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I just loaded SW2011 so now I am totally hosed. I have two models of rack mounted equipment that I need to add a decal of the front and back. With SW2010 Photoworks I just create a decal or add a jpeg. No problem. In SW2011 there is no instruction on how to now create a decal. There is a...

Hello I have created a dumb solid to represent a piece of equipment and have added a jpeg decal of the actual product to the front and back. I have clicked the show decal in options but now each person that calls up the part must click the show decals as well. Is there a way to lock the decal...

Awhile ago I voiced a problem here about breaking a toolbox connection so I could make my bolts individual parts. The answer to that was "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\Toolbox\data utilities\sldsetdocprop.exe" Load the file and select no for the property state. Just for...

Hi I am working on our drafting room manual and was going to use Y14.38 for abbreviations. I heard our technical writing group discussing the need for abbrevs as well but they write for an international base. We use the convention of fully defining the word with the abbrev BATTERY (BTRY) when...

I need to checks interference fit specs for a polypro plug seal into a glass bottle. I currently have a .0177 interference at MMC but that is too high to function properly. Before just loosening the fit I would like to go over reccommended interference specs for this fit, however I have not...

I'm looking for a Solidworks file of an injection manifold so I can study and practice. It would be helpful if it is a pre-85 small block as I can look at one of those but any file would help. thanks

I have just received an assignment (due in just a couple of days) to create a new bottle design with an indication of drapery in the bottle. I am just barely learning sweeps and have not used the free forming tools. The bottle design is not a problem, I will be creating a standard oval bottle...

I could not find how to put text on an arc in Help. Does ACAD do this? Thanks

I just tried loading and using the center linetype in ACAD but I'm just getting a continous line. I tried changing linetype scale and the different types of centerline but I just can't get a cl. Any suggestions. Thanks

I just got Photoworks and am working on a couple of projects using the manual. My first trys turned out okay but now I am having the same problem on all of my trys. I have white plastic parts, some with clear caps, that I am trying to light. It seems that no matter how I move my lights I get...

Is Photoworks the only way to add decals to a Solidworks part?

For some reason the dim has changed color in the print. It sort of grays out in the b/w printer copy. There is no change in my layer setting and I could not find anything in dim style. On my other dwgs with these same settings the dims print nice and black. I don't know what I clicked and I...

I only use acad for 2D work. But now I found that in some of my new drawings lines are on different planes and are not intersecting for hatch or OSNAP commands. I haven't found how to set everthing to one plane in HELP yet. Any suggestions on fixing this? Thanks

I am having a lot of trouble getting a hatch in ACAD LT2006. I have followed the help menu from boundaries to individual line selection but just can't get hatches to form on my drawings. Can anyone help with this?

I am helping my company get their documentation up and running. Right now I need to create a Mold Status Form that will track the mold, in-house, repair, active/inactive, etc. I am also trying to design an individual part package that will include everything- drawings, ECOs, mold data. Can...

After moving to a new state I found that I no longer have my files of designs and design notes. Can I have some samples of standard or suggested notes for my documentation for plastic parts and tooling? I work for a blow-molding company and I'm updating their drawings and need correct notes...

In the past I have worked on a scanned document that was inserted into ACAD that I then traced. I have PDF files that I want to trace certain details to add to an ACAD doc. How do I add this background? Thanks

I just started a job that is mostly blow molding of bottles. I have extensive experience in inj. molding but little with blow molding. What should I plan for or look for in designing? Thanks

how do I add lettering on curves? I am making a plastic bottle and need to add gradations on the outside. Thanks