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  1. Hayden

    Server Crash - Now I can't get PDM Workgroup running again

    Hi All, We have recently had a crash on our Network Storage Device and have lost all data on it. I have reinstalled the Workgroup server application and its now running. Problem is I can't get any clients to see the vault. We are using 2008 Office Professional SP4.0 for both. Can Anyone...
  2. Hayden

    Internationl standards for Hydraulic cylinders

    Hi all, I am searching to see if there are any standards commonly used for hydraulic cylinders. We are trying to standardise the ones we use and would like to apply something commonly used. I'm sending this from New Zealand, we are a metric country. Most of what we use here is either ISO, or...
  3. Hayden

    Importing models from Pro E and managing changes

    We have some fairly complex machined components that are made up of fairly complex plates welded together. Our product designers design these weird and wonderful shapes (created in Pro E) that are used for vaccum moulding. What we do is weld up an aluminium box with special weld prep nice and...
  4. Hayden

    Reducing the amount of double clicking

    Hi all, My colleagues and I would like to be able to reduce the amount of double clicking we have to do. Particular culprits for excessive 'DC'ing are modifying feature dimensions. It would be nice to have a keyboard press to do this or something similar, but modifying dimensions is not a menu...
  5. Hayden

    Setting custom properties

    Hi all, Is there any way to do a mass tabulated type change of custom properties for all of the component parts in an assembly. I would like to be able to do this across all configurations of the component parts. The properties I would like to change in particular are drawnby, material and...
  6. Hayden

    Random cosmetic thread show/hide generator

    Hi everyone, Has anyone managed to find a way to disable this 'feature' in drawings. By this I mean set things up so thread annotations don't show up on the non-visible surfaces of drawing wiews. It's a real drag going through every drawing and hiding the ones that do happen to show up that...
  7. Hayden

    Adding text symbols in drawings

    Hi all, You know the text symbol box that pops up each time you edit a note in drawings? Does anyone know how to add more symbols to this? My company use this one symbol all the time and it would be easier to be able to add it to notes this way than through insert symbol instance. Cheers, Hayden
  8. Hayden

    Firewood

    Hi there, My company has just made the 'upgrade' to Wildfire 2. It seems some of the great tools for creating drawings quickly has gone, maybe it's just me. Something I'd really like to be able to do is QUICKLY flip arrows on dimensions. Does anyone know how to do this? Cheers Hayden
  9. Hayden

    Insert mode

    Hey there team, Does anyone know of a way to move around in insert mode quickly. ie. change from inserting after feature 600 to just after feature 50. Sure I can grab the 'insert here' arrow and move it up but what a drag that is. I don't really want to turn off insert mode and not regenerate...
  10. Hayden

    Dimension witness line referencing centrelines not objects

    Hi all, Heres the deal; I've got a few plates to model and draw with loads of holes in them. By company standards I HAVE to dimension each of these holes using centrelines and standard dimensions (not ordinate or hole tables). Is there a way that I can automatically make the witness lines go...
  11. Hayden

    Toolbar manipulation

    Hi all, Does anyone know how to deactivate a particular toolbar depending on what mode is being used. I want to deactivate a couple of modelling ones when I'm working on drawings thus giving me more graphics area. This must be possible as my drawing toolbar is deactivated during modelling...
  12. Hayden

    Standard procedures

    Hi all, At the moment at the place I work we are looking at creating a set of drawing standard procedures. This is to include things like layers, linetypes, colours, common blocks such as section marks, dim styles.......... It will also contain information on how to perform certain tasks like...
  13. Hayden

    Tolerancing

    Hi, Does anyone know how to supress the + or - signs from in front of zero values in a deviation tolerance on a dimension. I'd like to try and do this without exploding the dimension. A couple of examples of what I'd like to see are as follows: +0.5 0 55 0 or 20-1 instead of...
  14. Hayden

    Mutliple parts using similar features

    Hi all, I modelling several part that share the same base features but change considerablyaway from that grougp of base features. What I want to do is be able to use merge or similar to start the part. Then any changes I make to the first group of base features will be reflected in all...
  15. Hayden

    Insert Mode - 2000i¦

    Any ideas on how I can fix this. My current contract is using 2000i². I'm doing castings of water meter bodies......hence loads and loads of rounds.....hence slow regens. I'm working in insert mode when modifing the 'important' features, but when I drag the insert here arrow in the model tree or...
  16. Hayden

    ISO equivalent for BS 308

    Hi, Does anyone know of the ISO equivalent (or very close match) to BS 308? Cheers Hayden
  17. Hayden

    BS308 equavilent in ISO

    Does anyone know the equvalent ISO standard for BS 308? Cheers Hayden
  18. Hayden

    Make leaders behave EXACTLY like dimensions

    Hi all. Creating leaders is the bain of my AC life. Is there any way to make them behave just like radius dimensions but with two little differences? 1. It doesn't have to attach to an arc and only has on attachment point. An arc dimension has a centre and a radial attachment point. 2. You...
  19. Hayden

    Suppress dimension extension lines

    I often have a need to suppress dimension extension lines after I have created the dimension. This means I can't use the sustem variable DIMSE1 (/2). I'm also getting a bit peeved with all the necessary mouse picks to use the properties dialogue box. Is there a command to suppress dim ext lines...
  20. Hayden

    Help with bolting calculations

    Hi all, I've been performing some bolting calcs with regard to holding a cover on a water valve. What we are doing is using Stainless A2 70 (ISO spec) bolts to go into a bronze casting. I've made up a spread sheet that creats a table of results according to different pressure values. I'm not...

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