solidworks Laptop

    Patrick, Thank you for your insight. I is much appreciated. I am looking at the dell mostly out of habit more than anything. I looked into HP and it seamed on par with dell for the price. I need to look into Lenovo thought as i have a office laptop that is rock solid. I am leaning towards a...
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    New Solidworks Laptop

    I am planning to by a new laptop for my business. Can anyone speak to this setup one way or another? I copied this setup off of solid-box for the most part. Dell Precision M6800 Mobile Workstation Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4710MQ (Quad Core 2.50GHz, 3.50GHz Turbo, 6MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600)...
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    General table Equation functions

    I am trying to figure out how to convert a single cell in a general table from a decimal to a fraction. I don't want to mess with my document properties and that does not really work anways since this is an calculated value. I figured this out in excel but the general table is greatly limited in...
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    Reversing the functionality of a Design Table

    Click at the top of your design table and select insert cells. You can move the thing down as far as you like, Add tabs and even hide the design table cells. I have never lost functionality by doing this. I never manually enter information into a design table it self. especially on template...
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    'Unable to open design table using Excel 2013'

    try clicking on the design table and saving to excel. See if you have any issues opening in excel. of you do not then delete the design table out of your part. same and close your part. reopen and insert design table from file and select the design table you saved to excel. do not link to...
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    SolidWorks training

    I would recommend you attend training with a VAR, it is a lot in a short amount of time but you have the ability to be focused. If you have drafting experience with other programs then your only chore will be learning the differences. Other wise read this forum along with the SolidWorks forum...
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    Shaded view on drawing showing as wireframe in Creo View

    Well for most Drawings I generally use one shaded view but in the case on an instillation/routing drawing it is far more useful to have all the views as shaded. Michael McMillan http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-mcmillan/53/375/52b
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    Shaded view on drawing showing as wireframe in Creo View

    Well I changed to shadded on all the views and saved as a creo view file. When I opened the file it looked great. The problem is that the drawing is being opened though windchill for review, it is still coming up as wire frame. Thank you all for your help. Michael McMillan...
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    Shaded view on drawing showing as wireframe in Creo View

    They are set to Follow Enviroment Michael McMillan http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-mcmillan/53/375/52b
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    Shaded view on drawing showing as wireframe in Creo View

    I made a drawings with shaded views in Creo but when i open it in creo view it is come back as wireframe. Any Ideas? Thanks Michael McMillan http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-mcmillan/53/375/52b
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    Shaded parts washed out on drawing.

    I am trying to use shaded parts on my drawing and the surfaces normal to the drawing are bright white with no definition. It does not seam to matter what color i make the material it still washes out. I have played with lights on the assembly side but that does not seam to have any effect. Any...

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