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    Dimexpert

    GRF and all others thanks for the replies it seems it's a half solution to a problem .I'm not bashing it but now I have a handle on it it doesn't,t quite do what I was thinking it did and the reasoning is quite simple but ibthink it does take a while to get rid of the old way some of us work.
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    Dimexpert

    Jeff they seem to be reference dimensions not the actual sketch dimension if for example I draw a disc of material 90 diameter +/-0.1 and 10 thick +/-0.25 I set the tolerance in the model sketch I can reuse this in the drawing. I get going with dimxpert ,set primary ,set secondary datums and...
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    Dimexpert

    Sorry perhaps I should elaborate more I can create my geometry the way I always have and add tolerances to the model dimensions i used when I sketched my features. however it seems if I wish to add geometric tolerances etc to my model for the purpose of model based definition I need to swith to...
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    Dimexpert

    Im not new to solidworks but what is dimexpert used for
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    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    Yo can run quadro cards in the mac My latest i picked up for 1300 its last years twin harpetown model but i installed a 1700 quadro (again cheap) with no problems some on here might know but solidsmack are fans of the mac and a great resource if your new to solidworks on the mac
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    Anyone testing bicycles to EN 14781?

    At this moment in time we are testing all sizes theres a great deal of debate on this topic and a lot of bullS$$$ that goes with people not knowing or understanding the requirements and making rash conclusions ...the majority of the time these false positives are achieved by people with little...
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    AEROFOIL Generator and puzzlement

    i was using something called designfoil to generate the xy points but its difficult to get it into cad soi i just thought maybe someone knew a section that was in that speed range and could point me in the right direction thanks for the rplies though
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    looking for bicycle component engineers

    precicely why i got out of the bike industry but am now working back in it...a certain element of fun thats hard to find anywhere else but drop me a line if theres anything you want to know
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    AEROFOIL Generator and puzzlement

    Unfortunately dont know what happened to my other thread? Does anyone know of a good NACA aerofoil generator I want to take the xy plot int a 3d cad system I need the section to have low drag and work between 20 and 50 mph any advice freatfully recived as i am not an aerodynamics whizz by any...
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    SolidWorks running on Mac Book Pro?

    Im Now on my second mac The first mac which was last years suffered a problem after 3 months of use ,dead inverter board I personally think it was something to do with windows as I read more and more it seems that the power management is far less in tune with the hardware than when the macbook...
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    Exporting to 3DS

    You need okino polytrans it wil open a native solidworks file and export as a .3ds The following from solidworks to 3d studio iges is painfully slow parasolid is not supported
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    Rendering Solidworks Models

    its like any thing take time to learn what you have ive seen great results with photoworks maya cinema 4d rhino 3d max houdini renderman brazil final render if you can work the software then you can get a result the photoworks renderer is a good implementation of mental ray into a cad...
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    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    looks like ugs are supporting the mac over on the ugs thread561-182332 im thinking i like the mac more and more
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    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    oh see oh see the interest is growing
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    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    guys its early days yet with this so ill keep posting my findings ati cards have really always been off(way off) my picklist the problem with the graphics isnt major for me at any rate i can have 15to20 parts openedin their own window and itrunsno problem if i tile then thisis when things get...
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