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    How to get signs in distance measurements?

    Is there any way to get distance measuremeants to show the proper sign? Solidworks always returns the absolute value of Delta x,y,z instead of the proper value.
  2. sirmick

    Monotype Corsive Font not Displaying

    Does anyone have any idea why Monotype Corsiva font will not display properly within AutoCad? A few other fonts installed on my machine also do not display properly. Some of them are Arial Rounded, Berlin Sans FB, Britannic Bold, Brush Script... I am running ACAD 2002 on a Win 2000 machine.
  3. sirmick

    This feature can only modify an existing body. It can not create...

    Anyone know why an attempt at making a solid loft gives this error?
  4. sirmick

    Practices for Dimensioning Complex Aesthetic Surfaces?

    Does anyone have any information on good online references, standards, or books that describe how to properly dimension/specify complex surfaces for manufacturing? Tolerances on the surfaces are important but I can't figure a way to convey the appropriate information? Is the solid model...
  5. sirmick

    How to get PE while Working in License Exempt Field

    I am currently working in a manufacturing firm and my previous job was at a manufacturing firm. Both of these companies are exempt from having to have a licensed engineer. I have taking the FE and passed and have 2 BS degrees. One in mechanical engineering and one in applied physics. My...
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    Text Pattern Feature Performance is Terrible

    I am experiencing terrible perfoprmance with the text pattern feature. I have approximately 15 characters that are being extruded and my machine proceeds to use all of the physical and virtual memory available and Solidworks will not respond. The creation of the feature was not a problem. The...
  7. sirmick

    How to draw other analytical sketches?

    Is it possible in the solidworks sketcher to draw hyperbolas, cubic, and other higher order polynomials without using splines?
  8. sirmick

    SolidWorks crashes

    I have Windows 2000 and am running Solidworks98 plus. My cpu is an Athlon 900 MHz with 654MB RAM. The video card is an ATI Rage Fury Pro AGP 4X with 32MB of RAM. My problem is that SW will crash for no apparent reason. It will crash when I resize a window, rotate a part, or do any other...

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