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PrtSrn problem 1

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pdelnet

Mechanical
May 13, 2005
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We are developing a specific SW utility for our company. I am try to write a report for the developer using screen captures of models and drawings. When I open SW the "PrtSrn" "SHIFT+PrtScr" and even "ALT+PrtScr" functions stop working (they work fine until SW is started). I am try to copy these into a word document. Does any know of a reason SW work would interfere with these functions and how I can resolve this?

SW 2007 SP 3.1
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 670
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Windows XP PRO SP 2

 
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pdelnet,

My operating system is XP Pro and "ctrl+print screen" and then "ctrl+v" to paste it into any windows document is how it works for me.

Timelord
 
Try toggling the F Lock key to the OFF mode. Some keyboards have an indicator close by the Num Lock and Caps Lock indicators.

[cheers]
 
From what I have seen SW screen capture does not capture the feature tree. I have tried this from home and the regular method works so it must be some type of windows setting.

SW 2007 SP 3.1
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 670
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Windows XP PRO SP 2

 
I am running Windows XP and the "ALT Print Screen" function worked just fine with SolidWorks 2007 SP4. I pasted it into Word with the tree showing. If there is a setting, I do not know it.

Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
PDM Works, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
 
Could be a video driver issue, try the printscreen method with software opengl activated. This fixed some video capture issues a client of mine once had. Don't forget to switch it back off when you are done!

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
Searching Eng-Tips forums
 
If all else fails, try this;

blonde_printscreen.jpg


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Good one, I like that :)

However; if it ever gets to that point I believe the item the monitor is on would probably be made of porcelain
and the enter key would be a little silver handle.

SW 2007 SP 3.1
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 670
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Windows XP PRO SP 2

 
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