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  1. TheMan51

    Replace part associated to drawing

    I renamed and modified a part. I neglected to bring the associated drawing into my bin to rename it also. How would I replace the part associated with the drawing with my new part? Someone in my office showed me how to do this, but he is not here anymore and I forgot how to accomplish this. Any...
  2. TheMan51

    Coordinate System Manipulation

    I am having a problem with orienting the coordinate system to my needs. Looking at the attached pic the coordinate system is shown with positive X towards right, positive Z straight up and positive Y direction into the screen. The engineer is requesting the Z direction to be reversed with the...
  3. TheMan51

    Project 3-D Elements in Product

    In my product assembly I am attempting to project edges from one catpart to the other using "project 3-D elements" icon. The software will not allow me to choose an edge. I do believe I accomplished this feat before. Please advise. Thanks much
  4. TheMan51

    Center of Mass Point Generation

    I have an assembly that has 5 parts. Using tools/mass properties, I calculated the X,Y,Z center of mass. Is there a way to place a point or coordinate system at this location? Thanks in advance.
  5. TheMan51

    Assembly Model Center Lines

    Can someone relay info to me how to show center lines of all components contained within an assembly. It seems I somehow was able to show centerlines in my previous assembly but cannot find the icon, etc. Thanks in advance.
  6. TheMan51

    Extrude Direction 2 Settings

    Does anyone know how to alter the settings in the extrude function to enable the direction of extrude to go both ways in direction 2? My software only shows direction of both ways in direction 1. I am using 2007 version of Solid Works software. Thanks in advance
  7. TheMan51

    New Coordinate System

    Hello all, I am fairly new to solid works. I would like to create a separate coordinate system on an existing part. It would be located elsewhere on the part. How would I accomplish this. Thanks much
  8. TheMan51

    History Tree Font Size

    We recently switched our Catia V5 R18 from unix to windows. When we made this change the history tree has small fonts. Is there a way to increase the size of the fonts? Thanks in advance.
  9. TheMan51

    Catia V5 Crash with Large Assy File

    I am using Catia_V5 on my pc station. Just panning or rotating a large assy file will crash my station and kill the Catia session. There are no error messages when this happens. If someone else has experienced this I would appreciate insight. Thanks in advance.
  10. TheMan51

    Change Axis of Rotation

    I am having a problem changing my axis of rotation of a shaft operation. I rotated my geometry using shaft operation. But I need to move the axis up and use this as the new axis of rotation. Is there a way to do this in Catia V5? Thanks much
  11. TheMan51

    3-D Dimension Annotation

    Hello all, I have a product assembly that will need dimensions added. Is there a way to add these annotations to the 3-D? Thanks in advance.
  12. TheMan51

    NX5 Online Tutorials

    Hello all, Is there any online NX5 tutorials available? If anyone has any info on this I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks much.
  13. TheMan51

    Turn Automatic Dimensioning Off

    I am using I-Deas version 13. When I create a sketch the dimensions automatically are applied. How would I turn this feature off so that I may add my dimensions? Thanks in advance
  14. TheMan51

    "Cannot open the file"

    I am having trouble opening a part file. When I attempt to open the file I get the incident report: "cannot open the file:/cad/users/myname/CATTTempR18_customer/CNext01.roll/DOC4.CATPart". I have no idea what this DOC4 item is. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks in advance
  15. TheMan51

    Place a 3-D line between parts in CatProduct

    I am attempting to place a 3-D line between 2 parts in CatProduct mode. Any help doing this will be most appreciated.
  16. TheMan51

    Removal of Doc.CatPart

    When I attempt to save my catpart it wants me to also save "DOC5.CatPart". This entity seems to be located in folder "cnext01.roll". I have not idea what this is. I cannot delete it. Has anyone else here run into this? Thanks
  17. TheMan51

    Obtain X,Y,Z Coordinate From Picked Point on an Assembly

    I have imported a large assembly from a customer. I will be needing X,Y,Z coordinate values from a fixed point to several points in the assembly. When I use the measure command with Point 1 and Point 2 option I get the coordinates from current compass point and not from the fixed point I want...
  18. TheMan51

    How to set Dimension Size, Decimal Place, etc.

    I am new to NX5. How would I set dimension text defaults? Thanks
  19. TheMan51

    Company Drawing Sheets

    I am a new user of UGS NX5. How would I go about putting the company drawing borders into the system for selection when I start a drawing. Thanks
  20. TheMan51

    Visibility problem Catia Product File

    I am having a problem with my catproduct file. When I look into my assembly a part is not showing. The part number is in the tree but the part is not visible. I am getting the error " The files in the following list could not be found or contain the wrong information for the active document" It...

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