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    Solid works to dwg translation problem

    My suspicion is that the hyperbolic curve is being approximated by a sequence of lines or arcs in the DWG / DXF. Before you machine, you might be able to determine how well the approximation is by importing the DWG back into SW and comparing it to your original geometry. You might have better...
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    SWX 2016 Aligned text with vertical dimensions, and other preferences

    Check out faq559-891. It describes modifying the hole callouts which will cover a lot of the uses of the dia symbol. You should also be able to use dimension favorites to quickly switch other dimensions to your company standard. p.s. I was amused by phrase "aligned with practice that predates...
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    An API Macro to Search Assemblies for a Part and Replace it with a Virtual Part

    I agree with handleman, what you are requesting is a purpose built macro. Depending on what you are doing, here are some alternatives. 1) If you are reusing a limited set of geometry, there is a macro out there for saving all of the configs as independent files. These could then be inserted...
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    Importing Values into a Design Table....

    The correct course likely relies on how you want to control versions and revisions for the parts. If you are OK with them being linked then, I would go with configurations of a single model and a single drawing with a table. If you want strong revision control and tracking, I would go with...
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    Deleted Sketch Picture in drawing still defining 'Zoom to Fit' boundaries

    Have you tried creating a new sheet and using copy-paste to transfer your desired content? Eric
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    PDMWorks check out

    You can limit user access at the project level, so you could place the drawings in their own project / projects with a different set of user permissions than the project containing parts and assemblies. This would allow you to independently control who can edit models and who can edit drawings...
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    Global rescaling of a part?

    If it is a sketch, you might be able to create a block from the sketch and apply a scale when the block is inserted. Eric
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    Method to accurately position the components of a subassembly in an assembly

    It sounds like you might be attempting top-down design. If so, Patrick's suggestion of "skeleton part" in addition to "layout sketch" and "top-down design" might be good search terms. If not, providing a little more detail about why you want to position components relative to elements in...
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    Custom Property Tab Builder not reading the property.txt

    Remove / uncheck the filter for Operation is RegSetValue. It is requiring the operation to be setting a value in the registry when we are looking for it accessing something in the file system. Eric
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    Custom Property Tab Builder not reading the property.txt

    I have Process Monitor running with the filters set up and it set to capture events. Then I start Property Tab Builder 2014, and all of those appear right off the bat. The values are a bit hard to read in the screen capture so I'm including the text here. I am using Process name is...
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    Custom Property Tab Builder not reading the property.txt

    SBaugh, I was thinking you could use Process Monitor to figure out what file the property tab builder was opening. Given what I found on my system, it might help. The shot below is from starting Property Tab Builder 2014. It is reading the properties.txt from my 2013 install. I just checked...
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    Custom Property Tab Builder not reading the property.txt

    Have you tried using Process monitor with Path, ends with, property.txt to see if it is being loaded and from the correct location? Eric
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    Left / right hand part issue

    2014 has an option: "Display configurations with the same name as one item" That selection might not mess up your fasteners, as they probably have unique values. To give the configurations the same name, you would go into the part, switch to the configuration tab, right click on each...
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    Left / right hand part issue

    In the properties for the BoM there is a section on Part Configuration Grouping. You might be able to get what you are after using those settings, probably "Display all configurations of the same part as one item." Eric
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    SolidWorks macro with Excel

    I do not think the for loop at the beginning is opening the files. If you only have a single Excel file open in a single instance of Excel, it should only loop once. Below are two modifications that might work. Eric Sub main() Set objExcel = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") Set wbExcel =...
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