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    Balloons and BOMbs aren't Correlating

    i ran into something like this yesterday. r-click the drawing view, properties, then in the bottom left it says "BOM" and there's a checkbox. Make sure it's checked AND make sure you select the drop down list below the checkbox. If it's set to <none> then it still won't work. you usually...
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    Recommended SolidWorks Notebook Computers?

    can someone recommend any good notebooks (laptop computers) that will run SolidWorks? I work with Large assemblies, and I kind of like widescreens but not necessarily a must. I tried searching the sw knowledge base and emailing my vendor, but haven't found anything so far thanks for any replies.
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    ASTM spec for AISI 304 stainless steel

    Hi, just a quick question, what does the AISI stand for in AISI 304 or other steels? thanks in advance
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    Anyone have info on the new X64 Beta of SolidWorks?

    CorBlimeyLimey to discuss how a beta, or solidworks in general runs on hardware is hardly divulging national secrets... i'm thinking of getting it, but i don't want to spend that kind of money if the improvement isn't around 2x or more. it's a beta version of solidworks, and i'm not a beta...
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    Anyone have info on the new X64 Beta of SolidWorks?

    I'm looking to hear from anyone who is using the swXenglish.exe new version of solidworks. it's a 64 bit beta version. you must have a xeon processor and the windows XP 64 bit edition to run this beta. Xeon Processor computers aren't that much more money than other computers these days, and the...
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    EditDimension2 API

    if I understand this correctly, I can think of three different ways to do this, depending on what you want the dimension to look like. If you're using hole wizard, find the icon for "hole callout", it's in the annotations toolbar (or insert, annotations, hole callout). It looks like a c'bore &...
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    How to align two views that have horozontal breaks ?

    i created a drawing with a front and top view, put two vertical breaks in the front view, and the top view didn't update. delete the top view, put the two breaks in the front view right click that view, then select "break view" make a project view straight up of the broken view and the breaks...
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    Centerline Symbol

    Some replies mention centerline symbol is not current. I agree, however there's still a couple times I like to use it. When I make inspection prints for the optical comparator and want someone to use the center of a part or even more often, when there's several ordinate dimensions close to...
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    Custom Material Properties question

    ok, still something i'm not getting. when you edit a material database file (.sldmat) whatever you use to edit, you can't save it as a .sldmat file. Even if you don't change anything at all, and just make a new one, it will not re-open (at least for me and people where i work) in solidworks...
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    &quot;HIDE EDGE&quot; in drawing

    Something that might help, I'm not sure. Highlight the view, select View, Hide all types. this will get rid of any sketch lines showing that might be there. also, highlight the view and select View, Display, Tangent edges removed. I've had trouble hiding lines the same as you in the past...
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    Automatically update Design Tables with rebuild ???

    If I read you right, I think you need to &quot;Link&quot; the design table excel file to the drawing. In SW2003, right click the table, select 'edit definition' (edit feature in SW2004), make sure under source &quot;from file&quot; is checked. under that is where you can browse to the table...
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    Opening drw files

    Without reading the replies... Rocksolid2, I do this all the time, you just have to right click in the drawing area, then click &quot;EDIT SHEET&quot; you are in sheet format if they disappear like that, hope this helps
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    exploded blocks in a drawing

    This exact thing happened to me today. I didn't really fix it, or figure it out. What I did was checked my layers, then made sure it was on it's own layer (they usually are). Then I deleted the layer! This is one way to get rid of it. not the preferred method I'm sure, but it works to get rid...
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    SW Manufacturer Catalogues

    Here is a place you can find an excellent solidworks library. http://www.reidtool.com/shopping/store/reidcad.asp it's the Reid Tool Catalog. i'd say over half the parts in the catalog are modeled in sw's.
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    Editing Solidworks Design Tables

    Scott, Maybe I wasn't clear enough on this, I'm already editing my design tables in a seperate window. What I'm looking for is a way to define the borders of that table, so when i insert it into a drawing, the &quot;outer border&quot; of the design table is what I want, not some random...
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