We used to install SW ourselves, but since we started using a network license with SW 2010, our IT guy does all the SW installs and updates. I will check with him to see if he uses an image or how he upgraded.
For renaming a few parts and not losing the links, I just right-click in WINDOWS explorer and choose Solidworks > Rename instead of cranking up SOLIDWORK explorer.
We just upgraded to 2011 and that feature is no longer available. Actually we have 1 person who has Windows XP and has that...
If all you are trying to accomplish is making diagrams in Solidworks, simply insert your model into the drawing and start using your sketch tools and annotations.
If you dimension a line drawn on the model view, it will automatically be scaled to the drawing sheet scale.
In ACAD, you create a model in model space then when you go to a drawing layout and in paper space create an mview. While in the drawing layout, you can double-click the viewport and you are now in model space (while still on the layout tab). You can now draw or whatever in model space. Then...
What phudge is asking may not be possible without screwing up existing drawings, but Solidworks' axis orientation is not a standard orientation and is not what was taught in college 10 years ago (I complained about this maybe 6-7 years ago and was basically told this is not AutoCAD).
See these...
You cannot completely make it a system default, but you can half-way make it a default and finish up with manual detail view style changes.
Tools > Options > System Options tab > Drawings > Un-check "Display new detail circles as circles".
This will make the detail view the profile shape, but...
I could MAYBE understand IF you wanted all like-items together similar to the way hole-tables can combine like-sizes, but those have individual rows for each part.
Having all like items on the same row sounds confusing to me. I know that doesn't help you out, just my .02 cents.
Flores
Just to clear things up, you DO NOT NEED a property link on the notes because the note is independent of the model on the sheet, is that correct?
You could add a block to your template so it will be the same place on all sheets, then right-click the block and explode it. Now you can have...
HP has some Deskjets and Officejets that print ANSI B 11" x 17" sheets. They may not be all-in-one printers, but sometimes that bigger sheet makes things a lot easier to read (obviously it depends on what your product is).
Flores
The reference libraries are up to date as far as I can tell:
SW 2009 Commands type library
SW 2009 type library
SW 2009 constant type library
SW 2009 exposed type libraries for add-ins use
These other ones do not have a date on them:
Visual basic for applications
SW extensibility type library...
I'm using SW09 SP3 and Windows XP.
I can save screenshots of models without any problems, but if I try and save a drawing (either single sheet or multi-sheet) I get the following error:
Flores
Handleman gave a link to SWTools in a different thread and there was an engineering toolbox macro with different shapes in it.
Angelsix LINK
Go to Products > Free Products > Solidworks > Engineering toolbox.
After running the macro, a dialog box pops up and all of the numbers in the...
