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    A1 CS Channels

    Hello, I downloaded the ANSI profiles for weldments from the SW library. Amongst them, I found the "Al CS Channel (squared ends)" profiles. the problem is that none of the suppliers I usually work with have it. After a quick search on the web, I have found no informations about a "Al CS...
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    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    When you run bootcamp on a Mac, you have a PC, end of story. The only possible source of problem with a mac is the graphics card. Since they are not supported (they are gaming cards) SW tech support might tell you any graphical problem you have is... just too bad.... But they should be able to...
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    Shape Feature will not be supported in SW 2010

    Maybe they wont develop or improve it anymore, but I doubt they will trash it completely. You should still be able to import it from old files. A good example would be Excel BOM. They arent really featured anymore as the SW BOMs are now better for the job. You can however still use them when...
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    New SP 2.1 for SW 2009

    Sorry, I did not check in the "questions" category, just the "news" one. Thank you.
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    New SP 2.1 for SW 2009

    Hello all, The Service Pack 2.1 for SolidWorks 2009 is out!
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    How to make 5km pipe with XYZ points?

    Well, my understanding of the 1 Km. limit is that it has to be inside of a 1 kilometre cube, centered at the origin (so 500 m. on each side of the origin). If your tube is not straight and folds back and forth within that cube it should be OK, but I guess it depends on what you are doing...
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    Highlight drawing component in graphics view

    How about turning the appropriate option instead of writing a macro? ;) In the display/selection options, check in the box that says “dynamic highlight from graphic view”. On the plus side, props on not letting a problem bother you! Just write a couple of lines of codes and keep on working! I...
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    SW 2008 SP 1.1 is out!

    SW 2008 SP 1.1 is out!
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    SW 2008 SP 1.0 is availble

    SW 2008 SP 1.0 is availble!
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    SW 2007 SP 5.0 EV is out!

    SW 2007 SP 5.0 EV is out. Has anyone tried it yet? Any problems?
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    Side by side comparison of graphics cards.

    Thanks a lot Bouke, this is almost exactly what I wanted. It would of been great to have all the cards in one list, but this will do. A star for you [thumbsup]!
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    Side by side comparison of graphics cards.

    Hello everybody, I have been looking on the net for a side by side comparison of CAD graphic cards but I have not found what I want. All the sites either compare all the cards of a single company (e.g. all the Quadro FX cards, or all the Firegl cards) OR, they compare just two cards (e.g...
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    Extruded text

    Hi, Zoom in on your text, and make sure that the letters do not overcross or overlap. If it is the case, then you have to select contours. A way to fix this is to increase the space between letters in the feature manager of the text tool.
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    Icosahedron

    Hum, I know that a couple of years ago I found a tutorial online on how to make Platonic solids... Some of them were really hard to do! Just make a search on google, or you can import a model from another program.
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    Take a break --- have a laugh with Matt Lombard

    I actually LOLed! Now using SW will be that much more fun to use.

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