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    Custom Property Tab, Selections are empty for 1 of 3 of my designers

    Yes, I have reloaded the property template from the template options button in the task pane, doesn't fix. I do this often as I am still tweaking the templates now and then. Any one else find it odd that opening the builder from her computer resets the range as I mentioned before? "error...
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    Custom Property Tab, Selections are empty for 1 of 3 of my designers

    I have 3 designers using my custom property tab made from the property tab builder in SW 2012. 2 of us have no problems, but for 1 of us the pull down lists are empty. My custom tabs references an excel spreadsheet on the server. This all started when she was using excel 2013 and the known...
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    Buid a coil or helix with a varying pitch

    Inventor 2009. A want to create a coil/helix of a magnet winding. I need the pitch to gradually increase per revolution Is there a way I can do this? Thanks!
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    INV10 Content Center question

    In INV9 this was easy. My design group keeps all projects and parts on a server. In INV 10 Pro. How can I set the path so that the placed component from the content center files gets saved in the parent assy folder on the server instead of on the local computer? So, Naturally when another...
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    How do I switch views in Inventor 10

    I AGREE WITH MIKE got a spaceball at work and home. Get one and all your viewing problems, (and about 40% less left clicks). Until then use the rotate button, click and drag, press spacebar to toggle to the common view options
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    Helix......

    I work with rectangular, percision coil windings, maybe I could help. What are the requirements? What is the highth? Could you eliminate the efforts so far and thin down the message to include just the details of what you need?
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    standard parts database

    Use the place component command. In the left of the window choose content center files. Brows through the folders and its all there.
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    too many assemblies? why won't they move?

    tmox, In the main assy. If you right click the sub assy file you can check "Flexable" and the motion constraints in that assy will be usable.
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    Elliptical weld heads visible line, ??question

    Using INV 10 but noticed this in 9 too. When I draw an elliptical weld head, the ellipse line on the sketch is visible. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? It stops me from making a weld around a penetration part. This happens if I use shell or sketch the complete profile. thanks for any help
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    Square wire winding using sheet metal commands, help

    INV VER 9 I am winding coils with square wire the helix of the winding is easy enough. At the end of the layer the wire is "curled" around the mandrel about 180deg until it follows along the centerline. I am able to do this using the sheet metal fold commands, but at the end of the wire the...
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    Patterns??

    Well, I can't seem to select the other component thats in the first pattern. To refresh, I created a pattern of hardware on a flange, then, I wanted to pattern that flange and its patterned hardware around a vessel. I sure hope I'm just missing something here, cause this would save a ton of...
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    Patterns??

    Is it possible to pattern a pattern of components in an assy? thanks.
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    Sketched symbols

    Well, I'm at a loss of how to do that. Currently the way I insert symbols is to expand the "drawing resources", expand the "sketched symbols", right click the symbol I want to insert, (ie, the "Notes text box") then click insert then attach it to the upper left corner. Is there a way to have...
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    Sketched symbols

    By the way, Using INV 9. thanks again
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    Sketched symbols

    How can I choose certain sketched symbols to appear by default on my template when I create a New .idw? Thanks

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