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    Replace part associated to drawing

    fmr110, Yes, it is unique part. That would make a difference, yes. Thank you
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    Replace part associated to drawing

    I renamed and modified a part. I neglected to bring the associated drawing into my bin to rename it also. How would I replace the part associated with the drawing with my new part? Someone in my office showed me how to do this, but he is not here anymore and I forgot how to accomplish this. Any...
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    Coordinate System Manipulation

    I am having a problem with orienting the coordinate system to my needs. Looking at the attached pic the coordinate system is shown with positive X towards right, positive Z straight up and positive Y direction into the screen. The engineer is requesting the Z direction to be reversed with the...
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    Project 3-D Elements in Product

    In my product assembly I am attempting to project edges from one catpart to the other using "project 3-D elements" icon. The software will not allow me to choose an edge. I do believe I accomplished this feat before. Please advise. Thanks much
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    Center of Mass Point Generation

    I have an assembly that has 5 parts. Using tools/mass properties, I calculated the X,Y,Z center of mass. Is there a way to place a point or coordinate system at this location? Thanks in advance.
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    Assembly Model Center Lines

    Can someone relay info to me how to show center lines of all components contained within an assembly. It seems I somehow was able to show centerlines in my previous assembly but cannot find the icon, etc. Thanks in advance.
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    Extrude Direction 2 Settings

    Does anyone know how to alter the settings in the extrude function to enable the direction of extrude to go both ways in direction 2? My software only shows direction of both ways in direction 1. I am using 2007 version of Solid Works software. Thanks in advance
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    New Coordinate System

    Absolutely CorblimeyLimey, I am starting with an assembly that has a brake drum as one of the components. There is an item that is located about the O.D. of the drum that needs to rotate about the center of the drum. I was thinking of locating a coordinate system in the center of the drum so I...
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    New Coordinate System

    Hello all, I am fairly new to solid works. I would like to create a separate coordinate system on an existing part. It would be located elsewhere on the part. How would I accomplish this. Thanks much
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    History Tree Font Size

    We recently switched our Catia V5 R18 from unix to windows. When we made this change the history tree has small fonts. Is there a way to increase the size of the fonts? Thanks in advance.
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    Catia V5 Crash with Large Assy File

    I am using Catia_V5 on my pc station. Just panning or rotating a large assy file will crash my station and kill the Catia session. There are no error messages when this happens. If someone else has experienced this I would appreciate insight. Thanks in advance.
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    Change Axis of Rotation

    I am having a problem changing my axis of rotation of a shaft operation. I rotated my geometry using shaft operation. But I need to move the axis up and use this as the new axis of rotation. Is there a way to do this in Catia V5? Thanks much
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    3-D Dimension Annotation

    thanks Azrael..
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    3-D Dimension Annotation

    Hello all, I have a product assembly that will need dimensions added. Is there a way to add these annotations to the 3-D? Thanks in advance.
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    NX5 Online Tutorials

    thanks much iwonafish....

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