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    Contact Set

    The shaft is mated concentric with the hole in the motor housing and coincidental with the back of the housing. There was also a coincident mate between two planes that I didn't need and had to delete. It doesn't appear to have any problems yet, just hope it stays that way. Thanks for the help...
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    Contact Set

    Thanks for the replies. I left out that one of the gears was on a motor assembly. The shaft in the motor assembly that drives the gear was fixed, once I changed the shaft to float, everything went according to plan. This teaches me sometimes the solution is the simple one. Thanks Charles
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    Contact Set

    Does Solidworks 2005 have something similar to a "Contact Set" in Inventor? It is regarding one gear driving another. I have tried the gear mate and, for some reason, I am just not getting it to work right. Any help would be appreciated. Charles
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    Design Table and Drawing Views

    Thank you....That really helps!!! Charles
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    Design Table and Drawing Views

    I have a part that I created a design table for with a default size and three other modified sizes. I was wondering if there is a way to insert three default front views into a drawing, and then utilize the design table to create the other sizes that I need. The way that I did it was to double...

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