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    Jury Duty

    I've been called once, had to spend a day at the court house, but didn't get selected for the jury. Once, a few years ago, enough people in my town blew off their jury summons, that the court didn't have enough individuals to fill the jury box. They sent the police into the post office, and...
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    New WF4 User, Catia V5, SolidWorks, I-Deas background

    Regarding the drafting question: Depending on how the radius was created, it may or may not have an axis that can be displayed. If you don't find an axis to show using the "Show/Erase" function, you can go to the model and define a datum axis through the radius. Then you should be able to...
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    Text symbols

    Michael - That's really a neat trick! However, I found while that "ctrl-A" turned it on, it didn't shut it off. Are there any settings that may cause that to happen? Thanks! John
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    Multiple part configuration in a drawing

    If you can move it in mechanism, you can show it in different positions in a drawing. You will need to create a snapshot of it in the non-default position, and enable that snapshot to be used in the drawing. A snapshot is essentially an exploded view that holds the desired orientation/position...
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    Text symbols

    Gary - I'm not sure where the code came from - Pro-E is a program I've used for the last couple years, and haven't had the time to get deeper into it. If my company used GD&T all the time, I wouldn't use the functions I've listed above. However, we are mostly building parts in-house and don't...
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    Text symbols

    Try this - in a note: TEST@["pos"@]@["dia"0.010@] TEST - if "pos" is the position symbol, and "dia" is the diameter symbol from the Text Symbol menu... You will get a frame within text, as shown in the attachment. @[ opens the frame @] closes the frame @]@[ Simply close and open frames to...
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    Yes/No Relation for suppressed features

    Is there a way to report whether a feature is suppressed in a relation? I am trying to create a start-part tube with some initially suppressed miter cuts. If the designer wants to use them, they can be unsuppressed. I'm trying to report them automatically to my cut list. The logic would look...
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    1/2" PLATE vs PLATE, 1/2"

    Thanks for the info - Where in ASME Y14.100 are you looking? I just took a quick look and didn't see it, but I didn't spend too long looking! Thanks!
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    1/2" PLATE vs PLATE, 1/2"

    I hope this is the right forum for this question. My company is in the middle of a debate as to the proper way to call out material. Some engineers have asked for the 'PLATE, 1/2"' or 'TUBE, 4" X 2" X 1/4"' style, while others want the size located before the shape... To my knowledge, there...
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    "Where Used" Parameter shown in drawing

    So, I thought I may clarify things a little. I work for a company that is in the business of creating 1-off machines with 1-off parts. Working with folks that have (as I have) used both a "Smart" numbering system and a "Sequential" numbering system. We're not actually concerned about parts...
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    "Where Used" Parameter shown in drawing

    I'm running WF 4 & using PDMLink. I want to report a "Where Used" type of parameter in the drawing, but I don't trust for it to be manually entered. I know that the reference viewer will show what assembly is using what part/subassembly, but can't find a parameter to use based on this. Any...
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