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    assy's suddenly go read only

    I have had this happen the last two days. I am working in an assy file (around 5M) and all of a sudden it is read only. Does anyone know how or why this happens, so I can prevent it in the future? Thank you in advance
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    CRASH ISSUES

    I am using STV2 (with patch 2) I have noticed when SE crashes I no longer have to ability to save the file OR send a notice to Siemens. I get a MS error after I am notified to save, but it does not save the file. I seem to crash at least once a day. I am just wondering if anyone else has...
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    loading ST standard parts

    we are having some trouble loading ST standard parts file. I would like to have the file location on our network so every new changethat comes thru, the parts are not lost. Also we would not have to reload st std prts. Any help would be greatly apprecitated.
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    SE crashing returing from a sketch

    I am just wondering if anyone out there has had problems with Solid Edge crashing, "returning" from a sketch. Every time or every other time I am in a sketch and print, I crash. This can be up to 5-8 times a day. It gets very frustrating redoing all my work. Also if there is a solution (other...
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    SE with Vista

    Good afternoon, just an inquiry. Has anyone used SE v20 with Vista OS? Our company is looking into going to Vista OS, and I am wondering what I might have to look forward to, in the way of errors, printer or any other software problems. Esecially with Solid Edge. Any comments, concern would be...
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    assembly relationships

    I am working with V20, and just recently ran update 6. I am now noticing that my parts are "fully positioned" with ONE relationship. I have talked to other users here and looked to see if I changed a setting somewhere. I have not found a solution. This is getting to be a big pain, because it...
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    draft file BOM's

    I am using V20, and we have been having problems with our BOM's "unlinking" to the bubbles on the forms. I have tried to re-link them, but the asterisks will not go away. I want them turned on by the way. When I try to run a new BOM no bubbles will get placed on the drawing. When I put new ones...
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    line overrides

    I am working in V20. I am not able to change my line styles, colors, or thicknesses. For some reason the ribbon bar is greyed out. The only way I can change a line style is to right click on each individual line and chnge them in the properties. I have looked on other users machines to try and...
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    Save as PDF problems

    hello, has anyone encountered problems with saving draft files as PDF's? I am using vesion 19 and have applied patches 1-8, but I get a file translation error. Any help on this topic would be greatly appeciated. Thank you
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    multi page BOMS

    I have a large assembly, with 95 parts. Is there a way to get part of the bill on a second sheet WITHOUT converting it to text. The UGS tech help said this couldn't be done.. yet. I cannot believe no one has encountered this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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    angular dimensions

    I am trying to have an angular dimension with the leader at the end of the dimension. It will only go to the beginning of the dimension, not the end. Is there a way to do this?
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    parametrics

    I have notice over the last few versions that the parametrics of Solid Edge is very lacking. I change a hole and the relationships to that hole fail, I change an edge and if I include the edge to a hole the feature fails even if I maintain associativity. Plus when I would get to the draft the...
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    SE standard parts missing

    I am working with V18, and the SE standard parts do not list all bolt sizes, there is no #4 thru #10 bolts. Has anyone encountered this? Could it be that somehow not all the parts were installed? Any help would be appreciated.
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    version 18 problems

    Hello all I was wondering if there is anyone else having problems with v18. We are having a large amount of problems from dimensions not printing in a sketch view, to sketches moving, to relationships not "high-lighting" in order to change them. I have put on the lastest revision (patch 5), that...
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    mirroing sub-assemblies

    I am mirroring a sub-assembly ,and the dialogue box only gives the option of either grounding the mirrored assembly or not having any relationships, this is not a left hand right hand issue. My question: Is there a way to keep the relationships applied to the sub-assembly when I mirror it? If...
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    assembly features

    hello, I am working an assmebly with quite a lot of ADF's on it, when I "tweek" the features the next higher assembly's relationships fail, I am not changing the hole or reinserting them but changing the dimension values for the features, have any of you ran into this? I was under the...
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    GROUNDED PARTS IN ASSEMBLIES

    When I drag a part into an assmebly I apply the needed relationships and when I check them it only has a grounded relationship and no others. I have uninstalled and reinstalled SE and no help. Some of the component parts are from previous revs., and I am working in V17.
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    part is not appearing when I drag into an ass'y

    when I try to drag a component part into my assembly the part does not graphically show up. It does show up in the tree but it is not transparent or in a simplified state. Is there a fix for this problem?
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    create in place

    I have routed electrical wiring though out an assembly using create in place and interpart copy. I now have use the wiring in a different assembly, and get rid of the initial assembly. Is there a way to make the part a stand alone part without the initial links or to delete the links to the...
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    relationship conflicts

    I am getting the relationship conflict error and am wondering if there is somewhere on v17 that will tell me what relationships the conflict is with. Is there a dialog box or someplace to tell me so I do not have to keep "trying" different relationships until I find one that works.

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