remove solidworks menu's
remove solidworks menu's
(OP)
Solidworks has placed some stupid menu's in my autocad.
How can I manipulate the Autocad startup (.ini?) to not
place these menus. I have tried removing the menu's via the "customize" method, but when I select "pdmwautocadaddin" menu group autocad will not let me delete (greyed out delete button).
sorry for the probable repeat...search is down.
dsgnr1
acadm6
How can I manipulate the Autocad startup (.ini?) to not
place these menus. I have tried removing the menu's via the "customize" method, but when I select "pdmwautocadaddin" menu group autocad will not let me delete (greyed out delete button).
sorry for the probable repeat...search is down.
dsgnr1
acadm6





RE: remove solidworks menu's
Once those source files are moved, then you can remove the menus, etc. from the startup list and the tools/customize menus list.
Just make sure that if you plan on using these utilities in the future that you store the files in a place other than the recycle bin.
Regards,
JEM
Solidworks 2007 SP3.0
2GB Ram/3GB Switch
Quadro FX1300
P4 3.40GHz Duo XP Pro SP2.0
RE: remove solidworks menu's
I will try this soon.
also use mostly solidworks and had a fix for this once but don't remember how I did it.
dsgnr1
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Version of SolidWorks: 2006
SolidWorks Sercive Pack:sp4.1
Operating System & Service Pack: win2k v5 (sp4)
Graphics Card and Driver version: Nvidia Quadro fx540, 7.1.8.4
Amount of installed RAM: 1GB
Virtual Memory settings: APPS, total paging = 1024mb
CPU Type & Speed: intel pent 4 / cpu 3.00GHz
RE: remove solidworks menu's
I would love to know of a method that would solve this permanantly. Too bad Swx doesn't ask you whether or not you want those options installed. That's my biggest beef with Swx: it too often assumes it knows what you want to do.
Solidworks 2007 SP3.0
2GB Ram/3GB Switch
Quadro FX1300
P4 3.40GHz Duo XP Pro SP2.0
RE: remove solidworks menu's
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
RE: remove solidworks menu's
I just prefer to keep apps as simple as possible...is that so wwrroooonnnnggg? =)
(must be my Solidworks background shining through)
Thanks again!
dsgnr1
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Version of SolidWorks: 2006
SolidWorks Sercive Pack:sp4.1
Operating System & Service Pack: win2k v5 (sp4)
Graphics Card and Driver version: Nvidia Quadro fx540, 7.1.8.4
Amount of installed RAM: 1GB
Virtual Memory settings: APPS, total paging = 1024mb
CPU Type & Speed: intel pent 4 / cpu 3.00GHz
RE: remove solidworks menu's
I re-loaded AutoCAD to get rid of the problem and vowed never to start WaterCAD for AutoCAD again, just use the stand-alone program. Oops, I started the wrong program.
I finally found that ToolsMenu:Options and the last tab Profiles shows profiles that are created by other programs for a whole slew of settings. The <<Unnamed Profile>> is the default AutoCAD profile. I Set it back to Current and all of the other problems and I had my AutoCAD menus and toolbars back the way I originally set them.
Hope it works.
Mark Schroder
Design Engineer
McKean & Associates Engineers
RE: remove solidworks menu's
Do you mean it doesn't hurt to leave the menus loaded whether you use them or not?
Solidworks 2007 SP3.0
2GB Ram/3GB Switch
Quadro FX1300
P4 3.40GHz Duo XP Pro SP2.0
RE: remove solidworks menu's
Mark
RE: remove solidworks menu's
Plus, if you use both ACAD and SolidWorks, remove the menus you don't like, there is a chance that with the next upgrade of SolidWorks the menus will be installed again.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
RE: remove solidworks menu's
And since I never have and never will use any of these utilities within AutoCAD it does cause more harm than good.
I guess I just find it fundamentally wrong that as you install Swx it doesn't even give you a choice. It embeds itself into other apps whether you want it to or not.
And yes, it does do this for each and every service pack upgrade.
In the future I will try to remember the method of changing profiles as mentioned by marks625. It definitely sounds promising.
Solidworks 2007 SP3.0
2GB Ram/3GB Switch
Quadro FX1300
P4 3.40GHz Duo XP Pro SP2.0
RE: remove solidworks menu's
I like a very simple screen to look at. In fact I use primarily (99%) typed shortcuts commands in autocad. (i.e. mo for properties, st for style, op for autocad options etc.) I have a very simple menu bar. I use nothing but the properties menu and a couple custom buttons. (one is a super purge...three purges and a save, the other is a combined zoom with a zoom .9x). It su__s that I will have to move the edw files on each install. Oh well.
dsgnr1
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Version of SolidWorks: 2006
SolidWorks Sercive Pack:sp4.1
Operating System & Service Pack: win2k v5 (sp4)
Graphics Card and Driver version: Nvidia Quadro fx540, 7.1.8.4
Amount of installed RAM: 1GB
Virtual Memory settings: APPS, total paging = 1024mb
CPU Type & Speed: intel pent 4 / cpu 3.00GHz
RE: remove solidworks menu's
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)