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    3D Connexion Add-In

    Just upgraded to 2008, and had a problem with my 3D connexion space navigator. It will not work properly with Solidworks as an add-in. I can get it to work by opening the actual .dll file through solidworks. Does Solidworks have a "start-up" folder that I can manually add this dll file to...
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    Profile library

    Thank you so much, but its too bad that they are not categorized by folder. Now I have all of these profile files in a zip file and I have to sort them all out to the appropriate weldment profile folder. 3D Innovations Solidworks Office Pro 2007 SP2.2 Dell 390 NVIDIA FX4500 Quad Core...
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    Profile library

    This may be a dumb question, but why are there so little structural profiles residing the in weldment profile folders? Do I need to load more? For example, there are only three square tube profiles. I can probably bring them in from the toolbox but this is not how I want to build my model. I...
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    Thread to Bolt

    How exactly do I add a cosmetic thread to the body of a bolt? I found a command in annotations but this seems targeted towards holes only, not bodies. 3D Innovations Solidworks Office Pro 2007 SP2.2 Dell 390 NVIDIA FX4500 Quad Core Processor 4G Mem
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    View Orientation

    I am still a little new to SW. When creating projected views SW is placing them bassackwards from what I am accustomed to. I am speaking of Top, Front, Right hand side. Everything seems flipped in comparison to what I was accustomed to in Inventor. Where is this setting? I have looked and...
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    Text on model

    I think the decal function in Photoworks will do, thanks guys! 3D Innovations Solidworks Office Pro 2007 SP2.2 Dell 390 NVIDIA FX4500 Quad Core Processor 4G Mem
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    Text on model

    How would I show text on a model? I really do not want to place text and then extrude. I have drawn a wooden shipping crate and I need to show the "spray painted" work order number on one of the pieces of lumber. The only way that I have found is to create text in a sketch and then extrude...
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    Cut List Rows

    Anyone know how to remove or "hide" rows in a cut list. I have created a weldment profile then created the cut list. I then added some extrusions and they show up as an item in the cut list. I dont want these items in the cut list! 3D Innovations Solidworks Office Pro 2007 SP2.2 Dell 390...
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    Materials

    I was a material that I just changed to a texture instead. The slider works great. I couldnt figure out how to rotate the material (not even sure if it was a photoworks material or not.) 3D Innovations Solidworks Office Pro 2007 SP2.2 Dell 390 NVIDIA FX4500 Quad Core Processor 4G Mem
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    DWG Editor

    I thought it would be easier using ACAD primarily becuase they like for me to use "their" title blocks (which are normally generated in dwg format). I dont think Solidworks would bring this in well as a sheet format. I know native solidworks files save great in dwg format but then I would have...
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    Materials

    In drawing a wooden shipping crate I have applied material as "pine," it looks wonderful, but, the grain is running the wrong way on some of the boards. I know this is just a picky cosmetic thing but is there a way to rotate this? I see where I can rotate items such as hatch but have not seen...
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    DWG Editor

    In my newly founded design firm I have no licensed version of ACAD to use for 2D data. Customers will want their detail drawings in ACAD dwg format. Has everyone found DWG editor to have all the same functionalities as ACAD? I am an ACAD veteran and it looks like darn nere the same thing. I...
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    Cutlist

    Cut lists work great with wood structures as well. I have set up section profiles of 2x4,6,8,10,12's and use them to build specialty crating and shipping boxes. I created a folder in the weldment profile folders called "wood."
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    Planes

    I cant seem to get my reference planes that I create to be visible when setting up my assembly template. I set up a part template and they are visible. I dont see anything in the annotations settings option to make these visible. I have annotations displayed checked in my feature manager. Im...
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    Threads

    CORBLIMEYLIMEY you got it! I had done everything except for display annotations in the "feature manager" guess I missed this part, thanks!!!!!
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