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    Macro to Toggle "Show Component Descriptions".

    handleman, My experience is that most SW API calls return 1 for true bool value wereas VBA returns -1 (cint(True)). What am I missing here? Regards, Regg
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    Perimeter Calculation and Hole count

    I have seen a macro for calculating the external perimeter of a part but as for counting holes and taps, it may depend whether they are put in using holewizard or just extruded cuts. Regards, Regg
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    Proper Method of Detailing Parts From an Assembly?

    Personally, I do not like inserting the assembly method. With the PLM system we use that means that all the parts of the assembly must be downloaded from the vault just to view the drawing. In some cases this may be several hundred parts so where it may only take less than a minute to display...
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    Perimeter Calculation and Hole count

    Some of it can be, maybe all. Are you working with an assembly or individual part models? Regards, Regg
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    VB UserForm with Icon in TitleBar

    Florent, I will have to give it a try. Regards, Regg
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    Load two versions Solidworks on one machine

    I have SW2005, SW2006, SW2007 and SW2008 installed on one machine in that order with no problems. Just follow CBL's link and you should be Okay. Regards, Regg
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    Check BOM on sheet

    33456, I do not know if you can find that out from the way you are doing it; I have never tried it. I did a semi-quick look through API help but could not find any straightforward method. In the past, I wrote a macro that cycled through each sheet, got the tableannotation object associated...
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    VBA in autocad-need to draw boundary

    You should look in autocad API help.
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    copy a variable to clipboard and pass it to an other sub

    Ursy, clipboard in VBA is more tricky to use. try form2.textbox.text = (form1.)textbox.text Regards, Regg
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    File Load Failure Dialog

    dy, What is WAD? Regg
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    File Load Failure Dialog

    beachcomber, From my further experimentation, I discovered that only broken links in the current assembly are fixed when you save. Any broken links in assemblies under the current assembly are not fixed unless you open those assemblies and save. This continues down to as many assemblies...
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    File Load Failure Dialog

    beachcomber, So far I have not seen your problem of "not always" but I believe I have not gone any deeper than top level. I have a larger assemlby that goes at least two levels deep. I will try that one and post my results. Regards, Regg
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    Need to Learn VB

    kxa, You can start by downloading VB.net express (free download) from Microsoft. There was a free tutorial available a few months back. That is were I would start. Regards, Regg
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    Defining limit mate max and min with a design table

    What we do is create a retracted mate, an extended mate, a limit mate and no (floating) mate because you cannot mate the cylinder to a locked position in an upper level assembly with the limit mate active. I would not recommend messing around with a design table in this case. You can see you...
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    File Load Failure Dialog

    Took me a while, link management file is in SE help as Link Mgmt File with the main help found under "Opening and Saving Solid Edge Docuemnts". Thanks for everyones help and a start for swertel. Regards, Regg
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