Recent content by aliensquale

too bad nobody has already taken the McMaster Carr solidworks files and integrated them into a custom McMaster Carr toolbox for solidworks? that would be great!!!

where can i find these hardware models on mcmaster carrs website?

what do you mean by "solids for fasteners from McMaster-Carr?" I guess nobody sells a toolbox add-in or at least a custom toolbox directory that has standard hardware along with McMaster Carr part numbers on it?

I'm running Solidworks 2010 and one of the things I really don't like is the included Toolbox. I find it's lacking a lot of hardware that I often use in my assemblies (bolts, nuts, washers, etc.). Plus each and every time I need to modify the length of say a bolt it makes a copy of the...

well I think I narrowed it down to either the Dell m4400 or new m4500... or the Lenovo w510 couple questions.. 1.) Are both of these laptops now 16:9 screen perspective? is that a bad thing for Solidworks? all of my other laptops use regular screen perspective. 2.) Does the Dell or the...

I thinking I'm best off maybe buying a year old generation like the Dell m4400 or Lenovo W500 that still have the regular sized screens (non 16:9), plus they use the Dual Core 2 instead of the Quad cores.. I don't think the quad core is really going to help much with Solidworks alone. My...

is QuadCore processors worth the extra money for Solidworks or Windows 7 64-bit?

what made you go with the Dell over the Lenovo or HP? I have a Lenovo right now, great laptop, but crappy screen, not very bright at all. But I do like the little red button mouse in the center of the keyboard on the Lenovo!

ah okay didn't realize that.. thanks

is that solidworks support or windows support? I have solidworks 2010 32 bit so that's why I can't get a 64 bit pc..

some things that I would like... -largest and brightest screen possible -nVidia Quadro graphics card -I like the little red trackpad button on the Lenovo/IBM laptops... not sure if any other laptops have this option -not sure if Windows XP is still available or if you need to go Windows 7...

well the main issue I have right now is not with changing part names, because I can search all places the part name is being used and update it. The issue is when I change a directory name, etc... then the assemblies that reference that part don't automatically get updated with the new folder...

anyway to speed up the searching through all the folders?

well in Solidworks Explorer, I choose in the options to add the main top level directory of where all my solidworks file live... such as the D:\Solidworks Now when I look at an assembly file in solidworks explorer and choose the 'where used' tab.. it will search my entire D:\Solidworks...

does PDM works ensure all the references, etc.? is PDM works worth using for only 2 people?