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  1. DrGonzo

    RC Car Example

    Hello all, I hope everyone's year is off to a great start. I am looking for a model that I believe was included with one of the solidworks class books. It was a full assembly of a RC gas car. If anyone knows how I can get a copy of the file or has one they wouldn't mind zipping up and...
  2. DrGonzo

    Text/Dimension Format Painter

    Hello, I may be hallucinating here, but I am looking for a button/tool that I thought was in SW when I was using 2004 a year ago. It "was" similar to the paintbrush button in Excel or Word. Function was to highlight the text/cell that has the desired format, click button and then drag over...
  3. DrGonzo

    DVR text recording

    Hello, I don't have much initial information, but I am looking for information on incorporating DVR with our sensors. We do material testing and are looking for a way to have data recording, real-time data reporting, and searchable data records. I have seen point of sale systems set up with...
  4. DrGonzo

    Wanted Tips on: Drawings for parts with multiple configurations

    Looking for some help trying to convey information in my drawings. Just wondering if and how people show multiple configurations on one drawing. The part is nearly identical between configurations. Imagine a part cut from particle board that changes length. Features and feature placement...
  5. DrGonzo

    Assy Bubbles Incorrect on Multi Page Drawings

    Hello, I have searched a bit and am stumped on this one, as well as my co-workers. We are running SW2004 SP1, Office XP, Win2000 Pro. P4 2.4 1gig Quadro4 550 Files are opened up over the network, can't do much about this one without a PDM solution. Suggestions welcome, but we share many...
  6. DrGonzo

    UPDATING CONFIGS IN A MIRRORED PART

    Hello all, Did a little searching and can't seem to find what I'm looking for so here it goes... I am working on right and left hand versions of an assembly. I created one assembled, mirrored what needed to be mirrored and assembled. I have since modified my configs to conform to our ERP...
  7. DrGonzo

    e-drawings file extension issue

    First I want to say thanks to all the great information provided for my questions. Sorry I haven't contributed any answers. We use SW2003Office Professional, e-drawings (I believe should be 2003SP03). This might not be true for the other machines, but it is on my machine. We are having an...
  8. DrGonzo

    2d vs 3d sketches and hole wizard

    When creating holes using hole wizard... 1. If the points are predefined in a sketch it will create a 3d sketch as part of the feature and leave the original sketch that it is referencing. 2. If you instead choose to create the points that will define the hole placement "inside&quot...
  9. DrGonzo

    very cool examples of SW capabilities

    Hope you find them as interesting as I did. http://www.mikejwilson.com/solidworks/solidworks_files.htm Dr. Gonzo
  10. DrGonzo

    looking for a good part nester

    My company is currently looking into autonesting of cnc parts. The current method is to do them manually. SigmaNest is the current software we are looking at. I am curious if anyone out there has any experience they can share with me in regards to this. Thanks!
  11. DrGonzo

    Converting configurations to design tables?

    I am in the process of consolidating and checking common parts at our place. I need to verify that all part configurations are driven by a design table. Currently part configurations are either created manually/have design tables/ or a combination in one file. Is there a way to convert manual...
  12. DrGonzo

    Shrinkage in aluminum extrusion parts after welding.

    Hello, This is my first post and I have checked for any related topics but don't find any that suit my need. Therefore, please forgive any redundancy. The problem we are having is that after we weld our 6061-T6 extrusion framework we are getting unacceptable overall length dimensions due to...

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