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Can someone give me a real world example of what I would use Update Holders for. I've read the Solidworks help on them and I still don't see how Update Holders can help me or what their practical use is.

What controls what the background color of the Feature Manager will be? I'd like to be something besides grey.

Solid Edge ST now has a free educational addition for home study that's good for a year. The files are not compatible with the regular commercial addition and you are not allowed to use it for commercial work...

I have a sheet metal part that I modeled. Near the beginning of the Feature Manager I have a Miter Flange. In the Miter Flange feature I originally used a 1mm Gap distance that I now what to change to .75mm. When I do all my Chamfers and Cut Extrudes light up with errors and warnings. Is there...

http://www.mikejwilson.com/solidworks/files/m5.zip Trying to understand more difficult assemblies and parts. After I do a rebuild for Body.SLDPRT I get the following errors: Warning: Cockpit Cut Surface S1 The sketch is over defined. Warning: Fillet Cockpit Edge for fillet/chamfer does not...

I created and saved a named view for my part model. When I insert my named view and try to insert the Model Items the dimensions don't come over. I've check the part and all the dimensions I want are Marked dimensions to be imported into a drawing and I'm set to All Configurations. What could be...

Can someone explain in plain language what Primary Value, Override Value and Reverse direction actually do/mean. I read the Solidworks help and I didn't find it very helpful.

I don't like the existing grid lines and would prefer they were solid like graph paper. Can they be changed?

How do you change the font size underneath the arrows?

I freely admit that math is not my strong suit. What I would like to know is how would I use a length dimension to control a angle dimension. For example, how would I apply a formula in the Equation Editor that takes a 1" length dimension and use it to control an angle dimension so that the...

Can someone explain to me the value or need for a derived design table. I don't get why it would be important or valuable to create a derived design table. Why is $USER_NOTES needed in a design table? Is it just a way to manually create a column or row header and not screw up the design table...

How can I control where they bend in a part model mode?

Can someone give me a plain language explanation of how you determine direction of pull? I do not understand how the draft angle is suppose to work and which direction it needs to taper in.

I'm trying to learn how to use Equations. I think I need all the part dimensions and dimension names to be displayed on the part. I'm not able to do this.

When I right click on a feature in the feature tree and select Parent/Child how come all the child relationships don't get displayed in the Parent/Child Relationships dialog window? The reason I think this is a problem is because when I suppress this feature, children that the feature is a...

In part mode I create a new Display State and change the color of a feature. I then change back to the default Display State and the feature color has changed in the default Display State as well. What am I doing wrong?

How do you use this tool? I can't turn it on as it's always grayed out.

I'd like to dimension the entire length of a slot. When I try and move the dimension line to the arcs I get either a yellow or orange square but I'm not able to attach the dimension. What do the yellow and orange squares mean? How do I dimension the slot the way I want to dimension it?

I open and change the view orientation of a .sldfp file and save it. The image still shows up incorrectly in the Design Library even after a refresh.

How can I change the name of a dimension? In an older version of Solidworks I seem to remember being able to right click and being able to select Properties. I can't seem to find this in SolidWorks 2011