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    This is embarrasing

    Hi Dennis, Make sure you haven't accidentally hit Num Lock and turned off the keypad! It would still accept entry with the top numerical keys and scroll wheel. Just a thought :-) Trevor Clarke. (R & D) Scientific Instruments.Somerset. UK SW2013x64 SP2.0 Intel Core i7 2.94Ghz, 12Gb Ram...
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    Open Part Document-sldprt

    Hi Rick, Thanks for you comments and glad you have at least got to your missing list items, it should now default to Part until you select something else! Not sure if you actually will need to re-install though as I think you may have misunderstood me. You can't move the list's position on...
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    Open Part Document-sldprt

    Hi rick, As you can see from the attached image, the File Type box sticks out quite a way, but even then, not enough to show all the Mesh file options [evil] http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=33e220b1-fa6e-46c2-82c9-39cb2ab937b0&file=SW_FilEopenPop.jpg Trevor Clarke. (R & D)...
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    Open Part Document-sldprt

    Hi Rick, You should be able to move the whole "Open" Window to the left by putting the cursor on the window'a title bar and then left mouse click, hold and drag, note that it will tend to snap back to the edge if not moved far enough. Alternatively, move the cursor to the extreme right of the...
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    Hardcoat Anodizing Halos or ghosts

    Hi aidrock, The word "end" in these defects is used to refer to the nominal length at each end of the bar that likely contains defects and should really have been cut-off and binned before we got it. Some defects such as Pipe or Funnel are limited to the core of the extrusion and while most of...
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    Hardcoat Anodizing Halos or ghosts

    Hi aidrock, I'm pretty certain that what's giving you problems are what's known as Back-end, Butt-end or Bar-end Defects; we had problems with this a few years ago on both round and flat extruded bar, it didn't show up on the machined part, but after anodising, some would show a distinctive...
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    Open Part Document-sldprt

    Sorry it's a bit late, but I've only just seen this, but what you describe seeing is familiar to me from a couple of years ago before the "Quick Filter" icons were added. I'm not sure that there is a setting that defines the default option, but the File type pop-up seems to remember what was...
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    Belt/chain to linearly drive carriage

    Hello Antoine, I assume that the belt length is not computed correctly because it's not pulled against the face of the slot you want to clamp it into and the Belt mate won't allow the face of the slot to control it? If so, it may be possible to fool it by positioning a couple of "dummy" idler...
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    Belt/chain to linearly drive carriage

    Hi arsolidworks I created something similar a while back and found that the only way to make the belt "drive" the carriage was to create an additional Rack and Pinion Mate using an edge of the carriage parallel to the travel and one of the pulleys as Mate reference selections and then...
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    Solidworks 2010 Flat Pattern problem

    Justin, I don't know if this is relevant to your problem; but not being too familiar with the DWG editor, it had me puzzled for a while. I'd been down the path of making sure of sheet scales and even created a "Full size" DXF/DWG sheet for exporting large items to avoid annoying error...
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    weird color problem

    They're normally installed in C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\lang\english\color swatches When in SolidWorks, you might also want to check Tools>Options>System Options>File Locations and make sure that "Color Swatches" is pointing to this folder.
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    weird color problem

    Immediately above the now "Grey" Swatch box is a dropdown list box, I can't see from your image what it says, but if you open the list and select "Standard", you should get what you want back, now save the file to keep this swatch for next time. It is possible to arrive at this situation by...
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    Solidworks Freezes when I click "File"

    Probably not the cause in your case, but worth checking anyway. SW doesn't handle files it cannot find very well or indeed consistantly; so if a file has been opened, saved as something else and the original deleted, or if a file has been opened over a network, from a computer that isn't running...
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    screw mate with limit distance?

    DerrickM, With regard to your question, I usually do try to apply the mates as directly as possible to their relevant parts, with the hope that it makes it simpler for the software to evaluate if the move will be within limits, without having to check first if the mates on some intermediate...
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    screw mate with limit distance?

    I've used that combination without problems too. Did you first locate the screw into its mating part with a concentric mate and then add the screw mate? Because when you select the axes of rotation for the Screw Mate, they make the previous Concentric mate redundant. It doesn't seem to matter...
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