Hello All,
Just wanted to remind each of you today is the last day you can get the free exams and your certification as either a CSWA or CSWP. It is free for each subscription and you will have until the end of July to take the test. Even if you are not ready it is worth trying to see where you...
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I am designing a product to be used on the end of a standard broom handle and I can not seem to find any information on what size it actually is.
I know that it is an acme thread and that the common size for broom handles is 15/16" in DIA. Any help with this would be greatly...
I happened to stumble across this announcement today.
Read it here: http://www.solidworks.com/pages/news/pressreleases/viewrelease.html?prid=449
Best Regards,
Jon Knabenschuh
Gemini CAD Solutions
http://www.geminicadworks.com
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is...
Hello All,
I found a huge amount of tutorials on this site and decided to share with everyone. (click link below) I have submitted this to be added to the links page.
Let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/results?tag=solidworks
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life...
Hello All,
Found this section on the solidworks website which highlights all the new features coming to 2007. There are plenty of videos to show each new feature also.
Link is Here: http://www.solidworks.com/pages/products/SolidWorks_2007/SolidWorksOfficePremium2007.html
Enjoy!
Best...
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I am having alot of trouble creating this equation to control a thread relief based on what type of thread pitch you have. I am creating this equation in the part without a design table. I cannot use a design table right now because that module is broken. SWX is trying to figure it...
Hello All,
I was just at the solidworks website and noticed that SP3.0 was released today. It is no longer listed as "early visibility".
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Solidworks 2006 SP0.0
Hello All,
Does anyone know if it is possible to link the "user specified name" in a design table. If so, how do I go about doing it. I have multiple configuartions of a part/assembly and each user specified name is different.
(ex: 1010-01,1010-02,etc.)
I have done a search within this forum...
Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone else is having problems saving the header state in PDM Works Check-in screen. I'm using SW2006 SP0.0
I RMB and select "Save Header State" and the next time I check in something it reverts back to something that I did not save and it is not the "Default...
Has anyone come up with a solution to this question I had about customizing the revision table?
See this thread for more info.
thread559-106850
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Solidworks 2006 SP0.0
We have upgraded to SP2.0 but now have an issue with tool box. I get the following error:
The database file is not the expected version (10.16)
Is there a way to manually update the database file? We have our toolbox on the network.
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life...
Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing a renaimng error in PDM Works. For some reason I get a failed to rename document error when trying to rename parts/assemblies in PDM Works. It will however let me rename Drawings and .PDF's. I assume this is because the drawing/PDF does...
Hello All,
Have any of you experienced issues using the helix tool in 2006. I just tried to use it today and it will crash my system every time. It does not even give me the option to create a helix before it dies. This also happens on two other user's systems. They all have the same graphics...
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I need someone's help on this. I ran a task to update files in my design library. But forgot to set the time for after work hours. I would like to stop the task and create a new one for later in the day. I went to Task scheduler already and deleted the task from the list, along with...
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I was wondering if it is possible to create a custom task within task scheduler to take all the latest revisions of drawings that are in the PDM works vault and generate a PDF of each drawing. It would even be a bonus to have the PDF be attached to the drawing. If this is possible...
Hello All,
I may have stumbled across a bug in solidworks. My VAR is looking it a bit further for me. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same issue.
What I am trying to do is import a DXF file to a drawing and then dimension it. However when I dimension it does not display the...
Hello All,
I am wondering why there are so many ways to color something in solidworks. Alot of user's here color faces, then maybe a feature, then color it again in an assembly. I know that in 2006 this feature has been enhanced.
I try to tell the user's here to color the part and never in...
Hello All,
I am looking for everyone's opinion on wheter or not I should have an Admin Image on our network. I realize that for this to work I have to re-install everyone's machine from the Admin Image. We currently have about 10 seats of solidworks so re-installing everyone's machine is going...
Hello All,
I have come to a roadblock using Solidworks sheetmetal. Does anyone know how to make the image below unfold to a flat pattern? I've been to sheetmetaldesign.com and found a couple tutorials that were helpful but are not applicable to this shape. The image to the right shows a bottom...
I have found that many user's here that I work with are not aware of this tip. So I figured I would share it with everyone here also.
Cropping an Exploded View
After inserting your exploded view use a square, circle or polygon to define your crop area, and then right-click. Go to properties...
