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Text/Dimension Format Painter

Text/Dimension Format Painter

Text/Dimension Format Painter

(OP)
Hello,

I may be hallucinating here, but I am looking for a button/tool that I thought was in SW when I was using 2004 a year ago.  It "was" similar to the paintbrush button in Excel or Word.  Function was to highlight the text/cell that has the desired format, click button and then drag over what you wanted to have the same format.  By format I mean Font style/size/etc.

Am I dreaming or what?  It would be handy when doing special notes in a drawing that doesn't fit into our predefs on our templates.  Could have sworn it was there, but maybe I am thinking ACAD.

TIA,

Gonzo

RE: Text/Dimension Format Painter

I want some of that stuff your smokin'.

Nothing in SW04 like that ... that I've seen.


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RE: Text/Dimension Format Painter

that's funny CBL!
I have not seen it either

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP1.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: Text/Dimension Format Painter

Did you ever use Mechanical Desktop?  It had that function.  You could also "paint" your dimensions, and it would copy the # of decimal places, fraction denominator, and even notes such as "O.D.", "TYP", etc.

Flores

RE: Text/Dimension Format Painter

You should check out "favorites" for text and dimensions.  It's similar to what you're looking for.

RE: Text/Dimension Format Painter

Yeah...ACAD/ mechanical desktop has that...

RE: Text/Dimension Format Painter

(OP)
Thanks guys, had trouble seeing the monitor through all the smoke :)

I don't have ACAD, so couldn't check.  Will look into the "favorites" thing tho.

Happy Friday by the way...

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